like a bug to a zapper

prepositional phrase

irresistibly lured into something harmful.

“Yet I walked into the trap like a bug to a zapper.”

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. informalsimileirresistibly lured into something harmful.

    Yet I walked into the trap like a bug to a zapper.

Origin

In reference to a bug zapper.

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Cite this entry
APA

like a bug to a zapper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20a%20bug%20to%20a%20zapper

MLA

“like a bug to a zapper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20a%20bug%20to%20a%20zapper. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “like a bug to a zapper,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20a%20bug%20to%20a%20zapper.

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