like a scalded dog

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

With great rapidity.

Equivalents

Svenskasom en skållad råtta

Examples

“Shoot ⟳, Sniffer jerked away and took off like ⟳ a scalded dog.”

“More often, he would buck like ⟳ a scalded dog. If I could keep ⟳ him circling in one direction, I could ride ⟳ him. If I ever turned his head loose, he'd generally pile drive ⟳ me again and disappear ⟳ out from under me.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

like a wolf on the fold like butter on a bald monkey like father, like son like it or leave it like mother, like daughter like strange bulldogs

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