🐀 Rat
"Rats deserting a sinking ship"
Meaning
People leaving a place or plan when it starts to fail.
About the rat
Rats are associated with betrayal and survival in difficult conditions, which is why their idioms describe disloyalty or a relentless struggle to get ahead.
Example sentence
As soon as the business had problems, some partners left like rats deserting a sinking ship.
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Which idiom means...
People leaving a place or plan when it starts to fail.
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"Smell a rat"
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"The rat race"
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"Rats deserting a sinking ship"
People leaving a place or plan when it starts to fail.
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"Rat out someone"
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"Like a drowned rat"
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"Smell a rat"
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