[rain cats and dogs] или [rain buckets] или [rain pitchforks] {v. phr.}, {informal}
Идти проливному дождю, лить как из ведра; вымокать под ливнем.
* /In the middle of the picnic it started to rain cats and dogs, and everybody got soaked./* /Terry looked out of the window and said, "It's raining pitchforks, so we can't go out to play right now."/