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 )

author Julia Huong calendar 2021-12-08 11:12

Meaning of Like a rat up a drainpipe

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.

Other phrases about:

at a rate of knots

Very quickly

faster than a cat lapping chain lightning

Very fast.

swing into action
Quickly start working or operating
move like the wind
Run or move extremely quickly
through (something) like a hot knife through butter

Quickly and effortlessly

Origin of Like a rat up a drainpipe

This phrase has been used since the 1960s.

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