| 单词 | a rat in a trap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa rat in a trap (also cage, corner, etc.) P5. a rat in a trap (also cage, corner, etc.): used as the type of a person who is completely trapped or cornered. Chiefly in to catch like a rat in a trap and variants. ΚΠ 1671 T. Shadwell Humorists ii. 18 So, so, Crazy is catch'd as sure as a Rat in a Trap. 1768 J.-M. Leprince de Beaumont New Clarissa 115 You are a devil of a man, Mr. Balfour, and you have found the way to catch me like a rat in a trap. 1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 52 There are men..as gifted as Erskine,..but they cannot get their genius out. They feel it, like a rat in a cage, beating against their barring ribs, in a vain struggle to escape. 1870 Dubuque (Iowa) Daily Herald 14 Aug. He always seemed to be expecting a blow, did poor Carl, more like a rat in a corner than anything else, poor beggar! 1943 Times 11 Mar. 4/7 The enemy is now advancing to attack us. This is because he is caught like a rat in a trap, and he is hitting out in every direction, trying to gain time. 1968 K. Patchen Coll. Poems 126 Are we all to die like this? Trapped like rats in a well. 2004 Sun (Nexis) 1 May She has no choice but to run, and she knows she'll be running for the rest of her life... But then she hears the sirens and is caught like a rat in a trap. < as lemmas |
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