Hi,
Here is another one: To buy a pig in a poke.
When you are so anxious to get something that you are ready to buy it without seeing it.
Am I right?
Salut!
To put the cart before the horses.
Do you know the meaning of this one: To go on a wild goose chase?
Salut, si tie!
For those who love cats:
'A cat may look at a king' = all people are equal , irrespective of their social backgrounds
ex. :'His arrogant manner with his staff is highly objectionable; he should remember that a cat may look at a king.
For those who love cats:
'A cat may look at a king' = all people are equal , irrespective of their social backgrounds
ex. :'His arrogant manner with his staff is highly objectionable; he should remember that a cat may look at a king.
'Like something the cat brought in' = dishevelled/ untidy
ex. : 'After trudging home across the moors, we looked like something the cat brought in'
'Not enough room to swing a cat' = cramped for space
ex. :' Our new kitchen is tiny, with not enough room to swing a cat'
'Which way the cat jumps' = probable outcome, dependent on preceding events.
ex.:' I don't know whether I can have enough time off work to take a holiday this year; I must wait and see which way the cat jumps.
'Put the cat among the pigeons' = (deliberately) cause an uproar
ex.: 'Lucy told Simon's wife where he was on Saturday and that really put the cat among the pigeons.
Hope you enjoyed them.
More idioms connected with cats.....
LIKE A CAT ON HOT BRICKS: fidgety, restless, uneasy
'Keep still, Emily, you're like a cat on hot bricks!'
RUN AROUND LIKE A SCALDED CAT: bustle/run around busily (often unnecessarily)
'Fiona is always running around like a scalded cat yet she seems to
get very little done.'
(or alternatively : run around like a headless chicken)
BELL THE CAT: risk a confrontation with an opponent for the common good.
'Everybody was unhappy with the new rates of pay and so I decided to bell the cat and take it up with the boss.'
Miaow
Interesting! I had never heard of the last two before, but the last one ("Put the cat among the pigeons") seems like a natural English language idiom.For those who love cats:
'A cat may look at a king' = all people are equal , irrespective of their social backgrounds
ex. :'His arrogant manner with his staff is highly objectionable; he should remember that a cat may look at a king.
'Like something the cat brought in' = dishevelled/ untidy
ex. : 'After trudging home across the moors, we looked like something the cat brought in'
'Not enough room to swing a cat' = cramped for space
ex. :' Our new kitchen is tiny, with not enough room to swing a cat'
'Which way the cat jumps' = probable outcome, dependent on preceding events.
ex.:' I don't know whether I can have enough time off work to take a holiday this year; I must wait and see which way the cat jumps.
'Put the cat among the pigeons' = (deliberately) cause an uproar
ex.: 'Lucy told Simon's wife where he was on Saturday and that really put the cat among the pigeons.
Hope you enjoyed them.
'Not enough room to swing a cat' = cramped for space
LIKE A CAT ON HOT BRICKS: fidgety, restless, uneasy
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