a cat in gloves catches no mice
One cannot obtain what one desires by being cautious; one must be aggressive.
Mice & rats · Chuột 106
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barracks rat
A soldier who prefers to stay in the barracks during time off.
bottle rat
A woman in a nightclub who feigns interest in people ordering bottle service in order to get free drinks.
brass rat
A class ring bearing the image of a beaver, worn by graduates of MIT.
brig rat
Somebody who has spent time in the brig; an offender in the military.
bấm chuột
(verb) To click a computer mouse.
chim chuột
(noun) a mousebird (a bird of the order Coliiformes)
chuột
(noun) murid, rodent in the family Muridae
chuột bạch
(noun) a white mouse, especially a white laboratory mouse
chuột chù
(noun) shrew (mammals of the family Soricidae)
chuột chũi
(noun) a mole (burrowing insectivore)
chuột cống
(noun) a rat (rodent)
chuột lang
(noun) guinea pig, cavy
chuột lang nước
(noun) capybara
chuột lắt
(noun) mouse
chuột máy tính
computer mouse
chuột nhảy
(noun) gerbil
chuột nhắt
(noun) mouse (rodent of the genus Mus)
chuột rút
(noun) cramp (a painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled)
chuột sóc
(noun) dormouse
chuột túi
(noun) kangaroo
chuột xạ
(noun) musk shrew (any of Crocidura spp.)
chuột đồng
(noun) a vole
cháy nhà mới ra mặt chuột
Only when something bad happens; the skeleton(s) in the closet will be revealed.
city mouse
A member of support personnel who remains at the base.
clit mouse
Synonym of pointing stick.
country mouse
A member of support personnel who travels around, rather than remaining at the base.
crack a rat
To break wind.
crazy as a shithouse rat
Thoroughly crazy.
dưa chuột
(noun) cucumber
dưa chuột biển
(noun) sea cucumber
fanny rat
A womanizer.
frat rat
A member of a fraternity.
hangar rat
An air base employee who is not a pilot.
hill rat
A prospector.
hood rat
A person, especially a man or a woman, from an urban neighborhood who overtly exhibits attributes associated with inner city life, especially in both behavior and appearance.
House of Mouse
The Walt Disney Company.
like a drowned rat
Soaked to the point of being highly unattractive; bedraggled.
like a rat up a drainpipe
Very rapidly.
like rats from a sinking ship
Quickly but futilely, away from a failing project.
like rats in a sack
Engaged in vicious combat or dispute.
mall rat
A young person who frequently loiters in a shopping mall, especially to socialize with friends.
Mickey Mouse
Grouse, excellent.
mouse around
To mouse, to move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of the rodent.
mouse over
To move a computer mouse pointer over (an element of the display).
mouse potato
A person who spends excessive amounts of time using a computer.
mute as a mouse
Synonym of quiet as a mouse.
nhấn chuột
(verb) To click a computer mouse.
nhấp chuột
(verb) to click (to press and release a computer mouse)
nipple mouse
Synonym of pointing stick.
poor as a church mouse
Extrememly poor.
rat bastard
A thoroughly despicable and untrustworthy person; a scoundrel.
rat bike
A motorcycle maintained at the lowest possible cost and usually painted black.
rat house
A mental hospital.
rat on
To tattle, squeal about (someone)
rat out
To inform authorities (about someone); to tell on (somebody).
rat pack
A ration pack.
rat racer
A person who partakes in the rat race.
rat stache
A thin, sparse, or patchy mustache; the wispy facial hair common among younger men, during the early stages of facial hair growth, or in transmasculine individuals undergoing hormone therapy.
rat through
To rummage; to pick over.
ring rat
A promiscuous person, often a young female, who attends professional wrestling events primarily to seek sexual liaisons with wrestlers and other performers.
shack rat
A female civilian visiting military barracks in order to have sex with soldiers.
sóc chuột
(noun) chipmunk
the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry
No matter how well a project is planned, accidents or misfortune can still occur.
the second mouse gets the cheese
Others reap the advantages after a first mover absorbs the loss of a first-mover disadvantage.
water rat
A petty thief or waterfront ruffian.
wharf rat
A neglected boy who lives around the wharfs.
when the cat's away, the mice will play
People misbehave or relax when the person in charge is absent.
đầu voi đuôi chuột
(adjective) started with a lot of fanfare but petering out to nothing
ấn chuột
(verb) To click a computer mouse.
bit by a barn mouse
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse. (Strauss, 1994 p. 568)
Don't take drastic action to solve a small problem
cat and mouse
a situation where someone is being chased or pursued by someone else
Cat and Mouse Act
To play cat and mouse with one is "to have him on a string"; while he is in your power to pretend constantly to let him go, but not actually to do so. During the Suffragette agitation at the beginning of the 20th century an Act was passed in 1912 with the object of rendering nugatory the tactics of imprisoned suffragettes who went on "hunger-strike.
chuột chạy cùng sào
Everyone is in the same situation
chuột hamster
hamster
Desert Rats
Sobriquet of the 7th Armoured Division which, already in the Western Desert before the outbreak of war in 1939, served in the Eighth Army throughout the
dust mouse
A small bundle of dust and fluff
give a rat's arse
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
I smell a rat
I perceive there is something concealed which is mischievous. The allusion is to a cat smelling a rat, while unable to see it.
irish rats rhymed to death
It was once a prevalent opinion that rats in pasturages could be extirpated by anathematizing them in rhyming verse or by metrical charms. This notion is frequently alluded to by ancient authors. Thus, Ben Jonson says : "Rhyme them to death, as they do Irish rats" (Poetaster)', Sir Philip Sidney says: "Though I will not wish unto you ...
lab rat
a person used as a test subject
mouse
To speak like a mouse in a cheese; i.e. faintly or indistinctly.
mouse
A black eye. By a façon de parler, any one with "a MOUSE" is supposed to have been to Blackwall.
poor as a rat
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
quiet as a church mouse
Extremely quiet and still
quiet as a mouse
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
rat
A ration.
rat
A drunken man or woman taken up by the watch, and confined in the watch-house. CANT. To smell a rat; to suspect some intended trick, or unfair design.
rat
A sneak, an informer, a turn-coat, one who changes his party for interest. The late Sir Robert Peel was called the RAT, or the TAMWORTH RATCATCHER, for altering his views on the Roman Catholic question. From RATS deserting vessels about to sink. The term is often used amongst printers to denote one who works under price. Old cant for a clergyman.
rat run
a route taken to avoid traffic
rat's nest
A confusing or tangled situation
rats
Of these there are the following kinds: a black rat and a grey rat, a py-rat and a cu-rat.
Rats desert a sinking ship. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1150)
People abandon a failing enterprise or situation
skate rat
A young skateboarder, often in a dedicated or obsessive manner
smell a rat
Suspect that something is wrong or deceitful
the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry
Even well-planned actions can go wrong
the only free cheese is in the mouse trap
Nothing is truly free, as everything has a cost or consequence.
timid as a mouse
Very timid.
to rat
To forsake a losing side for the stronger party, as rats are said to forsake un- seaworthy ships. One who deserts his party, as a "blackleg" during a strike, is sometimes called a rat.
tấm lót chuột
mouse pad
when the cat is away, the mice will play
People behave badly when not supervised.
When the cat is away, the mice will play. (16th century) (Citatboken)
People behave badly when not supervised
winter rat
A person who deserts or betrays their group during a difficult time.
Ướt như chuột lội
completely soaked or drenched
ổ chuột
(noun) slum