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Curiosity killed the cat
- People should mind their own business. This expression apparently first appeared in print in an O. Henry story in the early 1900s.
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Idioms and Phrases
It's best to mind one's own business. For example, Don't ask about his divorce鈥攃uriosity killed the cat . This cautionary expression sounds like the moral of some fable or folktale, but any such origin for it has been lost. The first recorded use was in O. Henry's Schools and Schools (1909).Discover More
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鈥淐uriosity killed the cat,鈥 I called out to her.
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Though curiosity killed the cat, Beatrice and I followed.
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鈥淐uriosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.鈥
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Curiosity killed the cat, I know, but I try to land on my feet.
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鈥淲hoever coined the phrase, 鈥楥uriosity killed the cat,鈥 never met a horse,鈥 Downs said with a grin.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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