Hello

I'm a very interesting and intelligent man

and this

is Tinkles

who, like me, is an excellent teacher of English

She is my cat. I bet you've never been taught by a cat before

We live together

in this house

small

isn't it

Not much room

for Tinkles and me

In fact, there isn't enough room

to swing

a cat

In English

if a room or space is very small

we can say there isn't enough room to swing a cat

there isn't enough room to swing a cat

unlike here

well there's plenty of room

Isn’t that right Tinkles?

I've got something to tell you

It’s a bit of a secret

Tinkles

orange

Tinkles

Tickles

my mobile

so you know my little secret already

Who let the cat out of the bag?

In English

if someone lets a secret be known,

especially by mistake

we can say they let the cat out of the bag

To let the cat out of the bag

You’re all invited

to Tinkle’s wedding

Cats

Little cuties aren’t they?

But, never forget

that underneath all that fluff

They’re vicious killers

so it's not a good idea to put Tinkles with this lot

In English

if there’s something which causes trouble or makes people very angry

we say it put a cat among the pigeons

To put the cat among the pigeons

like when I told my students I've spent the whole year preparing them for the

wrong exam haw... that put a cat among the pigeons

They hated me so much

Silly me