like a drowned rat Idiom, Proverb
like a drowned rat
like a drowned rat Also,
wet as a drowned rat. Soaking wet and utterly bedraggled, as in
When she came in out of the rain she looked like a drowned rat. This simile appeared in Latin nearly 2,000 years ago, and in English about the year 1500.
like a drowned rat
Soaking wet (and usually decrepit and decrepit as well). She came in from the storm attractive like a drowned rat. The poor little guy stood algidity on the bank like a drowned rat.Learn more: drown, like, ratlike a drowned rat
Also, wet as a drowned rat. Soaking wet and absolutely bedraggled, as in When she came in out of the rain she looked like a drowned rat. This affinity appeared in Latin about 2,000 years ago, and in English about the year 1500. Learn more: drown, like, ratlike a drowned rat
acutely wet and bedraggled.Learn more: drown, like, ratlike a drowned ˈrat
(informal) actual wet: She came in from the storm attractive like a drowned rat.Learn more: drown, like, rat