LEMMING


Meaning of LEMMING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ lemɪŋ ]

( lemmings)

1.

A lemming is an animal that looks like a large rat with thick fur. Lemmings live in cold northern regions and sometimes travel in very large numbers.

N-COUNT

2.

If you say that a large group of people are acting like lemmings , you are critical of them because they all follow each other into an action without thinking about it.

The French crowds pour like lemmings down the motorway to Paris.

N-COUNT : usu pl [ disapproval ]

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