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cat's meow

idiom

A self-satisfied person.


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  1. 01

    cat's cradle

    Any complicated structure that appears to be without purpose.

  2. 02

    dogs bark, cats meow

    Used to introduce something seen as inevitable or totally commonplace.

  3. 03

    look what the cat's dragged in

    Used as an ironic acknowledgement of someone's arrival, either jocularly or to imply that they are unwelcome or disagreeable in some way.

  4. 04

    the cat's out of the bag

    It is too late. Particularly used of secrets that have been exposed.

  5. 05

    the cat's pajamas

    Alternative spelling of the cat's pyjamas.

  6. 06

    the cat's pyjamas

    A highly sought-after and fancy example of something, usually referring to inanimate objects.

  7. 07

    who's 'she', the cat's mother

    A rebuke especially directed towards children for having referred to a woman in the nominative case as "she", instead of by her name or an appropriately respectful title.

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