sewer rat

• Expression argotique péjorative désignant une personne qui vit ou travaille dans les égouts ou, plus souvent, une personne méprisable, peu fiable ou vile. Peut aussi désigner littéralement un rat vivant dans les égouts.

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.

   rat d'égout

   • 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.

   Racaillasse

   • 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.