7 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOT HAVE ROOM TO SWING A CAT»
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Forest Scenes in Norway and Sweden: Being Extracts from the ...
It will lumber up the whole cabin, whether it comes from the one or the other,"
said Birger ; " we shall not have room to swing a cat." " We don't want to swing a
cat," said the Parson ; " that is a Eussian amusement rather than an English or a ...
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IF I CAN YOU CAN LEARN ENGLISH TOO!
He does not have room to swing a cat. To see which way the cat jumps: To watch
someone's behavior. Public opinion last year was not in his favour, this time we
will see which way the cat jumps. CATCH To catch one's eye: To fall under one's
...
3
The Illustrated London magazine, ed. by R.B. Knowles
It will lumber up the whole cabin, whether it comes from the one or the other,"
said Birger ; '' we shall not have room to swing a cat." "Wedon't want toswingacat,"
said the Parson ; "that isa Russian amusement rather than an English or a ...
Richard Brinsley Knowles, 1853
4
Natural Wanders in Australia
We had planned to assemble this and explore the bay on our own, but we did not
have room to swing a cat on our site, let alone set up a boat. It was easier to take
a tour with everyone else. Tony decided to join us (Charlotte didn't like the ...
I do not see why poor Bottom, having a part to tear a cat in, should not have room
to swing a cat in. In those restrictions of space, I fancy, there is rather too much
Wall, and perhaps not a little Moonshine. But I mean that certain moral conditions
...
Frank Crowninshield, 1966
I do not see why poor Bottom, having a part to tear a cat in, should not have room
to swing a cat in. In those restrictions of space, I fancy, there is rather too much
Wall, and perhaps not a little Moonshine. But I mean that certain moral conditions
...
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The illusion of life: American realism as
a literary form
... after a discussion of the refined appointments and distinguished passenger list
of the Quaker City, tells us incongruously that his stateroom did not have room "to
swing a cat in."17 When the author-narrator of the Autobiography, in a section ...
