And where does this saying comes from?
I read this in the "cat" section and there doesn't seem to be any corresponding expression in my own language.
2006-06-28 01:02:01 · 2 answers · asked by nel 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It's just that you can scare a cat easily. If I startle our cat, he'll jump very high in the air. They are frightened easily. So the term "scaredy cat" refers to a person acting like a cat freaking over something. It was probably a childhood saying that went around the world.
2006-06-28 01:05:27 · answer #1 · answered by butterfliesRfree 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Scaredy Cat Meaning
2016-11-07 09:11:30 · answer #2 · answered by procter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some cats run away at loud noises or situations they don't understand or haven't experienced before. So, a person that is like that is called a scaredy cat or a "fraidy cat"
2006-06-28 01:05:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever seen a paranoid cat? Did you ever watch looney tunes with Claude? I have a cat that was a stray that I felt sorry for and he's a freak. Very jumpy. So when someone says, "scaredy cat" they mean your acting like that.
2006-06-28 01:05:42 · answer #4 · answered by Stacy R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cats are naturally nervous creatures, scaredy cat means nervous or afraid like a cat.
2006-06-28 01:07:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Afraid.
2006-06-28 01:05:49 · answer #6 · answered by J.D. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that you are scared to do something, and people calll you that after!
2006-06-28 01:06:00 · answer #7 · answered by Bob the Cat.™ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means you are afraid of something
2006-06-28 02:20:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know
2006-06-28 01:04:25 · answer #9 · answered by musiclover 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋