pitchfork

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.

rain pitchforks

tv. to rain very hard and heavy. Every time I go out to rake leaves, it rains pitchforks.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jaume	ZHOW-mə	Catalan
FabiÁN	-	Spanish
Agathe	a-GAHT (French), ah-GAH-tə (German), ah-gah-te (Ancient Greek)	French, German, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Ancient Greek
Samuel	['sæmjuəl]
Becka	BEK-ə	English
Marita (1)	mah-REE-tah (German), MAH-ree-tah (Finnish)	German, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish