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like a rat from a sinking ship

like a rat from a sinking ship is the alternative form of like rats from a sinking ship.

Meaning of like rats from a sinking ship

Prepositional phrase

  1. (simile) Quickly but futilely, away from a failing project.

Questions about like a rat from a sinking ship

What is like a rat from a sinking ship the alternative form of?
Like a rat from a sinking ship is the alternative form of like rats from a sinking ship.

Words near like a rat from a sinking ship in the dictionary

  1. like a pakapoo ticket
  2. like a phoenix from the ashes
  3. like a pig in clover
  4. like a plasterer's radio
  5. like a raped ape
  6. like a rat from a sinking ship
  7. like a rat up a drain
  8. like a rat up a drainpipe
  9. like a ripe plum
  10. like a scalded cat
  11. like a scalded dog

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