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.
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adverbial phrase independent, ungovernable; free but helpless Examples Don’t skitter around like a hog on ice. Word Origin possibly fr. the stone in the game of curling coming to rest
- Like a hole in the head
Related Terms need someone or something like a hole in the head
- Like a million bucks
adverb phrase Very good; superb: In that blouse she looks like a million bucks (1930s+)
- Like as not
Also, as like as not; as likely as not. In all probability, with an even chance, as in Like as not it’ll rain by afternoon, or Likely as not the governor will run for a second term. In the first two terms, like is short for likely in the sense of “probably,” that is, “It […]