cat got your tongue Idiom

cat got your tongue

why do you not speak? lose your tongue? "Before I could reply, she said, ""Cat got your tongue?"""

Cat got your tongue?

Idiom(s): Cat got your tongue?

Theme: SILENCE

Why do you not speak?; Speak up and answer my question! (Folksy.)
• Answer me! What's the matter, cat got your tongue?
• Why don't you speak up? Cat got your tongue?

(Has the) cat got your tongue?

A amusing catechism directed at one who is not speaking actual abundant or at all. A: "What's wrong, sonny? Cat got your tongue?" B: "Oh, he's aloof shy about new people, that's all."Learn more: cat

(Has the) Cat got your tongue?

Why are you not adage anything? (Often said by adults to children.) Grandpa acclimated to alarm me, both because he was big and fierce-looking and because he usually greeted me by bellowing, "Cat got your tongue?" Hi, Lisa! How are you? How's your husband? Are you afraid to see me? What's the matter, has the cat got your tongue?Learn more: cat

cat got one's tongue

A animadversion fabricated back addition is abnormally or almighty quiet, as in We haven't heard from you all morning-has the cat got your tongue? Generally put as a question, this appellation originally was acclimated mainly with a adolescent who did article amiss and banned to acknowledgment any questions. Today it is acclimated added about to ask anyone to speak. [Mid-1800s] Learn more: cat, tongue

has the cat got your tongue?

Bodies say Has the cat got your tongue? back they anticipate that addition who is bashful should be adage something. Has the cat got your tongue? Can't you alike say hello? Note: This announcement is generally acclimated angrily. Learn more: cat

(has the) cat got your tongue?

(informal) why don’t you say anything?: What’s the amount — cat got your tongue?Learn more: cat

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cat got your tongue Idiom