请教几个英语短语和句子的解释

请教几个英语短语和句子的解释1、a stary cat2、to my distress3、as a scratching post4、I’ll have him trained in no time.5、Tom is short （ ） Thomas。A、in B、of C、for D、from6、a few seconds7、a hot potato8、They are big shorts(对不起，我把shots打成shorts了）。9、We are small potatoes。10、The teacher thought little of the matter because he considered it a small potato。