[General] "He was a small ratty-looking man."

[anniey799]

When you read the sentence do you think of a man looks like a mouse?
Or does above sentence visualise image of somethingelse? Just curious. More various replies the better

 

[Rover_KE]

He looked like a rat.

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[MikeNewYork]

When you read the sentence do you think of a man looks like a mouse?
Or does above sentence visualise image of somethingelse? Just curious. More various replies the better

I wouldn't read that as a literal description of a rat or a mouse. I would read it is "shabby", "unkempt", "seedy", etc.

 

[bhaisahab]

I wouldn't read that as a literal description of a rat or a mouse. I would read it is "shabby", "unkempt", "seedy", etc.

I disagree. To me it conjures up the image of someone with a thin face and small, "gimlet" eyes.