Phrases & SayingsPeople and character
flash as a rat with a gold tooth
Also: as flash as a rat with a gold tooth
Very showy, ostentatious or conspicuously dressed.
In a sentence
In this historical or contextual use, “flash as a rat with a gold tooth” means very showy, ostentatious or conspicuously dressed.
Where it came from
The Australian National Dictionary Centre records the simile as an Australian expression from the twentieth century.
- Initial era
- 1950–1999
- Where used
- Australia-wide