cat\ has\ nine\ lives

cat\ has\ nine\ lives
A cat can move so fast and jump so well that he seems to escape being killed many times.

We thought our cat would be killed when he fell from the roof of the house. He was not, but he used up one of his nine lives.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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