[Cats] Saturday's trivia answer

[MJ]

[Sorry for the delay!]

Question:

Where did the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs" come from? (Not
location, country, century, etc., but what's the "story" behind the saying?)

Answer:

Although there no definitive proof of where this phrase came from, it's 
believed that the phrase came from the fact that in 17th/18th century 
England, the roads were littered with all kinds of debris, and when 
there were heavy rains the roads flooded and carried along all of this 
debris - including dead bodies of cats and dogs that the water swept up 
in its wake.

See this page for more details about the etymology of "raining cats and 
dogs.: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/raining%20cats%20and%20dogs.html