who's 'she', the cat's mother
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[edit]Who's 'she', the cat's mother?
- (idiomatic, somewhat dated, British, Ireland, New England) A rebuke especially directed towards children for having referred to a woman in the nominative case as "she", instead of by her name or an appropriately respectful title.
- "She's coming on the trip with us too!"
- "Who's 'she', the cat's mother?"
- "Sorry, Gran is coming with us too."