not enough room to swing a cat

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الإنجليزية - التركية
(deyim) kıç kadar yer
(deyim) göt kadar yer
(deyim) avuç içi kadar yer
ayak koymaya boş yer yoktur
boş yerin olmaması
avuç içi kadar
çok darıskal oda
nereninse basırık olması
الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
very little space (available)

They had not space enough (according to the vulgar saying) to swing a Cat in.

not enough room to swing a cat

    الواصلة

    not e·nough room to swing a cat

    التركية النطق

    nät inʌf rum tı swîng ı kät

    المترادفات

    confined, cramped, tiny

    النطق

    /ˈnät ēˈnəf ˈro͞om tə ˈswəɴɢ ə ˈkat/ /ˈnɑːt iːˈnʌf ˈruːm tə ˈswɪŋ ə ˈkæt/

    علم أصول الكلمات

    () Attested 1665, by which point already in common use; perhaps of naval slang origin. While it is frequently stated that the phrase is derived from cat-o’-nine-tails,For example, the cover of Not enough room to swing a cat: naval slang and its everyday usage, 2008, Martin Robson, features a cat-o’-nine-tails this latter term is only attested from 1695, and hence this idiom presumably derived from literally swinging a cat around, as by the tail., The Phrase Finder
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