higher than a cat's back

1. Very expensive. I'm sorry, but I refuse to spend my hard-earned money on clothes that are higher than a cat's back. They're just clothes—secondhand ones do me just fine.

2. dated slang Drunk. In my day, it was gauche for a man to get higher than a cat's back at the bar. Now, that's just a Saturday night for most people.

词组	higher than a cat's back
释义	higher than a cat's back higher than a cat's back 1. Very expensive. I'm sorry, but I refuse to spend my hard-earned money on clothes that are higher than a cat's back. They're just clothes—secondhand ones do me just fine. 2. dated slang Drunk. In my day, it was gauche for a man to get higher than a cat's back at the bar. Now, that's just a Saturday night for most people. See also: back, higher Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: in the nude roast-meat clothes off the peg off the rack off-the-peg off-the-rack dress for dress for (someone or something) change out of change out of (something)
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