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city mouse

(figurative) A city person; someone who has city ways.

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#1·Apr 26, 2026

(figurative) A city person; someone who has city ways.

Origin: An allusion to The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, one of Aesop's Fables. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • It's really no skin of Kim's pudgy nose, but it 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 be real; the North 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 have realised they stand to gain more by détente than by continuing the belligerent rhetoric. They'll never catch up to the South, but Best Korea might 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦 as a county mouse to their city mouse.

    Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 26, 2026

(Antarctica, slang, figurative) A member of support personnel who remains at the base.

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