catbird seat, in the
catbird seat, in the in a superior or advantageous position. A catbird is a long-tailed American songbird of the mockingbird family, with catlike mewing calls, and this expression is said to be an allusion to a baseball player in the fortunate position of having no strikes and therefore three balls still to play (a reference made in James Thurber's short story The Catbird Seat).
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