| 单词 | the catbird seat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe catbird seat 2. the catbird seat: a superior or advantageous position. U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > an advantage, benefit, or favourable circumstance > advantageous position over others start1569 head start1881 the catbird seat1942 1942 J. Thurber in 55 Short Stories from New Yorker (1949) 61 ‘Sitting in the catbird seat’ meant sitting pretty, like a batter with three balls and no strikes on him. 1958 P. G. Wodehouse Cocktail Time xiii. 114 ‘I get you. If we swing it, we'll be sitting pretty,’ ‘In the catbird seat.’ < as lemmas |
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