cat got your tongue

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   said to sb, especially a child, who stays silent when expected to speak, for example after being asked a question

   Well, what's wrong, boy? Cat got your tongue?

   What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?

In the movies · 6

• Go fly a kite! Cat got your tongue? Cool beans!Saving Private Ryan1998
• Well, what's wrong, boy? Cat got your tongue?Trainspotting1996
• Cat got your tongue?The Dark Knight Rises2012
• Cat got your tongue?Kill Bill: Vol. 22004
• Exotic cat got your tongue?The Hustle2019
• What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island1998
• What s the matter Has the cat got your tongueThe Others2001
• Cat got your tongue?The Third Man1949

Learn it in full scenes

• The Third Man1949
  • Calloway Exposes Harry Lime
  • Martins Checks Into a Military Hotel
  • Kurtz Feeds Martins a Cover Story

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• put the cat among the pigeons
• when the cat's away the mice will play
• curiosity killed the cat
• like herding cats
• be raining cats and dogs