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Vocabulary
IDIOMS WITH ANIMALS

RAT

  • to smell a rat = to guess that something wrong is happening = oler a gato encerrado
  • the rat race = competition to keep one's position in work/life
  • like rats leaving/deserting the sinking ship = expression used to describe people who leave a place when it is in trouble
  • like a drowned rat = soaking wet and miserable
  • a pack rat = somebody who collects things that he does not need
  • hunt with cats and you catch only rats = you should choose you allies wisely

 

Exercise
Choose the right answer.

1. I know the story of a couple who got out of  and they live very happily now.

2. Now that the company is about to go bankrupt all the shareholders are leaving, just .

3. He collects stamps, spoons, envelopes, sugar lumps, anything! He's .

4. It was raining so hard that when Lisa arrived home, she looked .

5. Nobody wanted to tell me the news, but as soon as I entered the room I looked at their faces and I said: 'I here'.

Score:
   
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