英语词组in the catbird seat是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

词组	in the catbird seat
释义	in the catbird seat in a superior or more advantageous position. North American informal ☞ This expression is first recorded in James Thurber's short story 'The Catbird Seat' (1942), where it is attributed to the sports broadcaster Red Barber. A literal catbird is a type of North American bird that has a song somewhat reminiscent of a cat's mewing. The allusion in the idiom may be to a cat sitting in a high position from which it can ambush birds.
随便看	at a rate of knots at arms at a snail's pace at a snail's pace a taste of your own medicine a taste of your own medicine at a stretch at cross purposes at cross purposes at daggers drawn at daggers drawn at death's door at death's door a tempest in a teapot at first blush at first blush at first hand at first hand at full cock at full pelt at full stretch (at) full tilt (at) full tilt at full tilt at half cock

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