cat lives
Feline survival myth
Cat lives refers to the proverbial nine lives attributed to cats, reflecting their reputation for surviving dangerous situations.
The phrase appears in expressions about resilience or luck: He's used up most of his cat lives with those stunts.
Someone living on their last cat lives is running out of chances.
- nineEight plus one
- felineOf or like cats
- whiskersFacial sensory hairs
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- close callDisaster narrowly averted
narrow escape · cheating death · curiosity · curiosity killed · resilience · luck · lucky charm · immortal · landing · paws · prowl · reincarnation · furry · souls · purr · agile · fearless · claws
- Groups of nineMuses, sudoku grid, Nazgul, Beethoven symphonies, innings
- ninesninth, nonagon, novena, Ennead, nine months
- close callsclose call, near miss, narrow escape, close shave, nick of time
cat livesone shot
Single unrepeated attempt
do or die · now or never · sudden death · all or nothing · zero tolerance
cat livesfragility
Ease of breaking
mortality · vulnerability · glass jaw · house of cards · delicacy
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