Only a few months ago the Republican national chairman was bragging that the Democrats were "running from Bill Clinton like scalded dogs."

"I ran like a scalded dog," said the chief petty officer, Warren J. Cunningham, 36.

"It just puttered along for a while and when the spin happened the thing took off like a scalded dog."

He panted a moment, then flung the crowbar at me and spun away, running like a scalded dog.

Then, with a yelp like a scalded dog, he leapt out of the tub.

The other seven scrambled off the table like scalded dogs, all yelling and digging toward the door, half of them dragging the other half.

One more look at Percy, and I raced like a scalded dog back to the pickup.

Run like a scalded dog.

"He yelped like a scalded dog."

Some of them are going to shoot out of here on a dark night and run like a scalded dog.