Long and slender like a cat's elbow.—Hazlitt. A sneer at the ill-favoured.
Love me, love my cat.—This refers to one marrying; in taking a wife he must take her belongings. Or, where you like, you must avoid contention.
Never was cat or dog drowned that could see the shore. To know the way often brings a right ending.
None but cats and dogs are allowed to quarrel here. All else agree.
No playing with a straw before an old cat.—Heywood, 1562. Every trifling toy age cannot laugh at.—"Youth and Folly, Age and Wisdom."
Rats walk at their ease if cats do not them meese.—Wodroephe, 1623. Rogues abound where laws are weak.
Send not a cat for lard.—George Herbert. Put not any to temptation.
So as cat is after kind. Near friends are dearest. Birds of a feather flock together.
Take the chestnuts out of the fire with the cat's paw. Making use of others to save oneself.
That comes of a cat will catch mice. What is bred in the bone comes out in the flesh. Like father, like son.