Have you ever been in the 'catbird seat,' and if so where is it?

Answer 1

The catbird seat is very high up, that's all I know, and the few times I have sat in it, I fell out and it hurt very badly for a while after that.

Answer 2

The Catbird Seat. A great short story by James Thurber. A funny story. If you have not read it, you should. As for me, I am sitting pretty, with my make up on, my silky hair carefully brushed, while showing off my manicure and pedicure. I feel pretty, oh so pretty and witty and gay, wait... strike that last word out, make that light-hearted. My catbird seat is in the attic. Don't tear up the cabbage patch. Sports announcer Red Barber popularized that cliche. It is a Southern expression.

Answer 3

It means: In a superior or advantageous position

Origin:
This is an American phrase - which is unsurprising as the grey catbird is a North American species (there's also an Australian catbird). It's one of a group of birds called the mimic thrushes. They include mockingbirds and, as you might expect, they are adept mimics. The catbird is named for its ability to mimic the sound of a cat's miaow.

Catbirds do seek out the highest perches in trees. That's most likely to be the derivation of the term and to the allusion to 'sitting pretty' in the most advantageous position.

Answer 4

Sometimes.

"Catbird seat" (as it is usually written) usually appears in the fuller form "in the catbird seat," meaning to be in an advantageous or prominent position, one of ease and favour.

Answer 5

If you want a long explanation of it, go to the following URL...

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cat2.htm

I'm not going to copy and paste it into here.

Answer 6

Nope. Wouldn't that be nice? But I have read about that condition thanks to John Thurber's short story.

Answer 7

huh