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People say “It’s raining cats and dogs.” That means it is raining heavily. Where does this idiom come from?  In Shakespeare’s time, people built houses with roofs that were safe and warm. Animals like dogs andcats enjoyed living on the comfortable roofs. But when it rained, the roofs became wet and slippery, and theanimals would fall off the roofs. Since then, this idiom has been used, and we mean it’s raining heavily bysaying “It’s raining cats and dogs.” (idiom 諺語 roof 屋頂 slippery 滑的) 1 Why did the dogs and cats fall off the roofs when it rained?
(A)The cats ran after the dogs.
(B) The dogs ran after the cats.
(C) The roofs were slippery.
(D) The roofs were too comfortable.