"gå som katten kring het gröt" meaning in Swedish

{
  "etymology_text": "The literal meaning is \"to walk like the cat around hot porridge\". The first attestation is from 1641 (see reference to Svenska Akademiens ordbok below). Compare with expressions like vara heta på gröten, \"to be eager/impatient about something\" (literally: \"to be hot on the porridge\").",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
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      },
      "expansion": "gå som katten kring het gröt",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Ye walk like a cat around the porridge.",
          "text": "1641, Svenska riksrådets protokoll\nI gå som een katt kring om gröten.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To avoid speaking or acting directly about something; to beat around the bush; to pussyfoot."
      ],
      "id": "en-gå_som_katten_kring_het_gröt-sv-phrase-j1POHXis",
      "links": [
        [
          "beat around the bush",
          "beat around the bush"
        ],
        [
          "pussyfoot",
          "pussyfoot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To avoid speaking or acting directly about something; to beat around the bush; to pussyfoot."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "gå som katten omkring varm grød"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡoː sɔm ˈkatːɛn krɪŋ heːt ˈɡrøːt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gå som katten kring het gröt"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "The literal meaning is \"to walk like the cat around hot porridge\". The first attestation is from 1641 (see reference to Svenska Akademiens ordbok below). Compare with expressions like vara heta på gröten, \"to be eager/impatient about something\" (literally: \"to be hot on the porridge\").",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "gå som katten kring het gröt",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "gå som katten omkring varm grød"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish idioms",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish multiword terms",
        "Swedish phrases",
        "Swedish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Ye walk like a cat around the porridge.",
          "text": "1641, Svenska riksrådets protokoll\nI gå som een katt kring om gröten.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To avoid speaking or acting directly about something; to beat around the bush; to pussyfoot."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beat around the bush",
          "beat around the bush"
        ],
        [
          "pussyfoot",
          "pussyfoot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To avoid speaking or acting directly about something; to beat around the bush; to pussyfoot."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡoː sɔm ˈkatːɛn krɪŋ heːt ˈɡrøːt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gå som katten kring het gröt"
}