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Idiom idiom

white rabbit


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

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


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.”


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

  2. 02

    pearly whites

    Teeth.

  3. 03

    pull a rabbit out of a hat

    To do something surprising and beneficial that is unexpected.

  4. 04

    the rabbit died

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

  5. 05

    wash a blackamoor white

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

  6. 06

    white bread

    Bread made from white flour.

  7. 07

    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.

  8. 08

    white hat

    A good person; a hero.

Last updated August 10, 2026