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some cats from a tower in A D 962. The Belgian town still marks the event with an annual cat festival. A procession celebrates cat history and cats are thrown from the 70-metre Cloth Hall tower, but only toy cats are used these days. Live cats were used until 1817, when the keeper of the town recorded that, "in spite of the height of the fall, the animal ran off quickly so that it might never be caught again in a similar ceremony." The miracles of the Middle Ages became the science of the 19th century, when the cat's remarkable ability to survive a fall was finally explained by the French physiologist Etienne-Jules Marey: One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives. Cloud nine (Am) - «Седьмое небо», соль для ванны (c галлюциногенным эффектом) The ecstasy-like drug is part of a new line of overthe-counter "bath salts", a synthetic stimulant usually sold in shops selling drug paraphernalia which produces intense hallucinations and sparks erratic, violent behavior: Police in Florida have warned of a potent new mind-altering drug called "Cloud Nine", after a homeless man threatened to eat two officers. Dressed (up) to the nines - расфрантиться; быть одетым с иголочки; разодеться в пух и прах Dressed in one's best clothes; dressed flamboyantly or smartly. "Dressed to the nines" is a shipping term from back when ships had 3 masts each with 3 primary yards. On very formal occasions or to celebrate a victory the ship would be in full sail or "dressed to the nines". Another origin claims that the phrase is a corruption of medieval English "to the eyne" ("to the eyes"), meaning from head to foot: It was quite a formal occasion. Everyone was dressed up to the nines. * The woman at the concert was dressed to the nines. 95