like a scalded dog

English

(simile) With great rapidity.
- 2010, R. Harper Mason, Lyin' Like a Dog:
  Shoot, Sniffer jerked away and took off like a scalded dog.
- 2012, Jean Larremore, Self-Portrait of a Texas Cowboy: Ass Over Teakettle, page 54:
  More often, he would buck like a scalded dog. If I could keep him circling in one direction, I could ride him. If I ever turned his head loose, he'd generally pile drive me again and disappear out from under me.

with great rapidity