cat in the meal-tub

obsolete A surprise attack or ambush; a hidden or unseen danger. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. Many people want to legalize marijuana but are in denial of the cats in the meal-tub that may come with doing so. The young political candidate waited like a cat in a meal-tub for his rival's sordid history to come to public attention.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ladonna	lə-DAHN-ə	African American
Haze	HAYZ	English (Rare)
Yishmeray	-	Biblical Hebrew
Ilija	-	Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian
Filippos	-	Greek
Aureole	AWR-ee-ol	English (Rare)