Turn the cat in the pan

Posted by Edward Stansell September 06, 2002In reply to Turn the cat in the pan posted by ESC on September 05, 2002

I know the meaning of this euphemism, but I do not know the origin or when it first came into use.

ES

What's the meaning? I've never heard this expression.

To turn the cat in the pan means to turn the situation around, a turnabout. To give one a dose of their own poison.