Mistress Tofts, the singer, left legacies at death to twenty cats. Not Niobê mourned more for fourteen brats, Nor Mistress Tofts, to leave her twenty cats. Peter Pindar: Old Simon.…
A cat has nine lives. A cat is more tenacious of life than other animals, because it generally lights upon its feet without injury, the foot and toes being padded so as to break the fall…
Cat and Mouse in Partnership A certain cat had made the acquaintance of a mouse, and had said so much to her about the great love and friendship she felt for her, that at length the mouse…
(The). See how the cat jumps, “which way the wind blows”; which of two alternatives is likely to be the successful one before you give any opinion of its merit or adhesion to it, either…
To be made a cat's paw of, i.e. the tool of another, the medium of doing another's dirty work. The allusion is to the fable of the monkey who wanted to get from the fire some roasted…
To live a cat and dog life. To be always snarling and quarrelling, as a cat and dog, whose aversion to each other is intense. “There will be jealousies, and a cat-and-dog life over yonder…
To live under the cat's foot. To be under petticoat government; to be henpecked. A mouse under the paw of a cat lives but by sufferance and at the cat's pleasure. Source: Dictionary of…
Cats have genetically changed very little from their wildcat ancestors. Unlike dogs, cats were never bred for herding or hunting, so the changes have been subtle. Different associations classify…
A kind of whistle used at theatres by the audience to express displeasure or impatience. A hideous noise like the call or waul of a cat. “I was very much surprised with the great consort…
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