sewer rat

sewer rat

A common brown rat, so-called because it is often found in sewers. Why are you screaming? Haven't you ever seen a sewer rat before? Walk faster, there are sewer rats in here!
See also: rat, sewer
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • like a drowned rat
  • sing
  • sung
  • pack rat
  • norra
  • rat race
  • rat race, a
  • the rat race
  • lab rat
  • on head
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THE biggest shock in the story of lifesize sewer rat Keith Holpin and his 40 kids is that 20 women on this Earth would consider clambering into bed with him.
If girls learned self-respect they'd send this rat packing
By night a creeping sewer rat, recognised by his black top hat.
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Current boss Neil Warnock even claimed the striker was "lower than a sewer rat" when Diouf, then at Blackburn, taunted QPR's Jamie Mackie as he lay on the turf with a broken leg.
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Anyway, tell us about your latest spat - if you'll pardon the pun - with that prat you likened to a sewer rat.
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QPR boss Neil Warnock last night branded Blackburn's El-Hadji Diouf a "sewer rat" after claiming he abused Jamie Mackie as he lay on the pitch with a broken leg.
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We then headed for the Ladybird kids rollercoaster which has a surprising kick to it and was loved by all and from there to the ship known as The Wave for the boys (twice) and the underground coaster the Sewer Rat. We had to miss the park's biggest ride, The Ultimate, because of the height requirement and ditto some of the other rides.
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Roddy receives an unexpected lesson in survival skills when greedy sewer rat Sid cruelly flushes him down the U-bend into the city's festering underbelly.
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EL HADJI DIOUF was once labelled a "sewer rat" by Neil Warnock - but the Senegalese forward has been Leeds' talisman this season.
Dazzler Diouf doesn't make Neil ratty now
New signing El Hadji Diouf, who Warnock previously compared to a 'sewer rat', replaced McCormack with 15 minutes remaining.
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Never does he shirk a topic - as in his recent comments that depicted El Hadji Diouf as a 'sewer rat'.
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Diouf denies jeering "F*** you and f*** your leg" at Mackie as he lay on the pitch, which prompted opposing manager Neil Warnock to brand him a sewer rat. Whatever the truth, the question remains - why is it always Diouf who gets embroiled in such situations?
No surprise Diouf is in hot water yet again
THE sewer rat who stole a collection tin for the blind from a corner shop should be no surprise to many people.
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