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."
Day 1, person 1--" Hey, don't tell anyone about that secret thing that i told you confidentially, in private while we were in the elevator by ourselves and no one else was there, ok?"
Day 1, person 2--"I'm putting the cat in the bag!"
D1,P1--" I'm serious! "
D1,P2-- "Doood, cat's in the bag!"
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Day 3, Person 1--- "Who let the cat out of the bag??"
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2million.