the cat's pajamas

cat's pajamas

Something or someone highly enjoyable, desirable, or impressive, especially in a fancy or elaborate way. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. Tom's new Cadillac is really the cat's pajamas! Boy, that singer last night was the cat's pajamas, wasn't she?
See also: pajama
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

the cat's pajamas

A terrific thing. This was a nonsensical phrase of the 1920s that meant something worth seeing or having. A similar phrase was the “cat's meow.”
See also: pajama
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
See also:
  • cat's pajamas
  • pajama
  • pyjama
  • the cat's whiskers/pyjamas
  • the cat's whiskers
  • be (not) all beer and skittles
  • be meat and drink
  • be meat and drink to
  • be meat and drink to (someone)
  • an acquired taste
References in periodicals archive
Evening's entertainment will be The Cat's Pajamas at the main stage, and Tennessee Borderline will be the nightly entertainment in the beer tent, to round out the festivities.
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Don't you want your shoes to be the cat's pajamas? That's what those cavemen would say: "I need my feet to feel like the cat's pajamas." I didn't know what those cavemen meant then, but I do now!
What's up with these shoes?
at the Cat's Pajamas, the debut novel by One Story editor Marie-Helene Bertino, chronicles the ordinary moments that add up to one memorable day in the lives of Madeleine and those around her.
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By now you're probably convinced the Tahoe Vision is the cat's pajamas. We didn't take you for a maroon.
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Think your reading party is the cat's pajamas? We want to Know about this years biggest, craziest, most creative celebrations.
Let the celebrations begin
The next day, upset and crying, Sparks went to see a friend, who pulled out a copy of the previous day's Register-Guard that profiled The Cat's Pajamas Rescue, a private shelter run by married couple Tamara Barnes and Kirk Bissell.
CRUNCH TIME FOR CATS
"Anything that has to do with cats in some way, shape or form, the Feline Health Center will be involved with it." For Jim Richards, that's not just a perfect fit--that's the cat's pajamas.
Cornell's James R. Richards, DVM: introducing CatWatch's editor-in-chief and columnist
The phrase dates from 1920s America when it was fashionable along with "the cat's whiskers", "the cat's pajamas", "the eel's ankle", "the elephant's instep", "the snake's hip" and others.
Straight from the horse's mouth.. we spill the beans on knowing your onions! WHAT DO PHRASES WE USE EVERY DAY REALLY MEAN?
Among the episodes are: If the Shoe Fits (Shoes); A Head for Fashion (Hats); Breaking the Rules (Sportswear); Out of the Rain (Raincoats); The Cat's Pajamas (Pajamas); Bib and Bonnet Beauties (Children) and Off the Cuff (Men's Fashions).
MPI Home Video. (shop talk)
For the last six years, APPI has used a local area network (LAN) and The Cat's Pajamas software to handle book fulfillment.
Book fulfillment: technology for tall orders
7-9 pm The Cat's Pajamas (Capella) Main Stage - Meet and Greet at intermission
2019 Assumption Fest Schedule of Events
In fact, the couple put their money where about 70 mouths are - they feed and house that many cats and kittens in their own personal animal shelter, which they call The Cat's Pajamas Rescue.
CAT TALES