In a few days from now, my year will be over.
We will be going from year of the "oink, oink" to year of the "squeak, squeak".
Good bye to Piggy.
Welcome to Ratty!
Yes, AK is not a rat.
AK is a pig.
Unless we are Chinese, saying that we are a rat or a pig would probably sound rather strange or even offensive.
However, if are familiar with the phrase "rat race", then, all adults would have been a rat at one time or another.
"The origin of the expression is from laboratory experiments where two rats are trying to outrun each other in order to get a piece of cheese."
Source: Quora.
Interesting bit of trivia but rather depressing when we think about it as an analogy.
What?
Mr. XYZ is the number one rat in the race?
I don't care?
I am not a rat anymore....