Daily life
look like a drowned rat
look extremely wet
To look completely soaked and bedraggled, especially after getting caught in the rain.
Hear it in real life
Why are you changing your clothes?
I got caught in a shower and look like a drowned rat.
I looked like a drowned rat when I finally reached the bus stop.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I looked like a drowning rat after the storm.
Say: I looked like a drowned rat after the storm.
The idiom describes someone who is already soaked, so it uses “drowned,” not “drowning.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
look like a drowned rat; arrive looking like a drowned rat
Your turn: say it out loud
I looked like a drowned rat when I finally reached the bus stop.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
look like a drowned rat
look extremely wet
“I looked like a drowned rat when I finally reached the bus stop.”
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