Idiom
rats and mice
SlangCockney rhyming slang
Meaning
dice
Examples
“We rolled the rats and mice to decide who goes first.”
“The game requires you to throw the rats and mice across the board to move your pieces.”
“With the stakes raised, he nervously clutched the rats and mice before casting them onto the wooden table.”
Examples
simple
“We rolled the rats and mice to decide who goes first.”
contextual
“The game requires you to throw the rats and mice across the board to move your pieces.”
complex
“With the stakes raised, he nervously clutched the rats and mice before casting them onto the wooden table.”
Origin
The appearance of dice rolling is similar to rodents running.
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