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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.
Very quickly
Very fast.
Quickly and effortlessly
This phrase has been used since the 1960s.
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If you do something or something happens in a blaze of glory, you do it or it happens in an extraordinary and impressive manner.
The band intended to perform publicly and go out in a blaze of glory.
