Rachel Chau
2021-10-26 12:10
Live under the cat's foot verb phrase
If someone live under the cat's foot, they are under the dominion of another person, typically their wife.
The man has been living under the cat’s foot for years, and now he just wants a divorce from his wife.
a person who is easily deceived or manipulated to do something, especially giving someone money.
1. To seize or take control of someone, something, or some place with a sudden and fierce attack
2. To gain a rapid and great fame or success in a place, a field or a particular group of people
To be under the control of someone or something
To have someone completely under your control
The verb "live" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase originates from the Regency period, and that extraordinary collector of Regency Letters and Diaries, Georgette Heyer, found it and used it in her best-selling Novels, which were read by gentlemen as well as women.
Contributed by Andrew Fitzherbert
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