Emotions & feelings
like the cat that got the cream
extremely pleased with yourself
If you look like the cat that got the cream, you look extremely pleased and satisfied with yourself.
Hear it in real life
Why is Tom smiling like that?
He looks like the cat that got the cream because his manager praised him.
She came home looking like the cat that got the cream after winning the office competition.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: He looked like a cat who got the cream.
Say: He looked like the cat that got the cream.
The idiom uses the fixed wording "the cat that got the cream," not "a cat who got the cream."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
look like the cat that got the cream; walk around like the cat that got the cream
Your turn: say it out loud
She came home looking like the cat that got the cream after winning the office competition.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
like the cat that got the cream
extremely pleased with yourself
“She came home looking like the cat that got the cream after winning the office competition.”
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