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词汇 like the cat that ate the canary
释义
idiomlike the cat that ate the canary(also like the cat that got the cream BrE)happy used about someone who is very pleased about something that they have done or something that has happened to them:Coop grinned like the cat that ate the canary as he told us about the game.He's like the cat that's got the cream this morning. He had a big tax rebate, fifteen hundred quid!
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like the cat that got the cream

Obviously smug and/or overly pleased with oneself. After her promotion, Janet spent the rest of the day looking like the cat that got the cream.

like the cat that got the cream

BRITISH or

like the cat that ate the canary

AMERICAN
If someone looks like the cat that got the cream, they look satisfied and happy with themselves because they have been successful or done something they are proud of. `Thanks a million,' he repeats, grinning like the cat that got the cream. Jules stands at one end, looking like the cat that ate the canary.

like the cat that's got (or who's stolen) the cream

self-satisfied; having achieved your objective. informal, chiefly British
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