run hither and thither like rats and wolves

run hither and thither like rats and wolves

It's an idiom that the rat gallops. It describes a situation of running away in confusion.

Idioms and allusions

[source]: Chapter 69 of the outlaws of the marsh by Shi Naian of the Ming Dynasty: "sure enough, the common people helped the old and helped the young, and the mice galloped to Dongping mansion."

Discrimination of words

Who knows, it's just that a rat is running like a wolf, and there's a way to stop it. Chapter 30 of biography of Heroes

[pinyin code]: sclb

Running like a wolf and running like a mouse

Degree of common use: rare

Emotional color: derogatory words

Grammatical usage: predicate, adverbial; derogatory

Idiom structure: United

Time of birth: ancient times