| 单词 | cat got one's tongue |
| 释义 | cat got one's tongueA comment made when someone is unaccountably or unusually quiet, as in We haven't heard from you all morning—has the cat got your tongue? Often put as a question, this term originally was used mainly with a child who did something wrong and refused to answer any questions. Today it is used more generally to ask anyone to speak. [Mid-1800s] Words nearby cat got one's tonguecatfish, cat flea, cat flu, cat-foot, catfooted, cat got one's tongue, catgut, cath-, Cathar, catharine wheel, cat-harpin The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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