{"id":34,"date":"2014-04-05T09:40:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T09:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=34"},"modified":"2014-04-05T09:40:02","modified_gmt":"2014-04-05T09:40:02","slug":"idioms-about-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/idioms-about-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"Idioms about cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of idiomatic expressions using the word <strong>cat.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Be the cat\u2019s whiskers<\/h2>\n<p>When you are the cat\u2019s whiskers, you are better than anybody else.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ever since he asked her out on a date, she thinks she is the cat\u2019s whiskers.<\/li>\n<li>She thought she was the cat\u2019s whiskers in her lovely blue gown.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0Has the cat got your tongue?<\/h2>\n<p>This expression is used when someone does not say anything when you expect them to.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Has the cat got your tongue? Why didn\u2019t you say anything when he called you names?<\/li>\n<li>Cat got your tongue? You are unusually silent today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Let the cat out of the bag<\/h2>\n<p>To let the cat out of the bag is to reveal a secret unintentionally.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I didn\u2019t want anyone to know about our trip to Bangkok, but my girlfriend let the cat out of the bag by stupidly tweeting about it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Like the cat that got the cream<\/h2>\n<p>When you look like the cat that got the cream, you look very pleased.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You look like the cat that got the cream. What\u2019s the matter?<\/li>\n<li>When Susie came home yesterday she was grinning like the cat that got the cream, but she didn\u2019t say what the matter was.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Look like something the cat dragged \/ brought in<\/h2>\n<p>If somebody looks like something the cat dragged in, they look very untidy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You aren\u2019t going out like that \u2013 you look like something the cat dragged in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Not have a cat in hell\u2019s chance<\/h2>\n<p>To have no chance at all<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He hasn\u2019t a cat in hell\u2019s chance of winning the election.<\/li>\n<li>She doesn\u2019t have a cat in hell\u2019s chance of getting that job.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Set the cat among the pigeons<\/h2>\n<p>To set the cat among the pigeons is to cause trouble.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The minister\u2019s remarks about abortion and premarital sex set the cat among the pigeons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0When the cat\u2019s away, the mice will play<\/h2>\n<p>Used to suggest that people will do whatever they want when someone in authority is not there.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I don\u2019t think we can leave the kids alone. When the cat is away\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of idiomatic expressions using the word cat. Be the cat\u2019s whiskers When you are the cat\u2019s whiskers, you are better than anybody else. Ever since he asked her out on&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idioms","tag-cat-idioms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}