"retomber comme un chat sur ses pattes" meaning in Français

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Adverb

Forms: comme un chat sur ses pattes [singular], comme des chats sur leurs pattes [plural]
  1. Se tirer adroitement des situations difficiles. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-retomber_comme_un_chat_sur_ses_pattes-fr-adv-ZBWsHu42 Categories (other): Métaphores en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    "Composé de comme, un, chat, en et patte."
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