petting both sides of the cat

a figure of speech to illustrate when a person takes one viewpoint with one audience, but will take the opposite viewpoint with another in efforts to be liked or create harmony.

-That politician is petting both sides of the cat.

-When your Mom shares Pro-Trump Facebook posts, but at dinner claims to believe he's a racist you would be correct to say: "Mom, you are petting both sides of the cat."

by Jeff Pants October 4, 2016

don't let the cat out of the bag

An idiom for do not tell a secret. Uses figurative language.

"Don't let the cat out of the bag or the party will be ruined!"

by JefeOfMasers April 18, 2017

ran from the cat

to demonstrate extreme cowardice in the face of innocuous circumstances.

"this dude like that he ran from the cat" -Eli Porter

by MC Taboo September 28, 2008

Throw the Cat

A simple solution for all problems in life.

Person 1: Why wont you watch Coraline with me.
Person 2: Fine, just tell me one good lesson I could get from it!
Person 1: When all else fails... THROW THE CAT!!! >:D

by Creeper Jones August 28, 2009

Gagging The Cat

Female , knuckles deep , finger banging at its best.

I came home and found ma hoe gagging the cat. It was then I knowed my nookie done been had.

by Lung November 9, 2008

birds of feathers flock together until the cat comes

The phrase birds of feathers flock together is not the full phrase. It means your ‘friends’ fake ones will be friend with you until the cat something bad comes. So choose your friends wisely!

Birds of feathers flock together until the cat comes being defined by prof fucked up my mind.

by AzDan April 22, 2018

Bill the Cat

Bill the Cat is a local hobo in Iowa City, Iowa, and the main inspiration for the character (of the same name) in the cult comic, Bloom County, which Berkley Brethead drew.

Berkley lived on Bloomington street in the early 1980's, and thus, being from Iowa City, knew of the famous Bill the Cat.

Bill the Cat is a man in his '50s (or older, by now), who is about 6' 5", and once burst into a laundromat, screaming "I got's me some new shoes!", being promptley chased from the premises by the owner, a women of five feet, armed with a broom, screaming "I thought I told you to never come back here!".

*My dad saw Bill the Cat breaking into a car back in '99.
*Dude, it's bill the cat!! What's up, bro-ha?
*How'd Bill get the name "Bill the Cat"?

by B_nizzly July 7, 2008