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Rat up a drainpipe
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How long have rats been running up drainpipes,so to speak ? 'He was off like a rat up a drainpipe' (he got away very fast ). I only noticed the expression when a Welsh friend used it, but it sounds more London than Swansea.Is it a widely-used expression ?
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