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Swedish
Etymology
From the 1966 cuplé of the same name by Swedish theater director, writer and actor Karl Gerhard. Literally, "a cat among the ermines".
Idiom
en katt bland hermelinerna
- (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, 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: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.