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Old 31-Oct-2007, 01:55
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Default Re: Animal idioms

Yes, good topic. It also reminds me of the James Thurber short story "The Catbird Seat", in which the phrase "Are we sitting in the catbird's seat?" is uttered.

It means something like "Are we pleased with ourselves?" (royal 'we'), but I'm not sure exactly why it means that.
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