like a cat in a strange garret

Very wary or timid. Of course he's acting like a cat in a strange garret—he's never been to the big city before!

See also: cat, like, strange

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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References in classic literature

I suppose I won't feel so much like a cat in a strange garret when I get acquainted, though.

Anne Of Green Gables

词组	like a cat in a strange garret
释义	like a cat in a strange garret like a cat in a strange garret Very wary or timid. Of course he's acting like a cat in a strange garret—he's never been to the big city before! See also: cat, like, strange Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: a dead cat on the line dead cat on the line be as gentle as a lamb (as) gentle as a lamb LOLcat cat ice cool cat roof nervous rocking References in classic literature I suppose I won't feel so much like a cat in a strange garret when I get acquainted, though. Anne Of Green Gables
随便看	on the QT on the quiet on the qui vive on the rack on the radar (screen) on the rag on the rails on the rampage on the razor's edge on the razzle on the rebound on the receiving end on the record on the reezie on the reg on the regular on the right foot on the right foot, get off on the right lines on the right tack on the right track on the rilla on the rise on the road on the road again