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    Cat Idioms: EG-15-1-2 Oleynik Svetlana

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    This document provides definitions and examples for common idioms related to cats. Some of the idioms summarized are: - "Bell the cat" which refers to an impossible or difficult task, originating from the idea of placing a bell on a cat. - "The cat has got someone's tongue" which means someone remains silent when expected to speak. - "Dead cat bounce" refers to a temporary stock market recovery after a substantial fall, caused by short-term speculation. - Other idioms explained include "fight like cat and dog", "see which way the cat jumps", and "let the cat out of the bag" which means revealing a secret by mistake.

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    This document provides definitions and examples for common idioms related to cats. Some of the idioms summarized are: - "Bell the cat" which refers to an impossible or difficult task, originating from the idea of placing a bell on a cat. - "The cat has got someone's tongue" which means someone remains silent when expected to speak. - "Dead cat bounce" refers to a temporary stock market recovery after a substantial fall, caused by short-term speculation. - Other idioms explained include "fight like cat and dog", "see which way the cat jumps", and "let the cat out of the bag" which means revealing a secret by mistake.

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    This document provides definitions and examples for common idioms related to cats. Some of the idioms summarized are: - "Bell the cat" which refers to an impossible or difficult task, originating from the idea of placing a bell on a cat. - "The cat has got someone's tongue" which means someone remains silent when expected to speak. - "Dead cat bounce" refers to a temporary stock market recovery after a substantial fall, caused by short-term speculation. - Other idioms explained include "fight like cat and dog", "see which way the cat jumps", and "let the cat out of the bag" which means revealing a secret by mistake.

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    Cat Idioms: EG-15-1-2 Oleynik Svetlana

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    CAT IDIOMS

    EG-15-1-2
    Oleynik Svetlana
    Bell the cat
    • Meaning: the expression refers to any
    task that is difficult or impossible to
    achieve.
    • Оrigin: to hang a bell around a cat's neck
    to provide a warning.
    • Example: Politicians should be brave
    enough to bell the cat and join forces to
    tackle the national task
    The cat has got
    someone's tongue
    • Meaning: Said to someone who remains
    silent when they are expected to speak.
    • Example: What's the matter, little girl,
    has the cat got your tongue?
    Dead cat bounce
    • Meaning: (Stock Market) A temporary
    recovery in share prices after a
    substantial fall, caused by speculators
    buying in order to cover their positions.
    • Example: Still trying to determine
    whether the ‘recovery’ of the stock
    market is either a dead cat bounce or
    perhaps numbers manipulated by the
    private organizations that the AmEx or
    NASDAQ are.
    Fight like cat and
    dog
    • Meaning: (of two people) be continually
    arguing with one another.
    • Example: Whenever they went anywhere
    together they would fight like cats and
    dogs.
    See which way the
    cat jumps
    • Meaning: See what direction events are
    taking before committing oneself.
    • Example: Henry's death has changed
    matters and now I must see which way
    the cat jumps, before I decide whether I
    stay or return.
    Put the cat among
    the pigeons
    • Meaning: British say or do something
    that is likely to cause trouble or
    controversy.
    • Оrigin: 1706, refers to a man coming into
    the company of a group of women.
    • Example: If you didn't grant permission
    again it would really set the cat among
    the pigeons.
    Let the cat out of
    the bag
    • Meaning: Reveal a secret carelessly or by
    mistake
    • Оrigin: If you let the cat out of the bag
    you disclosed the trick and avoided
    buying a pig in a poke (bag).
    • Example: We could have wished that the
    author... had not let the cat out of the
    bag. (The London Magazine, 1760)
    No room to swing a
    cat
    • Meaning: humorous Used in reference to
    a very confined space.
    • Example: We have a splendid cabin and
    there's plenty of room - but in most
    places there isn't room to swing a cat.
    Like a cat that got
    the cream
    • Meaning: Self-satisfied, having achieved
    one's objective.
    • Example: You sit in this office like the
    cat that got the cream and expect the
    world to revolve around you.
    Like a cat on a hot
    tin roof
    • Meaning: Very agitated or anxious.
    • Example: I am like a cat on a hot tin
    roof, walking around the house in the
    early hours of the morning, struggling to
    type because my hands are shaking in
    agony.
    To have kittens
    • Meaning: British Be extremely nervous
    or upset.
    • Example: My mother pretty near had
    kittens when she found out I got fired.
    Look like something
    the cat dragged (or
    brought) in
    • Meaning: Look very dirty or
    dishevelled.
    • Example: He grinned as they entered:
    ‘Look what the cat brought in’.
    A fat cat
    • Meaning: derogatory, A wealthy and
    powerful person, especially a business
    person or politician.
    • Example: We're tired of all these fat-cat
    lackeys who are hungering for power.

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