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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To be outperformed or outrun by someone, usually by a very wide margin.
You have to be quicker to finish this task or you will eat other my dust.
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