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room to swing a cat

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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 a cat in there.

See also: cat, room, swing