YOU SAID:
rains like cats and dogs
INTO JAPANESE
猫や犬のような雨が降る
BACK INTO ENGLISH
It rains like cats and dogs
INTO JAPANESE
犬や猫のように雨が降る
BACK INTO ENGLISH
It rains like a dog or a cat
INTO JAPANESE
犬や猫のように雨が降る
BACK INTO ENGLISH
It rains like a dog or a cat
That didn't even make that much sense in English.