Quotes, expressions and sayings about cats

The cat has inspired many artists and authors and this feline is quoted in many proverbs and sayings. Here are some of them chosen among a long list….

Quotes about cats

Time spent with cats is never wasted

Mary Sarton

One cat just leads to another

E. Hemingway

Dogs have owners, cats have staff

Dave Barry

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he’s fond of you. But if a cat does the same thing it is because your lap is warmer

A.N Whitehead

People who hate cats will come back as mice in their next life

Faith Resnick

I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior

Hippolyte Taine

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life : music and cats

Albert Schweitzer

A rose has thorns, a cat has claws, certainly both are worth the risk

Unknown

There are no ordinary cats

Colette

As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat

E.P Berkeley

A cat is always at the wrong side of the door

Unknown

Dogs come when they are called, cats take a message and get back to you later

Mary Bly

Those who’ll play with cats must expect to be scratched

Miguel de Cervantes

It doesn’t matter if a cat is black or white as long as it catches mice

Deng Xiaoping

Cat’s motto : No matter what you have done wrong, always try to make it look like the dog did it

Jeff Valdez

Little by little, cats become the visible soul of the house

Jean Cocteau

Expressions about cats

To rain cats and dogs

to rain heavily

To be like a cat on a hot tin roof

to be very nervous

To see which way the cat jumps

no advice before one sees what other people are thinking, doing…

To look like the cat that got the cream

to look proud

To fight each other like cat and dog

to argue

To let the cat out of a bag

to tell a secret

To turn cat-in-pan

to turn traitor

To be sick as a cat

to be very ill

To grin like a Cheshire cat

to display a large mischievous smile

To lead a cat-and-dog life

to live a life full of quarrels

To cat around

to spend time aimlessly

proverbs about cats

When the mouse laughs at the cat there’s a hole nearby

In a cat’s eye, all things belong to cats

Happy is the home with at least one cat

Curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought him back

I gave an order to the cat and the cat gave it to its tail

When the cat is away the mice will play

All cats look grey in the dark

The cat in gloves catches no mice

The cat is honest when the meat is out of reach

A cat in grass is a tiger in the jungle

Sleeping cats catch no mice

Whatever is born of a cat will catch mice

A cat is a lion to a mouse

A scalded cat fears hot water

It is a bold mouse that breeds in the cat’s ear

If cats had wings there would be no ducks in the lake

A bashful cat makes a proud mouse

One should not send a cat to deliver cream

A cat may look at a king

It’s up to you to find or imagine other ones. Who knows cats will get the right expression …..Feline lover, be clever !

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