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Raining cats and dogs: pouring rain, raining heavily.

It’s windy and is raining cats and dogs.

During the monsoon season, it rained cats and dogs.

It’s raining cats and dogs outside.

To ring a bell: to sound familiar.

I think I heard this song somewhere. It definitely rings a bell.

His name rings a bell but I can’t remember him.

Run out of steam: to completely lose energy, motivation, or enthusiasm.

Peter started to run out of steam after running for 15 km.

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Lucy found she had run out of steam after climbing seven flights of stairs.

I’m running out of steam after spending five hours working on this essay.

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