Here are a few of my favourite cat sayings. There are many more but let’s start with a few:
In Ireland, if something is funny they say: “It would make a cat laugh.”
Bell the Cat: To undertake to do something dangerous.
Cat Around: To seek aimlessly for amusement.
Let the Cat out of the Bag: To tell a secret.
Play Cat and Mouse with: To play with, tease, or keep in suspense in an unkind way.
Put the Cat among the Pigeons: To pit enemies against each other. Set the stage for an inevitable fight.
The Cat’s Pyjamas (or Whiskers): Something considered outstanding.
Which way (or how) the Cat jumps: What direction events are taking.
A Cat in gloves catches no Mice: Not getting what you want by being careful and polite.
Cat’s Miaow: Top of the range.
Like herding Cats: Futile.
She’s a cool Cat: She is unflappable.
Sitting in a Cat bird seat: A person is in a favoured position or being in an advantageous position.
Fat Cat: A person high up in the business world with a lot of money.
Do it in a Cat’s Paw: Do something in a way that no one knows it is you doing it.
Look what the Cat dragged in: A humorously derogatory comment on someone’s arrival.
Curiosity killed the Cat: Warning about being curious.
A Cat has nine lives: Cats can survive things that are severe enough to kill them.
Nervous as a Cat in a room full of rocking chairs: Nervous.
Like a Cat on a hot tin roof: Agitated.
Cat cut your tongue: Speechless.
When the Cat’s away, the Mice will play: Without supervision, people misbehave.
Look like the Cat who swallowed the Canary: To look proud of oneself.
