(US, idiomatic) An enviable position, often one of great advantage.
(US, idiomatic) An enviable position, often one of great advantage.
With a big victory in the primary, he was sitting in the catbird seat.
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(figurative, somewhat, derogatory) A position of inferiority or impotence.
(slang, vulgar) The middle seat in a car, especially the one in the front next to the driver.
(figuratively, chiefly, US) A position of control or dominance.
(slang, vulgar) The position of sitting on the rear of a motorcycle, behind the person driving; pillion.
Something to be sat upon.