cat in the pan

English

Noun

cat in the pan (UK, slang, obsolete)

  1. A somersault.
  2. (figurative) A reversal of position.
    • 1927, Songs of the Immortals, volume 1, page 33:
      When George in pudding-time came o'er, / And moderate men looked big, sir, / I turned a cat-in-the-pan once more, / And so became a Whig, sir; […]
  3. A falsehood that is spread and attributed to another person.
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