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Meaning of like a scalded dog | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

With great rapidity.

Equivalents

Svenska som 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.

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