It would be ugly to watch people poking sticks at a caged rat. It is uglier still to watch rats poking sticks at a caged person.

I wouldn't mind the rat race - if the rats would lose once in a while.

I didn't miss the rat race, but I kinda missed the rats.

Switzerland still has a huge share of the watch market, all advertised at the airport on illuminated hoardings. Gosh, they are ugly.

I would not have had that happen to you. Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me.

Experiments with laboratory rats have shown that, if one psychologist in the room laughs at something a rat does, all of the other psychologists in the room will laugh equally. Nobody wants to be left holding the joke.