in the catbird seat
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in the catbird seat
in a superior or more advantageous position - North American - informal
This expression is said to have originally referred to a baseball player in the fortunate position of having no strikes and therefore three balls still to play (a reference made in j James Thurber's short story The Catbird Seat).
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