過街老鼠
simp过街老鼠gwo3 gaai1 lou5 syu2guò jiē lǎo shǔ
English
- sb or sth detested by all
- a phrase to describe a malevolent person who is spurned by everyone
- target of scorn
- anathema
- cf. 老鼠過街,人人喊打|老鼠过街,人人喊打[lao3 shu3 guo4 jie1 , ren2 ren2 han3 da3]
- disgusting and unpopular person; an unpopular figure hated by everyone ; literally: rat crossing the street
粵語 — Cantonese
- 比喻某個乞人憎嘅人,就好似污糟邋遢又唔得人歡喜嘅老鼠,喺街頭出現,人人喊打(量詞:隻)
Examples
自從老闆件貪污醜聞公開咗之後,佢就俾啲投資者睇成過街老鼠。
Ever since our boss' corruption scandal was made public, he has been loathed by his investors.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk