like a raped ape
English
Phrase
- (simile, vulgar) With great rapidity.
- 1978, Chuck Adams, The Complete Book of Bowhunting (page 213)
- I'd like to report that this was his last mistake, but the quick little devil dodged my arrow and took off like a raped ape.
- 1983, Cycle World (volume 22)
- The nurses' aide takes off like a raped ape and Fairingnose winks at me.
- 2005, Chuck E. Sanders, The Making of a Minister (page 59)
- This blue Camaro looked bad, sounded worse and would run like a raped ape. I have no idea what-all-else Wayne did to this car, but it was a six-cylinder that would walk away from every car I came against.
- 1978, Chuck Adams, The Complete Book of Bowhunting (page 213)
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