en katt bland hermelinerna
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom the 1966 cuplé of the same name by Swedish theater director, writer and actor Karl Gerhard. Literally, "a cat among the ermines".
Idiom
edit- (possibly derogatory) About a person who is among people of a higher social class than themselves, or otherwise being in a group where they do not fit in.
- 1997, Marie Louise Andersén, Bo Gösta Hall, Olof Holm, Torkel Stålmarck, “Djurgården – Haga – Ulriksdal”, in Bellman var där. En vägvisare till Bellmansmiljöer[1], page 164:
- Att han var en katt bland hermelinerna vid hovet fick Bellman känna av på olika sätt.
- That he was a cat among the ermines at the royal court, Bellman felt in different ways.
- 2017 February 26, Magnus Sundholm, “En katt bland hermelinerna [A cat among the ermines]”, in Aftonbladet[2]:
- Det verkar som om gubben mådde bättre av att vara underdog. Jag har hela tiden sagt att han varit en katt bland hermelinerna.
- It seems like the old man felt better about being an underdog. I have always said that he was a cat among the ermines.