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2007-01-13 11:56:39 · 9 answers · asked by naparoo505 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Curiosity killed the cat" is said to derive from the 16th century "care kills a cat", which had nothing to do with curiosity. "Care" meant anxiety and too much worry or anxiety was bad for one's health. A cat - and for that matter a person - might worry itself into an early grave. Over the years, the meaning of "care" changed and lost its meaning (except in phrases like "not a care in the world") and the saying mutated into "curiosity" killed the cat". Meanwhile "care killed the cat" came to mean over-indulgence was bad for cats; making them overweight and unhealthy or making a soft pet out of a working cat. Cats were (and in some countries still are) utility animals not pets. Too much care was believed to make it soft so that it didn't do its job of hunting vermin.
2007-01-13 12:02:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jamaican Proverb
2016-10-31 07:21:30 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Curiosity killed the cat is a proverb used to warn against being too inquisitive lest one comes to harm.
“ Care killed the Cat.
It is said that "a cat has nine lives," yet care would wear them all out.
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2007-01-13 12:03:04 · answer #3 · answered by Uzlu2919 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See the "cat" fell in love w/ the mouse that he, by nature is supposed to hate. The "mousy" had evil brothers , that would not stand for their sister to marry the enemy...
The evil "mouse gang" killed her "cat lover"...and now "mousy" is alone and pregnant w/ a mixed race child....
THE END
2007-01-13 12:31:53 · answer #4 · answered by Mee-OW =^..^= 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was curiosity that killed the cat
2007-01-13 11:58:51 · answer #5 · answered by sundancer332003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also thought it was curiosity that killed the cat, but maybe it means over caring. like how parents can be overprotective.
2007-01-13 12:00:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i thought it was curiousity killed the cat
2007-01-13 12:44:12 · answer #7 · answered by kaymay09 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is just my guess but it means that he cared so much about the peole around him that he got killed trying to take care of them
2007-01-13 11:59:35 · answer #8 · answered by ajaffe9 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The cat was smothered with herbs and spices?
2007-01-13 12:01:20 · answer #9 · answered by JNISSI 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋