like a cat in a strange garret
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Having a feeling of uncertainty and misapprehension due to being in an unfamiliar situation.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "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."
Usage
- American usage