Rat

Symbolic of a person with low character, morals, and ethics

Rats and mice are often 'pests' or associated with what is 'unclean' or forbidden. Rats can be 'stowaways,' hiding in ships, or in the shadows, representing abandoning something, sneaking around or escaping like a 'dirty rat.' Used in scientific laboratories, both can symbolize 'experimenting' in the expression of feelings. See Animals.

A rat in one’s house in a dream means that he will emigrate from one land to another. If the person seeing the dream owns a house, it means that he will sell it. Rats in one’s house in a dream also represent thieves one must guard his house against, or that he must guard himself against the betrayal of a close acquaintance. Eating a rat in a dream means backbiting others, or earning unlawful money. In general, rats in a dream represent insolence, causing damage, fornication, adverse marital conditions, or problems in the upbringing of one’s children. Catching a rat in a dream means suffering from humiliation and despise.