Cat Proverbs and Cat Sayings

Cat Proverbs and Cat Sayings

A cat has nine lives.

It is too much to expect of a cat that she should sit by the milk and not lap it. German proverb

Cats hide their claws. English proverb

All cats are grey in the dark. English proverb

The cats invite the mouse to a feast.

A cat may go to a monastery, but she will still be a cat! African proverb

No one likes to bell the cat. German proverb

A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. Indian proverb

The cat loves fish, but hates wet feet. Italian proverb

The dog for the man, the cat for the woman. English proverb

In a cat’s eyes, all things belong to cats. English proverb

A lame cat is better than a swift horse when rats infest the palace. Chinese proverb

Do not buy a cat in a sack.  Dutch proverb

Books and cats and fair-haired little girls make the best furnishing for a room. French proverb

A dog will remember a three days’ kindness three years, while a cat will forget a three days’ kindness in three days. Japanese proverb

A cat will never drown if she sees the shore. English proverb

Do not wake a sleeping cat. French proverb

Beware of people who dislike cats. Irish proverb

For a long life, eat like a cat, drink like a dog. German proverb

If you pay money for a cat, it will never be a mouser.

A house without either a cat or a dog is the house of a scoundrel. Portuguese proverb

Cats, flies and women are ever at their toilets. – French proverb

The three merriest things in the world are a cat’s kittens, a goat’s kid, and a young widow. Irish proverb

Dogs remember faces, cats places. English saying

People who hate cats were rats in another incarnation. Proverb

It is better to feed one cat than many mice.  Proverb

 

A cat’s a cat and that’s that. American saying

It is better to feed one cat than many mice. - Norwegian proverb

Rats never sleep on the mat of the cat. – Liberia

When the cat and the mouse agree, the farmer has no chance. - Danish and German proverb

He who will not feed his cat, let him feed mice. – Welsh proverb

Cats have to move fast to catch mice. – Dutch proverb

No cat ever got a mouse by sitting down. Zulu

Beautiful kittens also have sharp claws. German proverb

He who plays with a cat must bear its scratches. Arabian proverb

A black cat doesn’t become white with soap. German proverb

No cat is so gentle that he doesn’t get wild when locked up. Dutch and German proverb

It is not the cat who comes to the milk and does not lap. German proverb

Silent cats take meat out of the pot. German proverb

Cats hide their claws. – English proverb

When cats are mousing they don’t meow. Dutch proverb

To please himself only the cat purrs. Irish proverb

Don’t turn the cat out of the house for being a thief. Spanish, French and German proverb

The cat doesn’t go on leave with an empty stomach. German proverb

Only fools put puss to watch milk. Jamaican proverb

Feed the cat milk but don’t drown her in it.  Russian proverb

He takes to it like a cat to water. American proverb

 Love me, love my cat. English proverb