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like a scalded cat

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  • like a scalded cat — ► like a scalded cat very fast. Main Entry: ↑scald …   English terms dictionary

  • like a scalded cat —    If something or something moves like a scalded cat, they move very fast, usually because they are frightened or shocked.     As soon as he saw the policeman, he ran off like a scalded cat …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • like a scalded cat — at a very fast speed. → scald …   English new terms dictionary

  • scalded — /ˈskɔldəd/ (say skawlduhd) adjective 1. suffering the results of scalding. 2. (of land) stripped of vegetation, especially after soil erosion or salination. –phrase 3. move like a scalded cat, Colloquial to move very quickly …  

  • scald — ► VERB 1) injure with very hot liquid or steam. 2) heat (a liquid) to near boiling point. 3) immerse briefly in boiling water. ► NOUN ▪ a burn or other injury caused by hot liquid or steam. ● like a scalded cat Cf. ↑like …   English terms dictionary

  • scald — 1. v. & n. v.tr. 1 burn (the skin etc.) with hot liquid or steam. 2 heat (esp. milk) to near boiling point. 3 (usu. foll. by out) clean (a pan etc.) by rinsing with boiling water. 4 treat (poultry etc.) with boiling water to remove feathers etc.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • (at) full tilt — 1 they charged full tilt down the side of the hill: (AT) FULL SPEED, (at) full pelt, as fast as one s legs can carry one, at a gallop, helter skelter, headlong, pell mell, at breakneck speed; informal hell for leather, at the double, a mile a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • at/on the double — VERY QUICKLY, as fast as one s legs can carry one, at a run, at a gallop, fast, swiftly, rapidly, speedily, at (full) speed, at full tilt, as fast as possible; informal double quick, like (greased) lightning, like the wind, like a scalded cat,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • scald — scald1 verb 1》 injure with very hot liquid or steam. 2》 heat (milk or other liquid) to near boiling point.     ↘immerse briefly in boiling water.     ↘archaic clean by rinsing with boiling water. 3》 cause to feel a searing sensation like that of… …   English new terms dictionary

  • syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary

  • Staphylococcus aureus — Scanning electron micrograph of S. aureus, 20,000 times enlargement, false color added Scientific classification Domain: Bacteria …   Wikipedia

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