过街老鼠的英文是「when a rat runs across the street everybody cries , " kill it ! " -- a person hated by everyone」
guo jie lao shu
比喻人人痛恨的坏人。
明·徐学谟《归有园尘谈》:“吝者自能致富,然一有事则为过街老鼠;侠者或致破家,然一有事则为百足之虫。”