The phrase "are rat" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey a state of being or description, but it lacks proper context and grammatical structure.
Example: "The animals in the lab are rat, which raises ethical concerns."
Alternatives: "are rodents" or "are pests".
"Republicans who raise taxes are rat heads in Coke bottles.
These names in order are rat, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, fowl, dog, and pig.
Updated at 5.12pm GMT 4.46pm GMT Anti-tax overlord Grover Norquist just started his speech, and already has delivered the quote of the conference (so far): "Republicans who vote for tax increases are rat heads in a Coke bottle".
The captain's cocktail party at 7 30 is held in the Top Hat Lounge, a Rat Pack-era nightclub with banquettes (a lot of the passengers are Rat Pack-era, too), but the ship is rocking and rolling so I leave early and have a nice lie-down and don't get up till morning.
C6 cells are rat glioma cells with highly low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP1) expression.
The reprogrammed cells are rat oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs), which scientists thought were irreversibly committed to becoming neuronal handmaidens called oligodendrocytes or astrocytes.
UN inspectors found that the tents that accommodate families on Nauru are rat-infested, there is inadequate water and little shelter from extreme heat.
The late Nicholas Tomalin famously wrote that "the only qualities essential for real success in journalism are rat-like cunning, a plausible manner, and a little literary ability".
'They are rat-race ambitions rather than community-orientated.' She raises a key point which many of the women I spoke to also articulated: 'It's difficult to know how men fit into these scenarios,' she told me.
Less derisively, Nicholas Tomalin, a war correspondent for The Sunday Times of London who was killed in 1973, coined a more flattering job description: "The only qualities essential for real success in journalism are rat-like cunning, a plausible manner and a little literary ability".
