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- like a drowned rat
like a drowned rat
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.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Faunus | | FAWN-əs (English) | Roman Mythology |
| Sukie | | SOO-kee | English |
| Bellatrix | | - | Astronomy |
| Nash | | NASH | English (Modern) |
| ZacarÍAs | | thah-kah-REE-ahs (Spanish), sah-kah-REE-ahs (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |
| Fadl | | - | Arabic |