| 单词 | care killed the cat |
| 释义 | > as lemmascare killed the cat b. care killed the cat: care will kill any one even though he had, like the proverbial cat, nine lives. ΚΠ 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. iv. sig. Giiv A woman hath nyne lyues lyke a cat. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. i. 76 Nothing King of Cates, but borrow one of your nine liues. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 134 Though care kild a catte, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care. View more context for this quotation 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iv. 332 Exiling fretting Care, that kills a Cat! 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 180 He..had, as they say, as many Lives as a Cat. View more context for this quotation 1886 Sat. Rev. 6 Mar. 322/2 That Arab cat-o'-nine-lives, Osman Digna. < as lemmas |
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