Harry Enten/538 Tweet.. Sanders campaign doing this right now with PR Dems

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10. No where near it.. he just wants his fans to think he's going to "pry" the nomination

from Hillary.

Awww, your little catbird.. here's mine. I've been saying this but didn't know where it came from..



This is an American phrase - which is unsurprising as the grey catbird which is the probable source of the phrase is a North American species (there's also an Australian catbird). It's one of a group of birds called the mimic thrushes. They include mockingbirds and, as you might expect, they are adept mimics. The catbird is named for its ability to mimic the sound of a cat's miaow.

Catbirds seek out the highest perches in trees to sing and display. The allusion to that is most likely to be the derivation of the term. It may also be the source of an earlier term with much the same meaning - 'sitting pretty'.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/87600.html

Aloha, BlueMT~