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| Subject | English | Russian |
| slang | catbird seat | выгодное положение |
| slang | catbird seat | завидное положение |
| amer., inf. | catbird seat | выгодное, завидное положение |
| slang | in the catbird seat | занимающий преимущественное положение, способный контролировать ситуацию |
| amer. | in the catbird seat | в преимущественном положении (Your fluency in French should put you in the catbird seat for getting the Paris posting. Val_Ships) |
| inf. | in the catbird seat | на коне (For the first time since the economic recovery began six years ago, white-collar professionals with specialized skills in fields like technology, finance, engineering and software find themselves in the catbird seat. VLZ_58) |
| gen. | in the catbird seat | в выгодном положении |