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Phrase(s): rattle around in something
1. Lit. to make a rattling noise inside something. • What is rattling around in this package? • There is something rattling around in my glove compartment. 2. Fig. to ride about in a vehicle with a rattle. • I am perfectly happy to rattle around in my ten-year-old car. • Todd rattles around in his grandfather’s old car. 3. Fig. to live in a place that is much too big. • We have been rattling around in this big old house for long enough. Let’s move to a smaller place. • I can’t afford to rattle around in a three-story house any longer.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs