Like a rat up a drainpipe In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "like a rat up a drainpipe", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Julia Huong

2021-12-08 11:12

Like a rat up a drainpipe British phrase informal simile

Very rapidly and eagerly

When the recess bell rings, the kids run away to play like rats up a drainpipe.

Like a rat up a drainpipe, the robber took her wallet and ran away.

at a rate of knots

Very quickly

Very fast.

swing into action

Quickly start working or operating

move like the wind

Run or move extremely quickly

Quickly and effortlessly

This phrase has been used since the 1960s.

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