why do people say it rains cats and dog when in never ever does?

Answer 1

Of course it does,
only this morning I stepped in a poodle!

Answer 2

This is a very old figure of speech. It actually has a rather disgusting origin, so I hope you are prepared for it.

In historic times, street sanitation was not what it is today - they didn't have sewers and plumbing. Nor did they have "Animal Control" as we do today to pick up dead or dying animals. So, many things that died in the street stayed there - until the next heavy rainstorm, when people would see them coursing down the street with the rainwater. So they saying became, "it's raining cats and dogs," unfortunately dead ones, since they saw the cats and dogs when there was heavy rain.

This question has been asked several times before, and many folks have backed up this answer. It has received "best answer" a number of times.

I prefer to give you the answer in understandable terms, instead of being lazy and cutting out something from specious sources like Wikipedia.

Hope you enjoyed it!

Answer 3

when people had tin roofs and it rained hard enough, the cats and dogs that would sit on the roofs because it was warm would slide off and it would look like it was "raining cats and dogs"

Answer 4

because theyre always peeing, hence peeing down, hence raining cats & dogs

Answer 5

Actually, it does. I stepped in a poodle once.

Answer 6

Because it's a cool thing to say, honestly older people these days

Answer 7

because of all the poodles!

oooh! did I just say that!!! shame on me!!

Answer 8

try living in africa - during the rainy season.

Answer 9

animals all of them