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The English we speak.

This is flat, number fively.

I'm happy you came along to help me find a nice place to live.

Renting a new place is a big step, Finn.

This one looks good.

Look here. Big windows, Lots of light coming in, isn't it nice?

Yeah, it's good, but uh...

It's been painted recently. Look, the wooden floor is lovely. Yeah, you're right, it is lovely, but Lee, there's not enough room to swing a cat. A cat. Are you sure? No problem. I saw one outside. I'll be back in a minute.

Oh.

Lee, what is this?

It's a cat Finn.

I didn't know you liked swinging cats around, but well, this cat was just outside and you can try say a place is much too small.

Oh, what a relief.

Not enough room to swing a cat is today's expression in the English we speak. Let's hear some examples of how to use it.

The library at my college was really small. There wasn't enough room to swing a cat.

I can't work in this office. There's not enough room to swing a cat.

Where will I put my books and my computer?

So, not enough room for me in this flatly, but thanks for coming with me all the same.

So what are you going to do Finn?

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