LITERATURE QUESTIONS
FOLK LITERATURE
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She is as tall as a giraffe.
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I am as hungry as a horse.
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The wind whistled through the trees.
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It was raining cats and dogs.
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Detailed explanation-1: -to rain very heavily: Don’t forget to take your umbrella-it’s raining cats and dogs out there.
Detailed explanation-2: -"Raining cats and dogs.” This means that it’s raining very hard. Example: I think I’ll stay home today. It’s raining cats and dogs and I don’t want to drive. 2.
Detailed explanation-3: -The English-language idiom “raining cats and dogs” or “raining dogs and cats” is used to describe particularly heavy rain. It is of unknown etymology and is not necessarily related to the raining animals phenomenon. The phrase (with “polecats” instead of “cats") has been used at least since the 17th century.
Detailed explanation-4: -The correct expression is the second one-raining cats and dogs. If someone says “it is raining cats and dogs” they mean that it is raining quite excessively. rain cats and dogs: to rain very heavily.
Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: “It’s raining cats and dogs” is an idiomatic expression and not a hyperbole.