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Idiom

enough to make a cat laugh

Meaning

Very outlandish or outrageous.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“His excuse for being late is enough to make a cat laugh.”

“The politician's promise to fix the economy in one day is enough to make a cat laugh.”

“The absurd claim that the ancient ruins were built by visitors from another planet is enough to make a cat laugh.”

Examples

simple

“His excuse for being late is enough to make a cat laugh.”

contextual

“The politician's promise to fix the economy in one day is enough to make a cat laugh.”

complex

“The absurd claim that the ancient ruins were built by visitors from another planet is enough to make a cat laugh.”

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