like a drowned rat in English

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        "Soaked to the point of being highly unattractive; bedraggled."
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        "(simile, informal) Soaked to the point of being highly unattractive; bedraggled."
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        "Soaked to the point of being highly unattractive; bedraggled."
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"like a drowned rat" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase