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:
- as conceited as a barber's cat
- as nervous as a cat
- as weak as a kitten
- rain cats and dogs
- there is more than one way to skin a cat
- look like something the cat dragged in
- put the cat among the pigeons
- scaredy-cat
- alley cat
- play cat and mouse with (someone)
- cat nap
- fight like cats and dogs
- not enough room to swing a cat
- cat on a hot tin roof
- curiosity killed the cat