A house where all the lil birdies pull up in to have a good time.
Yo you lil birdies trynna fly back to the birdcage wit me?
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A cell, prison, or anything that compares to one.
He's in big birdcage now, he's doing 20 to life in a federal penitentiary.
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An inappropriate over reaction; OR
A poor solution using drastic measures to a solve a problem.
1) She really put the baby in a birdcage and tried to burn down the Domino's that got her order wrong.
2) The Tea Party members are putting the baby in the birdcage on this Healthcare repeal.
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A newspaper you don't like. See puppy trainer.
The New York Times used to be the Newspaper of Record. Now it's a birdcage liner.
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In it's most basic form, A group of brothers cheering uninhibited for their team to show how much they love and support their school. Creativity, brotherhood, raw emotion, and a tiny bit of arrogance is what makes the birdcage the best group of students to ever come together to support a high school sports team.
Creighton Prep Birdcage? Best student section in Nebraska, potentially the world.
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Someone who has all the skills and knowledge to thrive, but due to circumstance, their surroundings, and the people and things their surrounded by, they will likely never live up to their potential. They will often feel inferior and insecure because they donโt seem to fit in, and donโt have the same abilities as their peers.
A fish has all the qualities and abilities to survive and thrive, but are helpless out of water, thatโs where the saying is supposed to mean on a literal level, but on a figurative level it means someone who has skills and abilities that may be unconventional or less socially acceptable, and are pressured to fit a mold that doesnโt work for them.
Alice is a fish inside a birdcage. She has incredible potential, but she hangs around shitty people who donโt support her, and she keeps trying to fit in where she doesnโt truly belong.
A gay person or couple having to act straight as a means to prevent confrontation with homophobes or extreme conservatives.
Armond and Albert were birdcaging (or having to birdcage) in order to prevent any controversy with their future in-laws, who were extremely conservative and would not approve of the gay lifestyle.