rat holes
Where vermin nest
Small openings or tunnels gnawed by rats, typically in walls, floors, or foundations.
By extension, any cramped, squalid, or neglected space: This apartment is a rat hole.
In business or meetings, rat holes are tangential topics that waste time: Let's not go down that rat hole.
To rat-hole money is to stash it away secretly.
- rattrapPest-catching device
- hidingStaying out of sight
- pestHarmful creature or nag
- lairAnimal's hidden dwelling
- burrowAnimal's dug dwelling
mismanagement · money pit · den · cavities · warren · waste · loophole · squandered · down the drain · hideout · inefficiency · rodents · extermination · oversight · excavations · digging · entrance · exit
rat holesfront doors
Main building access points
palace gates · portals · archways · gateways · foyers
rat holespalaces
Grand royal residences
mansions · luxury suites · penthouses · stately homes · estates
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