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The Oxford English Dictionary attributes the first recorded usage of the phrase catbird seat to this story. [1] Mrs. Barrows likes to use the phrase. Another character, Joey Hart, explains that Mrs. Barrows must have picked up the expression from the baseball broadcaster Red Barber and that to Barber, "sitting in the catbird seat" meant "'sitting pretty,' like a batter with three balls and no ...
"The catbird seat" is an idiomatic phrase used to describe an enviable position, often in terms of having the upper hand or greater advantage in any type of dealing among parties. It derives from the secluded perch on which the gray catbird makes mocking calls.
The 1959 film The Battle of the Sexes was based on Thurber's 1942 short story "The Catbird Seat". In 1960, Thurber fulfilled a long-standing desire to be on the professional stage and played himself in 88 performances of the revue A Thurber Carnival (which echoes the title of his 1945 book, The Thurber Carnival). It was based on a selection of ...
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Google Books lists it as having been originally published in Issue 28 of Tales for Travellers under the title "A Couple of Hamburgers; and The Catbird Seat". "Tales For Travellers Collection 3" is listed as having something by James Thurbur, but I can't tell what. The review linked on the wikipage isn't a reliable publication.
OPEC, producer of about 40% of the world's oil, is back in the catbird seat, once again. Now, you're probably thinking, "When hasn't OPEC been in the catbird seat?" True, when you're sitting on a ...
The Catbird Seat has been through 6 kitchen teams in 13 years. Here's how it stays consistently good Best restaurants in Nashville: How the Catbird Seat stays consistent though change
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