The phrase ‘no room to swing a cat’ is used to describe a very small or cramped space.
Example in use: “It’s a cute house, but there’s no room to swing a cat.”
Interesting fact about No Room to Swing a Cat
This expression was first recorded in the year 1771, is thought to imply the cat-o'-nine-tails, or “cat,” a whip with nine lashes used at the time to punish felons in the British military.
