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[mirrorshard]

Now that's a grand big storm out there. The Welsh idiom is bwrw hen wragydd a ffyn - raining old women and sticks.

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[mirrorshard.livejournal.com]

I'd never really thought about "raining cats and dogs" before, but I think it's from the French - and "des chats et des chiens" is ridiculously onomatopoeic for steady rain. Not storms, though, indeed.