CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT

Meaning of CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT in English

{informal} Getting too nosy may lead a person into trouble. - A proverb. * /"Curiosity killed the cat," Fred's father said, when he found Fred hunting around in closets just before Christmas./

Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012

CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT — curiosity causes problems, being curious gets you in trouble
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT — ( saying ) used to tell sb not to ask questions or try to find out about things that do …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT — {informal} Getting too nosy may lead a person into trouble. - A proverb. * /"Curiosity killed the cat," Fred's father …
Slang English vocab
CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT — a very curious person may find trouble or danger Don't ask so many questions. Remenmber, curiosity killed the cat.
English Idioms vocab
CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT — a very curious person may find trouble or danger Don't ask so many questions. Remember, curiosity killed the cat.
English Idioms vocabulary
CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT — informal Getting too nosy may lead a person into trouble. A proverb. "Curiosity killed the cat," Fred's father said, when …
American Idioms English vocabulary
KILLED — (Verb) napatay
English-Visayan vocabulary
CURIOSITY — kamapakisayron
English-Visayan vocabulary
KILLED — adjective Date: 1919 being or containing a virus that has been inactivated (as by chemicals) so that it is no …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CURIOSITY — noun (plural -ties) Date: 14th century desire to know:, inquisitive interest in others' concerns ; nosiness, interest leading to inquiry …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CAT — I or feline Any member of the family Felidae, the most highly specialized group of mammalian carnivore s. Modern-type cats …
Английский словарь Британика
CAT — I. ˈkat, usu -ad.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English cat, catte, from Old English catt, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KILLED — past of kill
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CURIOSITY — ˌkyu̇rēˈäsəd.ē, -ür-, -s(ə)tē, -i noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English curiosite, from Middle French curiosité, from Latin curiositat-, curiositas, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KILLED — (imp. & p. p.) of Kill
Английский словарь Webster
KILLED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Kill
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CAT — /kat/ , n. , v. , catted, catting . n. 1. a small domesticated carnivore, Felis domestica or F. catus, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KILLED — adjective Date: 1919 : being or containing a virus that has been inactivated (as by chemicals) so that it is …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CURIOSITY — noun ( plural -ties ) Date: 14th century 1. : desire to know: a. : inquisitive interest in others' concerns …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KILLED — impf & ·p.p. of kill.
Webster English vocab
CURIOSITY — noun that which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward attention. 2. curiosity ·noun the state or quality or …
Webster English vocab
CAT — noun a cat o' nine tails. ·see below. 2. cat ·noun a strong tackle used to draw an anchor up …
Webster English vocab
CAT — (family Felidae), any of a group of carnivorous mammals that includes the true catslion, tiger, jaguar, leopard, puma, and domestic …
Britannica English vocabulary
CURIOSITY — curiosity BrE AmE ˌkjʊər i ˈɒs ət i ˌkjɔːr-, -ɪt i AmE \ ˌkjʊr i ˈɑːs ət̬ i
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CAT — cat BrE AmE kæt ▷ cats kæts ▶ ˈ cat ˌ burglar BrE AmE ▶ ˈ cat ˌ cracker BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CURIOSITY — / ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti; NAmE ˌkjʊriˈɑːs-/ noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ U , sing. ] curiosity (about sth) | curiosity …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAT
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CURIOSITY — cu ‧ ri ‧ os ‧ i ‧ ty /ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti, ˌkjʊəriˈɒsɪti $ ˌkjʊriˈɑːs-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural curiosities ) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAT — n. & v. --n. 1 a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAT — n. & v. n. 1 a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAT — n. & v. --n. 1. a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Oxford English vocab
CURIOSITY — ( curiosities) 1. Curiosity is a desire to know about something. Ryle accepted more out of curiosity than anything else... …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAT — ( cats) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A cat is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CURIOSITY — (curiosities) 1. Curiosity is a desire to know about something. Ryle accepted more out of ~ than anything else... To …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CURIOSITY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES excite curiosity ▪ Rumours of hidden treasure excited our curiosity. idle curiosity ▪ It was …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cow/cat etc swishes its tail (= quickly moves it from side to side ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CURIOSITY — (INTEREST) [noun] [U] - an eager desire to know or learn about somethingto arouse/excite/satisfy someone's curiosityI'm burning with curiosity - …
Cambridge English vocab
CAT
Cambridge English vocab
CAT — n. Abyssinian cat Burmese cat calico cat cat's eye domestic cat house cat Kit Cat Club Maine coon cat Manx …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CURIOSITY — Synonyms and related words : abnormality, amazement, anomaly, ardor, astonishing thing, astonishment, bauble, bric-a-brac, cathexis, concern, concernment, concupiscence, conversation piece, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAT — See: COPY CAT, CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT, FRAIDY-CAT or FRAID-CAT or SCAREDY CAT OY SCARED-CAT, HOLY CATS, LET THE CAT …
Slang English vocab
CURIOSITY — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: INTEREST 3, concern, interestedness, regard Related Words: inquisitiveness, questioning Antonyms: disinterest 2 something that arouses …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CURIOSITY — noun 1. Synonyms: interest 3, concern, interestedness, regard Related Word: inquisitiveness, questioning Antonyms: disinterest 2. something that arouses interest especially …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
CURIOSITY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great , intense ▪ insatiable ▪ She has an insatiable ~ about life. ▪ mild ▪ idle …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
KILLED — • ↑ die/be killed • ↑ it nearly killed me
Longman Activator English vocab
CURIOSITY — n. 25B6; noun his evasiveness roused my curiosity : INTEREST, spirit of inquiry, inquisitiveness. the shop is a treasure trove …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAT
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CURIOSITY — n. 1 inquisitiveness, interest His insatiable curiosity next led him to study astronomy 2 snooping, prying, peeping, intrusiveness, meddlesomeness, interference, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CAT — See: COPY CAT, CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT, FRAIDY-CAT or FRAID-CAT or SCAREDY CAT OY SCARED-CAT, HOLY CATS, LET THE CAT …
Словарь английских идиом
CURIOSITY — noun 1 BAD : It was this film that first aroused my curiosity on Korean culture. GOOD : It was …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
KILLED — спокойный, убитый - killed spirit - killed steel Уничтоженный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CURIOSITY — сущ. 1) любознательность nor had you any curiosity to know other states or their laws ≈ у тебя также нет …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CAT
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KILLED — Убитый
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KILLED — Убит
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KILLED — Убиенный
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KILLED — Сраженный
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KILLED — Сражен
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KILLED — Погибнуть
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KILLED — Вымаранный
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KILLED — Вколоченный
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KILLED — Вколочен
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