| 单词 | not enough room to swing a cat |
| 释义 | not enough room to swing a catVery little space, cramped quarters, as in There's not enough room to swing a cat in this tent. This expression, first recorded in 1771, is thought to allude to the cat-o'-nine-tails, or “cat,” a whip with nine lashes widely used to punish offenders in the British military. Words nearby not enough room to swing a catnoteholder, noteless, notelet, no telling, notencephalocele, not enough room to swing a cat, note of hand, notepad, notepaper, note-perfect, note row 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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