📒 a small animal with soft fur that people often keep as a pet. Cats catch and kill birds and mice.
📒 a wild animal of the cat family
📒 to be the best thing, person, idea, etc.
📒 to be raining heavily
📒 said to somebody, especially a child, who stays silent when expected to speak, for example after being asked a question
📒 used to tell somebody not to ask questions or try to find out about things that do not involve them
📒 to tell a secret carelessly or by mistake
📒 very nervous
📒 very pleased with yourself
📒 used to describe a very difficult task, especially one that involves organizing people
📒 to look dirty and untidy
📒 when somebody says there’s no room to swing a cat, they mean that a room is very small and that there is not enough space
📒 to have no chance at all
📒 to play a cruel game with somebody in your power by changing your behaviour very often, so that they become nervous and do not know what to expect
📒 to say or do something that is likely to cause trouble
📒 there are many different ways to achieve something
📒 people enjoy themselves more and behave with greater freedom when the person in charge of them is not there