sewer rat

• Уничижительное сленговое выражение для человека, который живет или работает в канализации, или, чаще, для презренной, ненадежной или низкой личности. Также может буквально относиться к крысе, обитающей в канализации.

A derogatory slang term for a person who lives or works in sewers, or more commonly, a contemptible, untrustworthy, or low-life individual. It can also refer literally to a rat that inhabits sewers.

1. Literal meaningB1formal

   A rat that lives in sewers, typically a brown or black rat.

   Канализационная крыса

   • Sewer rats are often found in urban drainage systems.
   • The city hired exterminators to control the sewer rat population.
   • A large sewer rat was spotted near the manhole.

2. Derogatory term for a personC1slang

   An insulting term for a person considered low, dirty, or untrustworthy, often associated with criminal or shady behavior.

   Уничижительное название человека

   • That con artist is nothing but a sewer rat.
   • Don't trust him; he's a real sewer rat.
   • The detective called the informant a sewer rat.