粵

過gwo3街gaai1老lou5鼠syu2

simp过街老鼠
gwo3 gaai1 lou5 syu2guò jiē lǎo shǔ

English

  1. sb or sth detested by all
  2. a phrase to describe a malevolent person who is spurned by everyone
  3. target of scorn
  4. anathema
  5. 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]
  6. disgusting and unpopular person; an unpopular figure hated by everyone ; literally: rat crossing the street

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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