词汇 | like-rats-leaving-a-sinking-ship |
释义 | like rats leaving a sinking shipidiom (alsolike rats deserting a sinking ship, like rats from a sinking ship) used to refer to people leaving a place, organization, activity, etc. very quickly and in large numbers, because it is failing in some way: Former friends have deserted the couple like rats leaving a sinking ship. His aides could finally depart for lucrative private sector jobs without looking like rats deserting a sinking ship. Departing abandon abandon ship abandonment absquatulate backward move p.o.q. peel away/off piss off pull pull out pull something off push along sea track vacate vamoose walk walk off (somewhere) walk out |
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