{"id":4985,"date":"2016-02-16T14:39:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T14:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eurotalk.com\/blog\/?p=4985"},"modified":"2019-11-14T13:11:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T13:11:55","slug":"let-the-cat-out-the-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/let-the-cat-out-the-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Let the Cat out of the Bag…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The world has become slightly obsessed with cat videos and cat Instagram accounts (have you seen the video where cats see a cucumber? Trust me, it\u2019s worth a watch). They are seriously cute! I am a massive cat lover and my phone is filled with photos of my cat, Marcella.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And when it comes to the English language, we love to use cats in idioms; you may find some are more difficult than others to guess the meaning of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Has the cat got your tongue?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This basically means why are you being so quiet? Why aren\u2019t you speaking? Sometimes associated with the idea that you\u2019ve done something wrong and don\u2019t know what to say to get out of the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s raining cats and dogs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s raining (like it does A LOT in England) and it\u2019s raining really hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look what the cat dragged in<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is a very catty comment (see what I did there) this is said to someone when you don\u2019t particularly like him or her. You\u2019re making a point to say you don\u2019t want them there in the same place as you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marcella looking really impressed by all my cat idioms…<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

There isn\u2019t room to swing a cat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Okay, I don\u2019t know why you would want to swing a cat but this idiom means, it\u2019s a really small space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Put the cat among the pigeons<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is when you say something or do something that causes trouble. This could be expressing a different opinion to people in a group who all think the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let the cat out of the bag<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve said something you shouldn\u2019t have said, a secret maybe. You\u2019ve said it to someone you shouldn\u2019t have, which means you\u2019ve essentially \u2018let the cat out of the bag\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cat\u2019s pyjamas\/whiskers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is an expression that means something is fabulous or excellent, similar to the \u2018bee’s knees\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have any other fun cat-related idioms (or any great cat videos to share with us), let us know!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alex<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note:<\/strong> This post was updated on 14\/11\/2019 for formatting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The world has become slightly obsessed with cat videos and cat Instagram accounts (have you seen the video where cats see a cucumber? Trust me, it\u2019s worth a watch). They are seriously cute! I am a massive cat lover and my phone is filled with photos of my cat, Marcella. And when it comes to … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[150,24,3],"tags":[313,1424,32,970,871,2,872,360],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}