PUT THE CAT IN CHARGE OF THE CREAM

Meaning of PUT THE CAT IN CHARGE OF THE CREAM in English

placed someone in a tempting situation which he couldn't resist, made a wrong decision

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

PUT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CREAM — Yellowish part of milk , rich in butterfat, that rises to the surface naturally if milk is allowed to stand. …
Английский словарь Британика
CAT — I or feline Any member of the family Felidae, the most highly specialized group of mammalian carnivore s. Modern-type cats …
Английский словарь Британика
PUT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CREAM
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHARGE — I. ˈchärj, ˈchȧj verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English chargen, from Old French chargier, from Late Latin carricare, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAT — I. ˈkat, usu -ad.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English cat, catte, from Old English catt, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUT — /poot/ , v. , put, putting , adj. , n. v.t. 1. to move or place (anything) so as to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CREAM
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHARGE — — chargeless , adj. /chahrj/ , v. , charged, charging , n. v.t. 1. to impose or ask as a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAT — /kat/ , n. , v. , catted, catting . n. 1. a small domesticated carnivore, Felis domestica or F. catus, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUT — I. ˈpu̇t verb ( put ; put·ting ) Etymology: Middle English putten; akin to Old English putung instigation, Middle Dutch …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CREAM — I. ˈkrēm noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English creime, creme, from Anglo-French creme, cresme, from Late Latin cramum, of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHARGE — I. ˈchärj noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from charger Date: 13th century 1. a. obsolete : a material load …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUT — noun a certain game at cards. 2. put ·noun a pit. 3. put ·impf & ·p.p. of put. 4. put …
Webster English vocab
CREAM — vt to furnish with, or as with, cream. 2. cream ·vt to take off the best or choicest part of. …
Webster English vocab
CHARGE
Webster English vocab
CAT — noun a cat o' nine tails. ·see below. 2. cat ·noun a strong tackle used to draw an anchor up …
Webster English vocab
PUT — [put] vb put ; put.ting [ME putten; akin to OE putung instigation, MD poten to plant] vt (12c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CREAM — [cream] n, often attrib [ME creime, creme, fr. MF craime, cresme, fr. LL cramum, of Celt origin; akin to W …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CREAM — yellowish component of milk, rich in fat globules, that rises to the surface naturally if milk is allowed to stand; …
Britannica English vocabulary
CAT — (family Felidae), any of a group of carnivorous mammals that includes the true catslion, tiger, jaguar, leopard, puma, and domestic …
Britannica English vocabulary
CREAM — cream BrE AmE kriːm ▷ creamed kriːmd ▷ creaming ˈkriːm ɪŋ ▷ creams kriːmz ▶ ˌ cream ˈ cheese, ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CAT — cat BrE AmE kæt ▷ cats kæts ▶ ˈ cat ˌ burglar BrE AmE ▶ ˈ cat ˌ cracker BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PUT — / pʊt; NAmE / verb ( put·ting , put , put ) [ vn ] IN PLACE / POSITION 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CREAM — / kriːm; NAmE / noun , adjective , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] the thick pale yellowish-white fatty …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHARGE — / tʃɑːdʒ; NAmE tʃɑːrdʒ/ noun , verb ■ noun MONEY 1. [ C , U ] charge (for sth) the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAT
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CREAM — I. cream 1 /kriːm/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: craime , cresme , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHARGE — I. charge 1 S1 W1 /tʃɑːdʒ $ tʃɑːrdʒ/ BrE AmE noun 1 . PRICE [uncountable and countable] the amount of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PUT
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CREAM — n., v., & adj. --n. 1 a the fatty content of milk which gathers at the top and can be …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHARGE — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. a ask (an amount) as a price (charges ø5 a ticket). b ask (a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAT — n. & v. --n. 1 a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CREAM — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a the fatty content of milk which gathers at the top and can be …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHARGE — v. & n. v. 1 tr. a ask (an amount) as a price (charges $5 a ticket). b ask (a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAT — n. & v. n. 1 a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PUT
Oxford English vocab
CREAM — n., v., & adj. --n. 1. a the fatty content of milk which gathers at the top and can be …
Oxford English vocab
CHARGE — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. a ask (an amount) as a price (charges {pound}5 a ticket). b ask (a …
Oxford English vocab
CAT — n. & v. --n. 1. a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Oxford English vocab
PUT — ( puts, putting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'put' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CREAM — ( creams, creaming, creamed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Cream is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHARGE — ( charges, charging, charged) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAT — ( cats) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A cat is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CREAM
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHARGE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a charge/store card (= one that allows you to buy things from a particular …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cow/cat etc swishes its tail (= quickly moves it from side to side ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAT
Cambridge English vocab
CREAM — n. Yellowish part of milk , rich in butterfat, that rises to the surface naturally if milk is allowed to …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CAT — n. Abyssinian cat Burmese cat calico cat cat's eye domestic cat house cat Kit Cat Club Maine coon cat Manx …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CREAM
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAT — See: COPY CAT, CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT, FRAIDY-CAT or FRAID-CAT or SCAREDY CAT OY SCARED-CAT, HOLY CATS, LET THE CAT …
Slang English vocab
CREAM — I. noun 1 fatty part of milk ADJECTIVE ▪ clotted , thick , whipped ▪ double ( BrE ), heavy …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PUT
Longman Activator English vocab
PUT — n. 25B6; verb she put the parcel on a chair : PLACE, set (down), lay (down), deposit, position, settle; leave, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAT
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAT — See: COPY CAT, CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT, FRAIDY-CAT or FRAID-CAT or SCAREDY CAT OY SCARED-CAT, HOLY CATS, LET THE CAT …
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