![]() Question: What is the meaning of the saying: of cats?Īnswer: This expression can be interpreted in a number of ways. ![]() Staying with the cat theme, another example of this being: "as brave as a lion." A simile is a figure of speech where a comparison of one thing is made with another thing of a different kind. It is a simile, rather than being an idiom. Question: I have heard someone say "as agile as a cat." Is this an idiom?Īnswer: This is often used to describe someone who can move quickly and with ease. An example sentence being: "I have repeatedly asked John to decide on when we should finally get that garage roof repaired, but he simply won't make a decision, he is like a cat on the wall." Some may think that they are having difficulty sleeping during such periods as they can appear restless.Īnswer: To refer to someone or a situation as being like a cat on the wall, is to suggest that a person is refusing to take sides. They therefore spend a great deal of their time cat- napping when they are in a state of light sleep. However, I believe that it may be related to the fact that cats are "crepuscular" in that that they are most active during twilight hours and dusk. Question: What does "cat said how to sleep” mean?Īnswer: I have rarely come across this particular expression. Question: What does the phrase "the cat is crying" mean?Īnswer: I have heard this expression being used to describe a situation where a crying cat is believed to be an omen of something evil or unnatural. ![]() I suspect that your expression is a variation on this theme. I am familiar with the expression "to see which way the cat jumps" which means to wait and see what happens or transpires. I have never heard this phrase expressed in quite this way. Question: What does the expression, "Which way grey-eyed cat would jump mean"?Īnswer: An interesting expression.
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