Rabbit–Figures of Speech

(a)  (in sports) a runner who sets a fast pace (speed) for a team-mate on purpose in a long distance running race

(b)  (in any game) a beginner or poor player

(c)  the fourth animal in the 12 year cycle of the Chinese zodiac

a rabbit punch

2. (a)  rabbit-hearted

(b)  rabbit-scared [said of someone who is very scared or panic-stricken as a rabbit attacked by a fox]

3. rabbit punch  =  a blow (hit) given to the back of someone’s neck (originated from the way the rabbit hunters killed the rabbits with a sharp quick blow (strike/hit) to the back of the head)

Welsh rabbit

4. rabbit-hund  =  a weak, undeveloped child

5. Welsh rabbit (or rarebit)  =  a kind of food item: hot buttered toast covered by hot melted cheese

6. as timid as a rabbit

7. as shuttle as a rabbit (‘shuttle’ = nimble, supple, quick)

8. goes like a rabbit [said of someone, usually a man, with frequent and too eager sexual activities]

9. coupled like rabbits, a fat and a lean [said of when two representative from two opposing groups, one from each, are chosen]

10. to rabbit (verb)  =  to talk too much

running the rabbit (buying alcohol illegally)

11. to run the rabbit  =  to obtain (get) alcohol irregularly

12. (it) would make a rabbit spit at a dog [said of a very strong whisky]

13. little rabbits have big ears [said of as a warning to be careful of what one says because the children are listening]

14. to want to piss like a rabbit  =  (to want to relieve oneself) very urgently

15. it’s (like) rabbits out of the wood [said of an unexpected lucky profit]

16. to let the dog see the rabbit [said to imply a request for freedom or free hand from frequent interference]