PROVERBS ON CAT
A cat in gloves catches no mice- English.
A cat may look at a king- English
A child without education, is like a bird without wings-Tibetan
A drop of honey catches more flies than a hogshead of vinegar-German
A feather is just a delicate thing when removed from a bird because it carries the bird
everywhere in the world-African
A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel-Portuguese
A mackerel to catch a whale, a sprat to catch a mackerel- English
A mother-in-law may be good, but she is better when mother earth covers her up-Catalonian
A trapped cat becomes a lion-English
All cats are grey in the dark-English
Care killed the cat- English
Cats don’t catch mice to please God-Afghan
Even a cat is a lion in her own lair-Indian
Every cat is black at night- Czech
Fat cats and thin birds can share a yard, but thin cats and fat birds no way-Rosicrucian
He who plays with a cat must bear its scratches-Arabian
If men were now to turn their hostility towards the cat, it would not be long before the domestic cat becomes a wild animal-Nigerian
It is a bold mouse that makes her nest in the cat’s ear- Danish
It’s for her own good that the cat purrs-Irish
Keep no more cats than will catch mice- English
Like the cat in the tree, getting caught up in the chase can leave us in an awkward place-Rosicrucian
Nature breaks through the eyes of the cat-Irish
he cat is nature’s beauty-French
The cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet- English
Wanton kittens make sober cats-English
What would a young cat do but eat mice?-Irish
When the cat's away, the mice will play-English
When the mouse laughs at the cat, there is a hole nearby-Nigerian
Women and cats in the house, men and dogs in the street-Catalonian
