🐱 Cat
"Cat got your tongue?"
Meaning
Said when someone is unusually quiet.
About the cat
Cats are independent, curious, and quiet movers, which is why their idioms cover secrecy, curiosity, and self-reliance.
Example sentence
When the teacher asked who ate the sweets, everyone looked down. Cat got your tongue?
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
Said when someone is unusually quiet.
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