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cat
's cradle
A children's string game.
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cat
's cradle
Any compli
cat
ed structure which appears to be without purpose.
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cat
's meow
A highly sought-after and fancy example of something.
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cat
's meow
A self-satisfied person.
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cat
's pyjamas
A highly sought-after and fancy example of something, usually referring to inanimate objects.
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cat
's pyjamas
That new car was really the
cat
's pyjamas.
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nervous as a
cat
"She's as nervous as a
cat
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nervous as a
cat
Very nervous.
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cat
and dog life
Unhappy married life.
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cat
and mouse game
Two individuals and/or groups repeatedly keeping check on each other in a suspicious or self-protective way, often with the goal of one or both parties trying to gain a malicious advantage over the other.
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cat
got someone's tongue
Why are you not saying anything?.
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cat
in the sack
Something to be suspicious of.
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curiosity killed the
cat
One should not be curious about things that can be dangerous.
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grin like a cheshire
cat
To smile broadly, especially in a self-satisfied way.
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when the
cat
's away
People are likely to take advantage of the absence of authority or enforcement of compliance.
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a
cat
can look at a king
Alternative form of a
cat
may look at a king.1982, A J Ayer,
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a
cat
may look at a king
Even a purported inferior has certain abilities, even in the presence of a purported superior
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cat
in the meal-tub
Something concealed; a hidden danger.
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cat
that ate the canary
A person who appears self-satisfied or smug, especially while concealing something mischievous, prohibited, or private.
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cat
that ate the canary
A person whose appearance and behavior suggest guilt mixed with other qualities, such as satisfaction or feigned nonchalance.
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to be the
cat
's whiskers
To perform better than was generally supposed possible.
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like a
cat
on a hot tin roof
Jumpy, nervous.
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look what the
cat
's dragged in
Used as an ironic acknowledgement of someone's arrival, especially to imply that they are unwelcome or disagreeable in some way.
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who's 'she', the
cat
's mother%3f
A rebuke especially directed towards children for having referred to their mother, or any other woman in the third person, instead of using a properly respectful title or their name when appropriate.
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there's more than one way to skin a
cat
A problem generally has more than one solution.
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when the
cat
's away the mice will play
In the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances.
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let the
cat
out of the bag
To disclose a secret; to let a secret be known, often inadvertently.
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put the
cat
among the pigeons
If you set the
cat
among the pigeons, you will cause a flutter in the dovecote.
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put the
cat
among the pigeons
Professor Stephen Hawking put the
cat
among the pigeons last week with his cheery remarks about comet Machholz-2, which some astronomers believe could be heading our way. — The Times, 19 September 1994.
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put the
cat
among the pigeons
To cause alarm.
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spill the beans / let the
cat
out of the bag
To let out a secret
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cat
meat
Meat from a
cat
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his back is up
He is offended or angry; an expression or idea taken from a
cat
; that animal, when angry, always raising its back. An allusion also sometimes used to jeer a crooked man.
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lion
A stylized representation of a large
cat
, used on a coat of arms.
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lion
A large
cat
, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly to much of Europe. The term may apply to the species as a whole, to individuals, or to male individuals. It also applies to related species like mountain lions.
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