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Cat i' the Adage
(The). The adage referred to is, the cat loves fish, but does
not like to wet her paws. Letting `I dare not' wait upon `I would,'
“ Like the poor cat i' the adage.”
Shakespeare Macbeth,
i.7
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Cat i' the Adage from Infoplease:
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