He thinks he is the cat's meow in that new suit.
cat's meow
idiomA self-satisfied person.
She acts like the cat's meow just because she got a small promotion at work.
Despite his lack of actual experience, he struts around the office as if he were the cat's meow.
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cat's cradle
Any complicated structure that appears to be without purpose.
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dogs bark, cats meow
Used to introduce something seen as inevitable or totally commonplace.
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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.
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the cat's out of the bag
It is too late. Particularly used of secrets that have been exposed.
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the cat's pajamas
Alternative spelling of the cat's pyjamas.
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the cat's pyjamas
A highly sought-after and fancy example of something, usually referring to inanimate objects.
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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.