Alternative forms

• is there a mouse in your pocket

Etymology

From the idea of another referent included in "we," besides the speaker, being invisible.

Pronunciation

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Phrase

you got a mouse in your pocket?Category:English lemmas#YOUGOTAMOUSEINYOURPOCKETCategory:English phrases#YOUGOTAMOUSEINYOURPOCKETCategory:English multiword terms#YOUGOTAMOUSEINYOURPOCKETCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#YOUGOTAMOUSEINYOURPOCKETCategory:Pages with entries#YOU%20GOT%20A%20MOUSE%20IN%20YOUR%20POCKETCategory:Pages with 1 entry#YOU%20GOT%20A%20MOUSE%20IN%20YOUR%20POCKET

1. (rhetorical questionCategory:English rhetorical questions#YOUGOTAMOUSEINYOURPOCKET, informalCategory:English informal terms#YOUGOTAMOUSEINYOURPOCKET, sarcasticCategory:English sarcastic terms#YOUGOTAMOUSEINYOURPOCKET) Used as a response to statements starting with "we," usually indicating the speaker does not want to be involved in the interlocutor's statements.

   Synonym: you got a mouse in your purse

   • 1979, Rosemary Edelman, Fireworks: a novel‎, →ISBN, page 52:

     Your back teeth don't know what your front teeth are saying. 'We know nothing about anything.' Who's we, Connors, you got a mouse in your pocket?

     Category:English terms with quotations#YOUGOTAMOUSEINYOURPOCKET