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Meaning of like rats in a sack | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Engaged in vicious combat or dispute.

UK

Examples

“A Labour shadow minister has accused Tory leadership candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak of “fighting each other like rats in a sack” while households are worrying about how to pay bills amid a cost of living crisis.”

CEFR level

C2

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

See also

like riding a bike like robbing a baby like shelling peas like shit through a goose like shooting fish in a barrel like sin