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Meanings of proverbial cat in English

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Usage of proverbial cat in English
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He still looked entirely too pleased with himself, like the proverbial cat with cream.
Danse Macabre
2
He gave a very self-satisfied grin, like the proverbial cat that ate the canary.
Crimson Death
3
There's hardly enough room to swing the proverbial cat.
The Irish Times
4
There were many ways to skin that proverbial cat.
The Thursday War
5
There are as many ways of growing food as there are of skinning that proverbial cat.
The Irish Times
6
He was looking at Mrs. Anthony as unabashed as the proverbial cat looking at a king.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
7
The proverbial cat was out of the bag.
The Guardian
8
The adventuress is like the proverbial cat as regards the number of lives she is possessed of.
Stage-Land
9
She regarded him like the proverbial cat.
Cara mia - book one of the immortyl revolution
10
Le Frank (the music-master), as the proverbial cat trifles with the terror of the captive mouse.
Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time
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Standing apart from the others, certain that his fondest wish was about to be fulfilled, Rufio grinned like the proverbial cat.
Hook
12
She shoved at her hair again, sure that it was a rat's nest and that she must look like something the proverbial cat dragged in.
Deadly little secrets
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"You look like the proverbial cat that swallowed the canary," Xavier commented with a grin.
Impossible
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