猫ねこの額ひたい

expression, noun

tiny area; tiny surface; cat's forehead

Idiomatic expression likening a very small space to a cat's forehead. Often used humorously or self-deprecatingly for small rooms, gardens, or plots of land.

• うちの庭にわは猫ねこの額ひたいほどの広ひろさしかない。

  Our garden is only about the size of a cat's forehead.

• 猫ねこの額ひたいのような部屋へやだけど、気きに入いっている。

  It's a tiny room like a cat's forehead, but I like it.