落汤鸡 (luò tāng jī) — a person who looks drenched and bedraggled (like a drowned rat)
Definition
A vivid, colloquial idiom for someone completely soaked and dripping. Used as a noun, often with 变成 or 像…一样.
noun
a person who looks drenched and bedraggled (like a drowned rat)
Examples
- ,落汤鸡。Tā lín le yì chǎng dà yǔ, biàn chéng le luò tāng jī.He got caught in a heavy rain and became a drenched mess.
- ,落汤鸡。Gōng sī dǎo bì hòu, tā xiàng luò tāng jī yí yàng chuí tóu sàng qì.After the company went bankrupt, he was dejected like a drenched chicken.
- ,,落汤鸡。Tā cóng yóu yǒng chí chū lái, quán shēn shī tòu, huó xiàng yì zhī luò tāng jī.He came out of the pool, soaked through, looking exactly like a drenched chicken.
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