Meaning of guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl | Babel Free

Definitions

Conspicuously guilty.

not-comparable, rare

Examples

“But the prosecutor’s got you cold! You’re as guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl!”

“Sitting in a comfy air-conditioned cell watching cable tv while waiting for their state-appointed lawyer to spring them on a loophole even though they're as guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl. The victim is still dead and therefore has no rights.”

“OJ is as guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl, and everybody knows it.”

“What are you talking about, Ezra? He's as guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl. Sheriff Schadenfreude had been tracking his movements and connections for some time.””

“If circumstantial evidence can also be thrown on the scales in assessing the HOLC's culpability, that evidence also tends to exonerate the HOLC, while making the FHA look as guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl.”

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