look\ like\ the\ cat\ that\ swallowed\ the\ canary
- look\ like\ the\ cat\ that\ swallowed\ the\ canary
• look like the cat that ate the canary
• look like the cat that swallowed the canary
v. phr.
To seem very self-satisfied; look as if you had just had a great success.
Peter bet on the poorest horse in the race and when it won, he looked like the cat that ate the canary.
When she won the prize, she went home looking like the cat that swallowed the canary.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань".
Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс.
1997.
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