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George Carlin — "Cats and Dogs"

Funny things about our lovely cats and dogs :)

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rain cats and dogs

[rain cats and dogs] or [rain buckets] or [rain pitchforks] {v. phr.}, {informal} To rain very hard; come down in torrents. * /In the middle of the picnic it started […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

dog

[dog] See: [EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY], [GO TO THE DOGS], [HOT DOG], [LEAD A DOG'S LIFE], [LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE], [RAIN CATS AND DOGS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. www.english-slang.com

cat

[cat] See: [COPY CAT], [CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT], [FRAIDY-CAT] or [FRAID-CAT] or [SCAREDY CAT OY SCARED-CAT], [HOLY CATS], [LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG], [LOOK LIKE THE CAT THAT […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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