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A n4 ○ †( guy) type ○ m ;5 ○ abrév ⇒ catalytic converter.it was enough to make a cat laugh ○ c'était à se tordre ○ ; there are more ways than one to kill ou skin a cat il y a plus d'une façon de s'y prendre ; to be like a cat on a hot tin roof ou on hot bricks être sur des charbons ardents ; to fight like cat and dog se battre comme des chiffonniers ; to grin like a Cheshire cat avoir un sourire fendu jusqu'aux oreilles ; to let the cat out of the bag vendre la mèche ; the cat's out of the bag ce n'est plus un secret pour personne ; to look like something the cat brought ou dragged in être en piteux état ; to rain cats and dogs pleuvoir des cordes ; there's hardly enough room to swing a cat il y a à peine la place de se retourner ; to think one is the cat's whiskers GB ou pajamas US ou meow US se croire sorti de la cuisse de Jupiter ; to (wait and) see which way the cat jumps attendre de voir d'où vient le vent ; when the cat's away, the mice will play quand le chat n'est pas là, les souris dansent ; to play cat and mouse with sb jouer au chat et à la souris avec qn.■ cat around ○ US draguer ○. -
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Cheshire ['tʃeʃə(r)]le Cheshire, = comté dans le nord-ouest de l'Angleterre;∎ in Cheshire dans le Cheshire;∎ familiar to grin like a Cheshire cat avoir un sourire jusqu'aux oreilles□►► Cookery Cheshire cheese fromage m de Chester, chester m
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