cats and dogs
Speech parts
1. cats and dogs - Noun
2. cats and dogs - Adverb
Meaning
(chiefly in set phrases) A heavy rain; a large amount of rain.
(finance) Stocks that can be purchased cheaply but are unlikely to produce much profit.
cats and dogs (not comparable)
(chiefly in set phrases, about raining, other precipitation, or leaking) Heavily; copiously; a lot.
rain cats and dogs, come down cats and dogs, pour cats and dogs, storm cats and dogs
Examples
Abandoned or abused cats and dogs get a second chance with the help of this no-kill animal refuge and adoption center.
After being rescued from the streets of Puerto Rico, where earthquakes and tropical storms have impacted already-overburdened shelters, the stray cats and dogs will soon find forever homes in New Jersey and the surrounding area.
An example of this is that the English plural morpheme is written -s regardless of whether it is pronounced as /s/ or /z/ ; we write cats and dogs, not dogz.
Buzsáki, 2002 Theta rhythmicity is very obvious in rabbits and rodents and also clearly present in cats and dogs.
Although embarrassed to admit it, I actually pictured my deceased cats and dogs in Heaven, frolicking around my father and grandparents, waiting for me to join them someday.
For example, a patient with receptive aphasia may take the expression "it's raining cats and dogs" literally instead of figuratively.