Słówko dnia: cat

cat:

1. kot (domowy), kotka
2. kot
big cat wielki drapieżnik z rodziny kotów
3. (pejoratywnie o kobiecie) żmija, jędza
4. gość

Idiomy:
it was enough to make a cat laugh można było pęknąć ze śmiechu
there are more ways than one to kill/skin a cat cel można osiągnąć różnymi sposobami
to be like a cat on a hot tin roof/on hot bricks siedzieć jak na rozżarzonych węglach
to fight like cat and dog drzeć z sobą koty, żyć jak pies z kotem
to grin like a Cheshire cat szczerzyć zęby w uśmiechu
to let the cat out of the bag puścić farbę
the cat's out of the bag wyszło szydło z worka
to look like something the cat brought/dragged in  wyglądać jak siedem nieszczęść(osoba), być w opłakanym stanie(rzecz)
to rain cats and dogs lać jak z cebra
there's hardly enough room to swing a cat nie ma się tu gdzie obrócić
to think one is the cat's whiskers (Wielka Brytania)/ pajamas (USA)/ meow (USA) uważać się za pępek świata
to (wait and) see which way the cat jumps czekać, jaki obrót przyjmą sprawy
to play cat and mouse with somebody bawić się z kimś jak kot z myszką
when the cat's away, the mice will play myszy harcują, gdy kota nie czują (powiedzenie)

Cytaty:

I think all cats are wild. They only act tame if there's a saucer of milk in it for them.

• Douglas Adams, discussing feral cats in Last Chance to See (1991)

Perhaps God made cats so that man might have the pleasure of fondling the tiger...

• Robertson Davies, The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks

Nothing's more playful than a young cat, nor more grave than an old one.

• Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia

Hot town summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirt and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city
All around people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk hotter than a match head

But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come on, come on and dance all night
Despite the heat it will be alright
And babe, don't you know it's a pity
The days can't be like the night
In the summer in the city
In the summer in the city

Cool town, evening in the city
Dressed so fine and looking so pritty
Cool cat lookin for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till I'm weezin like a bus stop
Running up the stairs gonna meet ya on the roof top

But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come on, come on lets dance all night
Despite the heat it will be alright
And babe, don't you know it's a pity
The days can't be like the night
In the summer in the city
In the summer in the city

Solo

But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come on, come on lets dance all night
Despite the heatit will be alright
And babe don't you know it's a pity
The days can't be like the night
In the summer in the city
In the summer in the city

Hot town summer in the city