one's claws are showing



one's claws are showing

one is acting catty; one is saying spiteful and cruel things. Gloria: Did you see what she was wearing? I wouldn't be caught dead in it! Sally: Gloria, my dear, your claws are showing.
See also: claw, showing

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Furaha-Eastern African, Swahili
IonatÁN-Irish
DellDELEnglish
Baldry['bɔ:ldri]
CnutKNOOT (English), KNYOOT (English)History
HarrietteHER-ee-ət, HAR-ee-ətEnglish