| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Rat |
| | | A good rat will not injure the grain near its own hole. Chinese. | 1 |
| A rat makes a hole, a snake inhabits it. Tamil. | 2 |
| A rat may flood a province. Sydney Smith, speaking of Holland. | 3 |
| An old rat easily finds a hole. Dutch. | 4 |
| An old rat won’t go into a trap. Dutch. | 5 |
| Do you not smell a rat? Ben Jonson. | 6 |
| Many a rat devours the lion. German. | 7 |
| Rats and conquerors must expect no mercy in misfortune. | 8 |
| Rats do not play tricks with kittens. Spanish. | 9 |
| Rats desert a sinking ship. | 10 |
| The rat betrayed by his own trap perishes. Latin. | 11 |
| The rat that has but one hole is soon caught. Spanish, Dutch. | 12 |
| The very rats had instinctively quit it (the ship). Shakespeare. | 13 | | |
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