like a drowned rat

Idioms  

1. 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.

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like a drowned rat

A walk of a quarter of a mile brought me to the door like a drowned rat, a note from my Shirley friends secured me an immediate and cordial welcome.

From Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Murray, Henry A.

Looking, he says, like a drowned rat, his appearance caused "great amazement."

From Alone by Douglas, Norman

And she told me I looked like a drowned rat.

From Danny's Own Story by Marquis, Don

By-and-by he fell asleep, and before he knew what he was about—plump—he rolled off into the river with a splash, and scrambled out, dripping like a drowned rat.

From More English Fairy Tales by Batten, John Dickson

I think it was the surprise of seeing that fellow Lessingham crawl on to the wreck looking like a drowned rat.

From The Zeppelin's Passenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)