Meaning of like a cat in a strange garret | Babel Free
Definitions
Having a feeling of uncertainty and misapprehension due to being in an unfamiliar situation.
US
Examples
“Well, mass'r, I can't say for Lucinda and Dinah, but I should feel like a cat in a strange garret.”
“1862 Annual Report of the Secretary of the Vermont Board of Education Mothers cannot conveniently leave home to get about, and fathers, to use their own expression, "feel like a cat in a strange garret," when screwed up in one of the seats to the school house.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.