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like a bug to a zapper

like a bug to a zapper prepositional phrase: irresistibly lured into something harmful.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (informal, simile) irresistibly lured into something harmful.
    • Yet I walked into the trap like a bug to a zapper.

Origin of like a bug to a zapper

In reference to a bug zapper.

Questions about like a bug to a zapper

What does like a bug to a zapper mean?
Like a bug to a zapper means irresistibly lured into something harmful.
What part of speech is like a bug to a zapper?
Like a bug to a zapper is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like a bug to a zapper in the dictionary

  1. like a bitch
  2. like a bitch on heat
  3. like a blue-arsed fly
  4. like a boss
  5. like a bowl in a china shop
  6. like a bug to a zapper
  7. like a bull at a gate
  8. like a bull in a china shop
  9. like a bulldog with a bone
  10. like a bump on a log
  11. like a cat in a strange garret

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