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the cat's pajamas

idiom
Meaning

Alternative spelling of the cat's pyjamas.


Examples
SIMPLE

She thinks her new car is the cat's pajamas.

CONTEXTUAL

Everyone at the party thought the new jazz band was the cat's pajamas.

COMPLEX

In the roaring twenties, people often used the phrase the cat's pajamas to describe something they found truly excellent.

Anchors to
Related idioms6entries
  1. 01

    cat's cradle

    Any complicated structure that appears to be without purpose.

  2. 02

    cat's meow

    A self-satisfied person.

  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 pyjamas

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

  6. 06

    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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