the cat's whiskers/pyjamas

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?

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/pyjamas
释义	the cat's whiskers/pyjamas 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 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: cat's pajamas pajama pyjama the cat's pajamas 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
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