Collocations for "mice"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "mice" in context.
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mouse
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [timid, shy, quiet, little, frightened] mouse
- [field, lab, laboratory, brown, house, church] mice
- the [town, country] mouse
- UK: [buy, eat] sugar mice
- conducted a (clinical) trial [on, using] mice
- experiment on mice
- (my cat) likes [chasing, hunting, killing] mice
- my [computer, laptop] mouse
- [right, left, double] click your mouse
- use your mouse to [drag, copy, select, highlight, move]
- at the click of a mouse
- are you a man or a mouse?
- (as) [quiet, small] as a mouse
- [squeal, scream, scurry] like a mouse
- they fight like cat and mouse
- is scared of mice
- a mouse of a [man, woman, girl, boy]
- rats and mice
- a mouse [click, button, pointer, pad, mat, hole]
- mouse-based [trials, research, experiments]
- (set) a [humane, traditional] mouse trap
- have a mouse problem
'mice' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):