10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOOK LIKE SOMETHING THE CAT BROUGHT IN»
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... like a scalded cat: see SCALDED. like something the cat brought in (ofa person
) very ditty, bedraggled, or exhausted. informal 1996 Frank McCourtAngela's
Ashes One of them says we look like something the cat brought in and Malachy
has ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
... chiefly British like a scalded cat:seeSCALDED. like something the cat brought
in (of a person) very dirty, bedraggled, or exhausted. informal 1996 Frank
McCourtAngela's Ashes One of them says we look like something the cat brought
in and ...
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A Concise Collection of College Students' Slang
During Tiny Tim 's last few days he looked like death warmed over. .00k Like
Something the Cat Brought In (adj): to look scruffy, unkept, or in a physical mess.
Timmy you are all muddy, you look like something the cat brought in. .ooker (adj):
an ...
Xin-An Lu, David Graf Jr,
2004
objective:you sit in this office like the cat that got the cream and expect the world
to revolve around you look like something the cat brought in informal look very
dirty or dishevelled. not have a cat in hell's chance informal have no chance at ...
... think you're the cat's pyjamas, but I know a bird in the hand is worth a cuckoo in
the nest, and though I may be a bit of a bull in a china shop and look like
something the cat's brought in no one calls me a dirty dog. So get off your high
horse, ...
Morning, noon and night, they look like something the cat brought in. God bless
the soul of ignorant and drive away penury among the people. Ameeen!
Ameeeeen! During our time I had often envied those children who were bathed
only once ...
DR KUMDONG BINDUL NOSTRA,
2014
'Just shut up, daughter in law! I'm not that old yet! And I will never wear those
nasty flat shoes you keep buying me. I've always been an elegant woman all my
life. I'm not stopping now. You can look like something the cat's brought in if you
like.
A B \ 1. catch a tiger by the tail j a. a very clumsy person j h. be like a bull in a
china shop |b. find oneself in a situation that turns out j to be more difficult than
expected \ look like something the cat brought in : C. never forget anything . U.
like a ...
Vasudev, Vasudev Vasanthi
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Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
One of them says we look like something the cat brought in and Malachy has to
be held back from fighting them. We agree to play half an hour because the
Ballinacurra boys say they have to go to lunch. Lunch.The whole world has
dinner in ...
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Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan
Gray. All gray. That's what she wore. Light gray, and there it was early in March.
She made us all look like something the cat brought in. A great big, whirling, soft,
gray fur collar on a be- eautiful long, tight-fitting coat. She said her How-do-do's ...