It's raining pitchforks

It's raining pitchforks (and hammer handles).

and It's raining cats and dogs.

Rur. It is raining very hard. Take an umbrella. It's raining pitchforks and hammer handles out there! Charlie: Have you looked outside? How's the weather? Mary: It's raining cats and dogs.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Khodadad	-	Persian
Mari (1)	MAH-ree (Finnish), mah-REE (Swedish)	Welsh, Breton, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Torgeir	-	Norwegian
Hilarius	-	Ancient Roman
Pitambar	-	Indian, Hindi
Fen (2)	-	Frisian