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like ferrets in a bag

like ferrets in a bag is the alternative form of like a bag of ferrets.

Meaning of like a bag of ferrets

Prepositional phrase

  1. (simile) With a great deal of fuss, commotion, or physical jostling.

Questions about like ferrets in a bag

What is like ferrets in a bag the alternative form of?
Like ferrets in a bag is the alternative form of like a bag of ferrets.

Words near like ferrets in a bag in the dictionary

  1. like farming
  2. like farms
  3. like father like son
  4. like father, like son
  5. like feeding time at the zoo
  6. like ferrets in a bag
  7. like fingernails on a chalkboard
  8. like fits
  9. like flies on a rib roast
  10. like flies on pie
  11. like fuck

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Adapted from Wiktionary: like ferrets in a bag (page history and authors); like a bag of ferrets (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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