no room to swing a cat

no room to swing a cat
(no (или not) room to swing a cat)
очень тесно; ≈ повернуться негде; см. тж. you cannot swing a cat

...he was perfectly charmed with his accommodation. Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick Justly observed to me sitting down on the foot of the bed, nursing his leg, ‘You know, Trotwood, I don't want to swing a cat. I never do swing a cat. Therefore, what does that signify to me!’ (Ch. Dickens, ‘David Copperfield’, ch. XXXV) — ...мистер Дик был очарован своей комнатой. Правда, миссис Крапп с негодованием объявила ему, что там и кошку негде повесить, но мистер Дик, усевшись на кровать и обхватив ногу руками, справедливо заметил: - Но я совсем не хочу вешать кошку, Тротвуд. Я никогда не вешал кошек. Не понимаю, какое это имеет отношение ко мне!

He found Joe in the liner in a little cabin with three other men where there was not room to swing a cat. (D. Garnett, ‘Beany-Eye’, ch. III) — Он нашел Джо в маленькой каюте лайнера. В ней, кроме Джо, было еще трое, так что негде было повернуться.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • room to swing a cat — A minimum of space • • • Main Entry: ↑cat …   Useful english dictionary

  • room to swing a cat — (not) room to swing a cat informal if there is not room to swing a cat in a place, that place is very small. There isn t room to swing a cat in the third room, it s so tiny. Get a sofa in the living room? You ll be lucky there isn t room to swing …   New idioms dictionary

  • not room to swing a cat — (not) room to swing a cat informal if there is not room to swing a cat in a place, that place is very small. There isn t room to swing a cat in the third room, it s so tiny. Get a sofa in the living room? You ll be lucky there isn t room to swing …   New idioms dictionary

  • no room to swing a cat — no (or not) room to swing a cat humorous used in reference to a very confined space Origin: cat in the sense ‘cat o nine tails’ * * * no room to swing a ˈcat idiom (informal) when sb says there s no room to swing a cat, they mea …   Useful english dictionary

  • no room to swing a cat — ► no room to swing a cat humorous a very confined space. [ORIGIN: cat in the sense «cat o nine tails».] Main Entry: ↑room …   English terms dictionary

  • not enough room to swing a cat — If a room is very small, you can say that there isn t enough room to swing a cat in it …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • no (or not) room to swing a cat — humorous used in reference to a very confined space. [cat in the sense cat o nine tails .] → room …   English new terms dictionary

  • not enough room to swing a cat — informal phrase used for saying that a room is very small and there is not enough space to live comfortably in it Thesaurus: words that describe buildings or rooms and parts of buildingshyponym farm buildings and structures where animals are… …   Useful english dictionary

  • not enough room to swing a cat —    If a room is very small, you can say that there isn t enough room to swing a cat in it.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Not enough room to swing a cat —   If a room is very small, you can say that there isn t enough room to swing a cat in it …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • not enough room to swing a cat — tv. very crowded or cramped; [of a room] small, □ It’s really crowded in here. Not enough room to swing a cat …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions


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