This new phone is the cat's pyjamas.
the cat's pyjamas
idiomA highly sought-after and fancy example of something, usually referring to inanimate objects.
Origin
first recorded 20th c.Popular in the US as early as 1922 around which the bee's knees, cat's whiskers, and numerous other similar phrases gained prominence. Sometimes attributed to cartoonist Tad Dorgan. It is widely believed that the origin of this idiom predates considerably, tracing back to the early 1800s in England. During this period, a tailor named E.B. Katz crafted silk pajamas for members of royalty and the upper class.
Everyone at the party was talking about her vintage car — it really was the cat's pyjamas.
Among collectors, the 1920s gramophone with its original horn and mahogany case is considered the cat's pyjamas, fetching prices that would astonish ordinary listeners.
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cat's cradle
Any complicated structure that appears to be without purpose.
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cat's meow
A self-satisfied person.
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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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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.