Cat proverbs from around the world

• When the cat is away the mice will play. - Anonymous proverb, Idiom
• It is better to feed one cat than many mice. - Norwegian
• The cat always leaves a mark on his friend. - Spanish
• It is better to be a mouse in a cat's mouth than a man in a lawyer's hands. - Spanish
• The cat who frightens the mice away is as good as the cat who eats them - German
• A cat is a lion to a mouse. - Albanian
• The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. - French
• Handsome cats and fat dungheaps are the sign of a good farmer - French
• The cat is nature's Beauty. - French
• Happy is the home with at least one cat - Italian
• Those who dislike cats will be carried to the cemetery in the rain. - Dutch
• The cat has nine lives - three for playing, three for straying, and three for staying. - English
• If you stared deep into a cat's eyes, you would be able to see into the world of spirits. - English
• In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats. - English
• A cat in grass is a tiger in the jungle. - English
• Curiosity killed the cat, Satisfaction brought it back! - English
• Beware of people who dislike cats. - Irish
• Happy owner, happy cat. Indifferent owner, reclusive cat. - Chinese
• All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws. - Chinese
• I gave an order to a cat, and the cat gave it to its tail - Chinese
• When rats infest the Palace a lame cat is better than the swiftest horse. - Chinese
• He is as quiet as a cat. - Japanese
• A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. - Indian
• That cat that has its mouth burned by drinking hot milk will not drink even buttermilk without first blowing upon it. - Indian
• You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. - American
• After dark all cats are leopards. - American
• If stretching were wealth, the cat would be rich. - African
• A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. - Arabian
• An overdressed woman is like a cat dressed in saffron. - Egyptian
• An old cat will not learn how to dance. - Moroccan
• A cat may go to a monastery, but she still remains a cat - Ethiopian