Look Like The Cat That Swallowed/ate The Canary Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Look Like The Cat That Swallowed/ate The Canary Idiom mean?

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look like the cat that swallowed/ate the canary What does look like the cat that swallowed/ate the canary mean?	to look smug and self-satisfied, to look as if you have just had a great success	"You look like the cat that swallowed the canary. What happened?"
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drop in one's tracks What does "drop in one's tracks" mean?	to collapse from exhaustion	The runner dropped in his tracks during the last part of the race.
lean on (someone) What does "lean on (someone)" mean?	pressure someone by blackmail or threats of physical violence to make him or her do something	The gang decided to lean on the small shop owner to get him to sell his property.
Fall on our feet What does "Fall on our feet" mean?	If you fall on your feet, you succeed in doing something where there was a risk of failure.
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Look Like The Cat That Swallowed/ate The Canary Idiom