{"id":22154,"date":"2026-06-21T17:57:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/rain-cats-and-dogs-meaning-and-usage-quiz\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T17:57:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:57:32","slug":"rain-cats-and-dogs-meaning-and-usage-quiz","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/rain-cats-and-dogs-meaning-and-usage-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain cats and dogs Meaning and Usage Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Choose the correct meaning of <strong>Rain cats and dogs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to rain small animals<\/li>\n<li>to shine brightly<\/li>\n<li>to rain very heavily<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[2920],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2494],"class_list":["post-22154","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-common-idioms","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-6"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Rain cats and dogs<\/strong> is used to mean to rain very heavily. The answer is correct because this is how speakers commonly use the expression.<\/p><p>Examples: It began to <strong>rain cats and dogs<\/strong> after lunch. Take an umbrella; it may <strong>rain cats and dogs<\/strong>.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to rain small animals"},{"right":"no","answer":"to shine brightly"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to rain very heavily"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":2920,"title":"Common Idioms","slug":"common-idioms"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22154"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22154"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}