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like a cat in a strange garret

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

Having a feeling of uncertainty and misapprehension due to being in an unfamiliar situation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Qualifier: simile

Examples

  • 1862 Annual Report of the Secretary of the Vermont Board of Education Mothers cannot conveniently leave home to get about, and fathers, to use their own expression, "feel like a cat in a strange garret," when screwed up in one of the seats to the school house.

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