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white rabbit

idiom
Meaning

Someone or something which moves rapidly or hurriedly from place to place.


Examples
SIMPLE

He is always running around like a white rabbit.

CONTEXTUAL

The new intern is a real white rabbit, rushing between meetings and never staying in one place for long.

COMPLEX

The frantic executive moved through the office like a white rabbit, leaving a trail of unfinished tasks and hurried instructions in his wake.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    horse and rabbit stew

    A mixture of the crude and the delicate in grossly unequal quantities, with the crude overwhelmingly dominant.

  2. 02

    pull a rabbit out of a hat

    To do something surprising and beneficial that is unexpected.

  3. 03

    the rabbit died

    Indicates one's own pregnancy, or that someone has found out they are pregnant.

  4. 04

    wash a blackamoor white

    To labour in vain, especially so as to present something as better than it really is; to whitewash.

  5. 05

    white bread

    Bread made from white flour.

  6. 06

    white coat hypertension

    Elevated blood pressure measured by a medical practitioner and deemed to result from the patient's emotional response to the medical environment.

  7. 07

    white hat

    A good person; a hero.

  8. 08

    white lie

    A deliberately untrue statement which is intended to produce a favorable result; especially, one which is judged to be better than an overhonest alternative, as for example to remain polite in a superficial social exchange, or to choose one's battles.

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