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The version with the rejoinder “but satisfaction brought it back” is, sometimes, falsely assumed to be the original version. It’s first mention, however, does not date back as far as the aforementioned proverb. It was first recorded in 1905 and …
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2018年4月16日 · As the saying goes "Curiosity killed a cat, satisfaction brought it back." Thanks to a comment, "Curiosity killed a cat—satisfaction brought it back again" appeared in Veal Breaded: A Comedy in One Act (1913). If there is a variation of the saying that includes a third line, it's not one I know of or could quickly find.
Where did the phrase "curiosity killed the cat" come from?
2023年10月15日 · Found the comment! ———————————- AdjunctAngel • 13h it is originally from a play but the real phrase is "care killed the cat" meaning the sorrow from a cat having cared in the first place used up all its lives in worry. the phrase changed over time to become curiosity killed the cat as a warning to experiment carefully. but as always it further evolved from there and ...
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2018年6月5日 · "Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect." -Stephen Wright Reply reply ezirb7 • No ...
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That’s funny I always thought it was to do with Schrodinger’s cat... it’s both dead and alive until you check, si curiosity killed the cat. Now that I think about it, it might have been a joke I heard. English isn’t my first language so I probably just didn’t get the joke.
The saying "curiosity killed the cat" makes much more sense
2017年5月5日 · They had some of the more interesting x-rays up. One was a cat with a kitchen knife clear through his/her body. The vet said the cat came through after surgery. I could not help but wonder what monster did that to a cat. A few years later, I got a kitten and realized the cat in the x-ray probably impaled him/herself on the knife.
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2008年1月25日 · Curiosity killed the cat! Close. 8.8k. Posted by 4 years ago. Archived. Curiosity killed the cat! 88 ...
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2023年7月29日 · I'd say it conveys a similar meaning to "curiosity killed the cat", but is missing the second part of the ...
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