"like a drowned rat" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} like a drowned rat, {{en-PP}} like a drowned rat
  1. (simile, informal) Soaked to the point of being highly unattractive; bedraggled. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-like_a_drowned_rat-en-prep_phrase-b~Jo08yW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "Soaked",
          "soaked"
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          "unattractive",
          "unattractive"
        ],
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          "bedraggled",
          "bedraggled"
        ]
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        "(simile, informal) Soaked to the point of being highly unattractive; bedraggled."
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