Letting I dare not wait upon I would,

Like the poor cat i’ the adage,

meaning, expressed in another proverb,

The cat loves fish, but does not like

To wet her paws.

Good liquor will make a cat speak.

Not room to swing a cat.

They used to swing a cat to the branch of a tree as a mark to shoot at.

Honest as the cat when the meal is out of reach.

Let the cat out of the bag.