swing a cat

It derives from the British Royal Navy when the punishment of whipping with a cat of nine tails was administered on the poop or upper deck of a ship as on the main decks below there wasn't room to swing a cat

i.e. a confined space may be defined as not having enough room to swing a cat

by Bob Ventham May 4, 2008

swinging a cat in a gymnasium

Metephor for having sex with a female that is very "loose". The extra vaginal space can be compared to swinging a cat by it's tail in a large room, such as a gymnasium.

Jim: "Yo, I heard you've been banging Samantha. She good in bed?"
Joe: "Dude, that chick's been around. Banging her is like swinging a cat in a gymnasium."

by thewakeupguy April 23, 2008

no room to swing a cat

Not very much space

How do you expect all four of us to stay in that room? There's no room to swing a cat in there.

by Dramaturgist August 6, 2018

swing a dead cat

Silly way of relating the quantity or frequency of something in terms of whether you would hit one if you swung a dead cat.

You can't swing a dead cat in that school without hitting some guy with his underwear showing.

by Coell September 23, 2005

Swing a dead cat

A phrase used to describe when there are a lot of something in a small area and that running into them is unavoidable. Seems to be popular with people from the burrows of Philadelphia.

"there are so many coffee joints here that you cant swing a dead cat without hitting one."

by Daddy Long Legs September 18, 2016

Can't swing a dead cat.

When you live in such a small town that you run into someone you know EVERY time you go out. Short for "you can't swing a dead cat by the tail without hitting 2 people you know." Basically means you live in too small a town. In gestured form is done by a circling of one hand in the air like a lassoing action.

I went out to eat with my friends and the waitress comes over and says, "hay, I went to high school with you." My friend says, "you can't swing a dead cat."

by kraash October 17, 2006