the cat's whiskers

Something or someone that is highly enjoyable, desirable, or impressive, especially in a fancy or elaborate way. Tom's new Cadillac is really the cat's whiskers! Boy, that singer last night was the cat's whiskers, wasn't she?

the cat's whiskers

the cat's pyjamas

BRITISH, OLD-FASHIONED

If you describe someone or something as the cat's whiskers or the cat's pyjamas, you mean they are the best person or thing of their kind. She had this great dress on with huge skirts, and she thought she was the cat's whiskers as she walked into the room. We critics variously declared the show brilliant, the cat's pyjamas, breathtaking, and unmissable. Note: These expressions were originally American and became popular in Britain during the 1920s. `Cat's whisker' was also the name of a fine wire in a crystal wireless receiver.

the cat's whiskers

an excellent person or thing. informal

Other similar phrases include the cat's pyjamas and the chiefly North American the cat's miaou .

the cat’s ˈwhiskers/pyˈjamas

(informal, often ironic) the best person, idea, thing, etc: She thinks she’s the cat’s whiskers.

词组	the cat's whiskers
释义	the cat's whiskers the cat's whiskers Something or someone that is highly enjoyable, desirable, or impressive, especially in a fancy or elaborate way. Tom's new Cadillac is really the cat's whiskers! Boy, that singer last night was the cat's whiskers, wasn't she? See also: whisker Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. the cat's whiskers or the cat's pyjamas BRITISH, OLD-FASHIONED If you describe someone or something as the cat's whiskers or the cat's pyjamas, you mean they are the best person or thing of their kind. She had this great dress on with huge skirts, and she thought she was the cat's whiskers as she walked into the room. We critics variously declared the show brilliant, the cat's pyjamas, breathtaking, and unmissable. Note: These expressions were originally American and became popular in Britain during the 1920s. `Cat's whisker' was also the name of a fine wire in a crystal wireless receiver. See also: whisker Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. the cat's whiskers an excellent person or thing. informal Other similar phrases include the cat's pyjamas and the chiefly North American the cat's miaou . See also: whisker Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary the cat’s ˈwhiskers/pyˈjamas (informal, often ironic) the best person, idea, thing, etc: She thinks she’s the cat’s whiskers. See also: pyjama, whisker Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: the cat's meow whisker be the cat's whiskers it's the berries make a joke of (something) make a joke of something jam into (something) say (something) to (one's) face say to face social butterfly References in periodicals archive The old-fashioned term "the cat's whiskers" means the height of perfection. The many roles of whiskers: they help with navigation, collect information on objects and prey and can indicate vulnerability THESE Kingstanding lads are the cat's whiskers when it comes to charity collections. We're all the cat's whiskers at collecting! KINGSTANDING BE the cat's whiskers and win lots of Garfield movie goodies. THE CAT'S WHISKERS...Some of thr fab Garfield movie goodies to be won. WIN ... loads of fantastic Garfield movie goodies
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