(US, idiomatic) An enviable position, often one of great advantage.
(US, idiomatic) An enviable position, often one of great advantage.
With a big victory in the primary, he was sitting in the catbird seat.
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(idiomatic, originally, US, _, military slang, informal) Not deserving serious consideration; unimportant; useless, worthless.
(military slang, vulgar) A person who regularly gets into trouble; a screw-up.
(Britain, informal) A small thing.
(US, slang) A gambler; originally specifically a horseracing enthusiast.
(slang, mildly, vulgar) bullshit; something fallacious.