الواصلة
not e·nough room to swing a catالتركية النطق
nät inʌf rum tı swîng ı kätالنطق
/ˈnät ēˈnəf ˈro͞om tə ˈswəɴɢ ə ˈkat/ /ˈnɑːt iːˈnʌf ˈruːm tə ˈswɪŋ ə ˈkæt/
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() Attested 1665, by which point already in common use; perhaps of naval slang origin. While it is frequently stated that the phrase is derived from cat-o’-nine-tails,For example, the cover of Not enough room to swing a cat: naval slang and its everyday usage, 2008, Martin Robson, features a cat-o’-nine-tails this latter term is only attested from 1695, and hence this idiom presumably derived from literally swinging a cat around, as by the tail., The Phrase Finder