cat gets one's tongue
быть не в состоянии что-либо сказать "язык проглотил"
The cat got the boy's tongue when the teacher asked him about his homework.
Другие идиомы:
- play cat and mouse with (someone)
- as weak as a kitten
- cat nap
- curiosity killed the cat
- alley cat
- put the cat among the pigeons
- rain cats and dogs
- fraidy-cat
- fight like cats and dogs
- let the cat out of the bag
- cat on a hot tin roof
- not enough room to swing a cat
- look like something the cat dragged in
- as conceited as a barber's cat
- scaredy-cat