mice

[ mahys ]

noun

1. plural of mouse.

mice

/ maɪs /

noun

1. the plural of mouse

Idioms and Phrases

see best-laid plans of mice and men ; when the cat's away, mice will play . Also see under mouse .

Example Sentences

“We’re scrambling like scared mice, moving from place to place. Lebanon is becoming like Gaza, with Israeli forces using the same tactics.”

From BBC

Steinbeck’s fame, which had already been solidified by his bestselling 1937 novel "Of Mice and Men," was skyrocketing.

From Salon

Steinbeck, who had just published a bestselling novel, "Of Mice and Men," in February 1937, had found Collins while he was writing a series of articles on the plight of the Dust Bowl refugees for The San Francisco News which were published from October 5 to 12, 1936.

From Salon

On a recent visit, I started my day as a mail courier, which led to me meeting an elixir specialist, where we wondered about a cure to “duck pox,” but before any fictional diseases were tackled I was conspiring with a local hotelier, imagining ways to conceal a mice problem.

From Los Angeles Times

The primary reason that the review gives for recommending a ban on puberty blockers is that these drugs may cause issues with psychosexual development, but the citation used to support this is an opinion piece describing a short series of laboratory experiments where rats and mice had their sexual organs removed.

From Slate

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