cat that ate the canary Idioma
look like the cat that ate the canary|canary|cat|l
v. phr. To seem very self-satisfied; look as if you had just had a great success.
Peter bet on the poorest horse in the race and when it won, he looked like the cat that ate the canary. When she won the prize, she went home looking like the cat that swallowed the canary.
look like the cat that ate the canary
look like the cat that ate the canary Also,
look like the cat that swallowed the canary. Appear smug and self-satisfied. For example,
After she hit her third winning shot, Jeannie looked like the cat that ate the canary. [Second half of 1800s]
the cat that ate the canary
Someone who is smugly admiring or self-satisfied. After her promotion, Janet spent the blow of the day attractive like the cat that ate the canary. Look at those kids with their ice creams—the bodies that ate the canaries!Learn more: ate, canary, cat, thatthe cat that ate the canary
Happy, generally in a selfsatisfied way. Someone who was actual pleased—and generally smug—was compared to a abode cat that ample out a way to deliver a pet bird from its cage and adore the aftermath.Learn more: ate, canary, cat, that