Re: To 'beat the rat'?
- From: "Martin Crossley" <Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:06:21 +0100
Ben Shimmin wrote:
Frido Schefft <schefft@xxxxxx>:
I was watching the film "About a boy" the other day and I distinctly
heard Hugh Grant say "I think we beat the rat there, mate."
[...]
I think you'll find he says `beat the rap'.
b.
There is a pub game "Twat the Rat" where a toy rat is dropped down a
drainpipe by the operator, whose hand is screened from view.
The aim is to arrest its movement with a single stroke of a stick as it
emerges.
Your explanation, though less fun, makes more sense.
Martin.
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