there is no room to swing a cat

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• there's no room to swing a cat — it is completely full, there is absolutely no more space …   English contemporary dictionary

• room to swing a cat — (not) room to swing a cat informal if there is not room to swing a cat in a place, that place is very small. There isn t room to swing a cat in the third room, it s so tiny. Get a sofa in the living room? You ll be lucky there isn t room to swing …   New idioms dictionary

• not room to swing a cat — (not) room to swing a cat informal if there is not room to swing a cat in a place, that place is very small. There isn t room to swing a cat in the third room, it s so tiny. Get a sofa in the living room? You ll be lucky there isn t room to swing …   New idioms dictionary

• no room to swing a cat — no (or not) room to swing a cat humorous used in reference to a very confined space Origin: cat in the sense ‘cat o nine tails’ * * * no room to swing a ˈcat idiom (informal) when sb says there s no room to swing a cat, they mea …   Useful english dictionary

• not enough room to swing a cat — If a room is very small, you can say that there isn t enough room to swing a cat in it …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• not enough room to swing a cat — informal phrase used for saying that a room is very small and there is not enough space to live comfortably in it Thesaurus: words that describe buildings or rooms and parts of buildingshyponym farm buildings and structures where animals are… …   Useful english dictionary

• not enough room to swing a cat —    If a room is very small, you can say that there isn t enough room to swing a cat in it.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Not enough room to swing a cat —   If a room is very small, you can say that there isn t enough room to swing a cat in it …   Dictionary of English idioms

• not enough room to swing a cat — informal used for saying that a room is very small and there is not enough space to live comfortably in it …   English dictionary

• cat — [[t]kæ̱t[/t]] ♦♦♦ cats 1) N COUNT A cat is a furry animal that has a long tail and sharp claws. Cats are often kept as pets. 2) N COUNT Cats are lions, tigers, and other wild animals in the same family. 3) → See also , fat cat, wildcat 4) PHRASE …   English dictionary

• room — ► NOUN 1) space viewed in terms of its capacity to accommodate contents or allow action: there was no room to move. 2) opportunity or scope: room for improvement. 3) a part of a building enclosed by walls, floor, and ceiling. 4) (rooms) a set of… …   English terms dictionary