Fixed expressions
Idioms
English fixed expressions — phrases whose meaning isn't obvious from the individual words. Each entry shows the meaning, an example sentence, and its register.
Idioms containing rat, including its inflections. Clear word filter
2 idioms
rat race
CEFR B1the exhausting, competitive struggle to keep up at work and get ahead
Informal
smell a rat
CEFR B2To suspect that something is wrong or that someone is being dishonest.
Informal