NO ROOM TO SWING A CAT

Meaning of NO ROOM TO SWING A CAT in English

( informal ) when sb says there's no room to swing a cat , they mean that a room is very small and that there is not enough space

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

NO ROOM TO SWING A CAT — no more space, completely full
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NO ROOM TO SWING A CAT — see cat
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO ROOM TO SWING A CAT — see cat
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NO ROOM TO SWING A CAT — негде повернуться, яблоку негде упасть
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
NO ROOM TO SWING A CAT — негде повернуться, яблоку негде упасть
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
NO ROOM TO SWING A CAT — негде повернуться; совсем нет места
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
NO ROOM TO SWING A CAT — негде повернуться; совсем нет места
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
NO
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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
SWING
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROOM — I. ˈrüm, ˈru̇m noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English roum, from Old English rūm; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NO
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
SWING — swing 1 — swingable , adj. /swing/ , v. , swung, swinging , n. , adj. v.t. 1. to cause …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NO — no 1 /noh/ , adv., adj., n., pl. noes, nos , v. adv. 1. (a negative used to express dissent, …
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
SWING
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NO — I. ˈnō adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nā, from ne not + ā always; akin to Old Norse …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SWING — noun to be hanged. 2. swing ·noun influence of power of a body put in swaying motion. 3. swing ·noun …
Webster English vocab
ROOM — adj spacious; roomy. 2. room ·vi to occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together. …
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
SWING
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SWING — in music, both the rhythmic impetus of jazz music and a specific jazz idiom prominent between about 1935 and the …
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
CAT — cat BrE AmE kæt ▷ cats kæts ▶ ˈ cat ˌ burglar BrE AmE ▶ ˈ cat ˌ cracker BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SWING — / swɪŋ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( swung , swung / swʌŋ; NAmE /) HANG AND MOVE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROOM — / ruːm; NAmE ; rʊm/ noun , verb ■ noun IN BUILDING 1. [ C ] a part of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO — / nəʊ; NAmE noʊ/ exclamation , determiner , adverb , noun ■ exclamation 1. used to give a negative reply …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAT
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWING — I. swing 1 W3 /swɪŋ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle swung /swʌŋ/) [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROOM — I. room 1 S1 W1 /ruːm, rʊm/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: rum ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NO — I. no 1 S1 W1 /nəʊ $ noʊ/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: na , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SWING — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. swung) 1 intr. & tr. move or cause to move with a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROOM — n. & v. --n. 1 a space that is or might be occupied by something; capaciousness or ability to accommodate …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adv. & n. --adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
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
SWING — v. & n. v. (past and past part. swung) 1 intr. & tr. move or cause to move with a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROOM — n. & v. n. 1 a space that is or might be occupied by something; capaciousness or ability to accommodate …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — adv. & n. adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
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
SWING — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. swung) 1. intr. & tr. move or cause to move with a …
Oxford English vocab
ROOM — n. & v. --n. 1. a space that is or might be occupied by something; capaciousness or ability to accommodate …
Oxford English vocab
NO — 1. adj.1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
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
SWING — ( swings, swinging, swung) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROOM — ( rooms, rooming, roomed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A room …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO — ( noes, or no’s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use …
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
SWING — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a door swings open/shut (= moves forward to open or backwards to shut ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ROOM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a breakfast table/room ▪ The house has a large kitchen and a breakfast room. …
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
ROOM — (PLACE) [noun] [C] - an area within a building that has its own walls, floor, ceiling, doors, etc. and that …
Cambridge English vocab
CAT
Cambridge English vocab
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
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
NO — INDEX: 1. ways of saying no to a question, request, or suggestion 2. to say no to a question, request …
Longman Activator English vocab
ROOM — n. 25B6; noun there isn't much room : SPACE; headroom, legroom; area, expanse, extent; informal elbow room. room for improvement …
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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