Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Cage

To whistle or sing in the cage. The cage is a jail, and to whistle in a cage is to turn Queen's evidence, or peach against a comrade.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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