British & Australian, American

if someone looks like the cat that got the cream, they annoy other people by looking very pleased with themselves because of something good that they have done.

Of course Mark got a glowing report so he was sitting there grinning like the cat that got the cream.

• go the distance
• go the extra mile
• go the full distance
• go the whole hog
• go the whole nine yards
• go thin on top
• go through
• go through fire and water
• go through hell
• go through hoops
• go through like a dose of salts
• go through like a hot knife through butter
• go through like a knife through butter
• go through someone like a dose of salts
• go through something like a dose of salts
• go through something like a hot knife through butter
• go through something like a knife through butter
• go through the floor
• go through the mill
• go through the motions
• go through the roof
• go through the wringer
• go through with
• go through with something
• got it bad