like a drowned rat

English

Prepositional phrase

like a drowned rat

1. (simile, informal) Soaked to the point of being highly unattractive; bedraggled.

   to look like a drowned rat

Further reading

• “like a drowned rat”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “like a drowned rat”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “like a drowned rat”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “look like a drowned rat” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “look like a drowned rat” (US) / “look like a drowned rat” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.