🐱 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
You talked all morning, but now you're silent. Cat got your tongue?
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Which idiom means...
Said when someone is unusually quiet.
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