in the catbird seat

(sitting) in the catbird seat

In a powerful or influential position. The phrase likely refers to the catbird's preference for high tree branches (a position that helps it to avoid predators). As the CEO's assistant, you are definitely sitting in the catbird seat. I know you were hoping to be elected president over Joe, but, as vice president, you're in the catbird seat if he resigns.

See also: catbird, seat

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

in the catbird seat

Sl. in a dominant or controlling position. Sally's in the catbird seat—telling everybody where to go. I hold all the aces. I'm in the catbird seat.

See also: catbird, seat

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

in the catbird seat

in a superior or more advantageous position. North American informal

This expression is said to have originally referred to a baseball player in the fortunate position of having no strikes and therefore three balls still to play (a reference made in James Thurber 's short story The Catbird Seat).

See also: catbird, seat

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

in the catbird seat

mod. in a dominant or controlling position. I hold all the aces. I’m in the catbird seat.

See also: catbird, seat

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

catbird seat, (sitting) in the

Being in a position of advantage or superiority. The term originated in the American South, where the catbird is quite common. It is thought to allude to the bird’s habit of singing from a very high perch in trees. It came into common usage in the 1940s when Mississippi-born sportscaster Red Barber would use it, for example, for a pitcher who was almost certain to strike out all the batters. Barber said he himself first heard the term in a poker game where he had bluffed all but one player into dropping out, but the remaining player, who had said from the start that he was sitting in the catbird seat, proved to have an ace and an ace in the hole. James Thurber used the expression as the title of a short story about a mild-mannered accountant who was so irritated by a colleague using this and other terms that he planned to murder her.

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释义	in the catbird seat (sitting) in the catbird seat In a powerful or influential position. The phrase likely refers to the catbird's preference for high tree branches (a position that helps it to avoid predators). As the CEO's assistant, you are definitely sitting in the catbird seat. I know you were hoping to be elected president over Joe, but, as vice president, you're in the catbird seat if he resigns. See also: catbird, seat Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. in the catbird seat Sl. in a dominant or controlling position. Sally's in the catbird seat—telling everybody where to go. I hold all the aces. I'm in the catbird seat. See also: catbird, seat McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. in the catbird seat in a superior or more advantageous position. North American informal This expression is said to have originally referred to a baseball player in the fortunate position of having no strikes and therefore three balls still to play (a reference made in James Thurber 's short story The Catbird Seat). See also: catbird, seat Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary in the catbird seat mod. in a dominant or controlling position. I hold all the aces. I’m in the catbird seat. See also: catbird, seat McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions catbird seat, (sitting) in the Being in a position of advantage or superiority. The term originated in the American South, where the catbird is quite common. It is thought to allude to the bird’s habit of singing from a very high perch in trees. It came into common usage in the 1940s when Mississippi-born sportscaster Red Barber would use it, for example, for a pitcher who was almost certain to strike out all the batters. Barber said he himself first heard the term in a poker game where he had bluffed all but one player into dropping out, but the remaining player, who had said from the start that he was sitting in the catbird seat, proved to have an ace and an ace in the hole. James Thurber used the expression as the title of a short story about a mild-mannered accountant who was so irritated by a colleague using this and other terms that he planned to murder her. See also: catbird The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: (sitting) in the catbird seat catbird seat, (sitting) in the be (sitting) in the catbird seat be in the catbird seat be sitting in the catbird seat catbird catbird seat the catbird seat get (one's) ear deserting/leaving a sinking ship References in periodicals archive * No, Carol Shea It Ain't So is not in the catbird seat in the 1st C.D. Your primary day questions answered Bill Cray was always in the catbird seat on Evens And Odds as he tracked Prime Exhibit while eying pacesetter Jonny Mudball. EVENS MONEY WELL SPENT; Sprint supremo Dandy Nicholls makes it a treble On William Luke Marbury, Sr., see William Luke Marbury Jr., In the Catbird Seat (Baltimore, 1988), chapters 2, 3, 5. The transnational contexts of early twentieth-century American urban segregation Take "sitting in the catbird seat." The expression was popularized by Red Barber, the colorful broadcaster for the Brooklyn Dodgers, who also spread the likes of "tearing up the pea patch" and rhubarb, used to mean 'an argument on a baseball diamond.' The Mississippi-born Barber once explained that "sitting in the catbird seat" was a Southern expression for which he had literally paid. Confessions of a verbivore Now Schaitberger is the envy of all those other union leaders who wrote off Kerry and leapt onto the "Dean Express." "He's certainly in the catbird seat," says one official of the AFL-CIO, of which IAFF is a member. Fired up: the only union that stood by Kerry is now sitting pretty "They are overcapitalized and under-leveraged"--in short, they are in the catbird seat. HCPro management leads buyout of company from Jenifer Cofer and Jim Flanagan Now look at how he is in the catbird seat. The FBI calls a meeting with the contracts shop and the IG. MILLER ON PROCUREMENT With the Saints in the catbird seat, the Thunder apparently figured they had 'em just where they wanted 'em. Saints be Praised "Therapists used to be in the catbird seat, and now they're being eaten," adds Monroe. Rewriting the rules With dizzying swiftness, the religious right went from being in the catbird seat to being in the hot seat. The wrong year for the Right He recognized the fact that although the Downtown Manhattan market was in the doldrums, it was poised to come back, and that the players who were previously committed would be the ones in the catbird seat as the market picked up. Staking a claim against formidable opposition That's an absolutely wonderful coup." Whether his observations solve a puzzle or simply change it, "He's in the catbird seat, and he has the pleasure of having theorists fight it out." How to light a fire; studies of the sun's corona heat up When the market really opens up, these guys will be in the catbird seat." Getting in on the ground floor Instead, it started out 1993 very likely in the catbird seat, clean and clear of $1 million of debt, with a shorter name and a new major product line, and once again under single-family ownership. Romweber Co.: maker of the "Cadillac of bar stools" is saved At a time when the self-styled tea partiers of New Hampshire are doing jumping jacks and victory dances, you'd think a like-minded organization--the uber-libertarian Free State Project--would be sitting in the catbird seat. Free swinging
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