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like a drowned rat like a drowned ratSoaking wet (and usually dirty and unkempt as well). She came in from the storm looking like a drowned rat. The poor little guy stood shivering on the beach like a drowned rat.See also: drown, like, ratlike a drowned ratAlso, 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. See also: drown, like, ratlike a drowned rat extremely wet and bedraggled.See also: drown, like, ratlike a drowned ˈrat (informal) very wet: She came in from the storm looking like a drowned rat.See also: drown, like, rat |