Proverb:A pithy popular saying.

All cats look gray in the dark.
A cat has nine lives.
When the cat is away the mice will play.
The cat is honest when the meat is out of her reach.
It takes a good many mice to kill a cat.
A cornered cat becomes as fierce as a lion.
If you don't feed the cats you must feed the rats.
Wanton kittens make sober cats.
The cat is a good friend but she scratches.
A cat may look on a king.
There are many ways of skinning a cat.
Cat mighty dignified till the dog come by.
They agree like cats and dogs.
Don't trust the weak appearance of the wolf or the disappearance of the cat: they'll both make a come-back.
Kick the cat out; she'll come back sure enough.
A good cat deserves a good rat.
By scratching and biting cat and dog come together.
It is a bold mouse that makes her nest in the cat's ear.
Young cats will mouse, young apes will louse.
Don't buy a cat in a bag.
Care killed the cat.
The cat that catches no mice does not earn his keep.
Curiosity killed the cat.
But, satisfaction brought it back.
A scalded cat dreads even cold water.
Keep no more cats than will catch mice.
At home an elephant, abroad a cat.
He who plays with a cat must bear its scratches.
When the cat and the calf play the fiddle, you are caught in the middle.
Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan.
The cat in gloves catches no mice.
The cat shuts his eyes while he steals the cream.
The eye of the housewife makes the cat fat.
The old cat refuses to admit that the face in the looking-glass is her own.
If you give your milk to the cat you must drink water out of the sink.
What joy fills the mouse when the cat is out of the house.
When a weasel and a cat kiss, the future is not very bright.
If you play with a cat, you must not mind her scratch.
The widow gave orders to her cat and the cat gave them to its tail.
When the cat sleeps the mice play.
The cat loves fish, but she's loth to wet her feet.
Lions are not terrified of cats.
If the cat had wings she'd choke all the birds in the air.

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