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Home / Idiom / 老鼠过街，人人喊打

lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom) · fig. everyone detests a lowlife

老鼠过街，人人喊打
lǎo shǔ guò jiē，rén rén hǎn dǎ
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously抱头鼠窜bào tóu shǔ cuànto flee in defeat · to bolt落荒而逃luò huāng ér táoto escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime) · to show a clean pair of heels逃之夭夭táo zhī yāo yāo
Antonyms
openly and without fear · brazenly明目张胆míng mù zhāng dǎn
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