rats
exclamation
informalmainlyUSuk/ræts/us/ræts/anexpressionofangerordisappointment:
Oh, rats! Iforgotmykeys.
Aw, rats! Ithoughtwe were done.
- Rats, I've made amistake.
- Rats! Yes, I'mdisappointed.
- Oh, rats! Okay. Let'ssolvethisproblem.
- I never get aninterview. Rats!
- Youknowthatfeelingwhen thephoneringsand youthink"oh rats I'mgonnamissthe show."
- Rats! I have to be atworkin acoupleofhours.
Linguistics: interjections
- aiyo
- alack
- alas and alackphrase
- attaboy
- attagirl
- auf Wiedersehen
- aw shucks
- figure
- goodo
- mazel tov
- more
- more power toyourelbow!idiom
- need
- need I say more?idiom
- no siridiom
- period
- small wonderidiom
- sweet
- the rest is historyidiom
- you seeidiom
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Expressions of anger