Hi, Martha and Grant. My name's Mariana and I'm from Argentina. I'm an English teacher and a few years ago I decided to go back to college and study translation. This term we're studying economy. On a radio podcast I listened to a query on animal idioms. One of the questions included the expression "dead cat bounce". It was very interesting because we're studying metaphors related to economy and that expression cropped up. What's the origin of that expression?
BTW, I really enjoy the program. I've been listening to your program for about two years.
Regards,
Mariana

Thanks a bunch!

martha said:

Che, Mariana! As I understand it, this rather gruesome expression refers to a temporary increase in stock prices that happens simply because they so fell sharply in the first place. I think the idea is that after a similarly steep fall, even a dead cat will bounce a tiny bit.(Bueno, chocolate por la noticia, eh?

Does that make sense?