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English
a curious cat
Proverb
curiosity killed the cat
- One should not be curious about things that can be dangerous.
Coordinate terms
Translations
undue curiosity is dangerous
- Arabic: الْفُضُولُ قَتَلَ الْقِطَّ (al-fuḍūlu qatala l-qiṭṭa)
- Catalan: la curiositat va matar el gat
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 好奇害死貓／好奇害死猫 (hàoqí hàisǐ māo), 好奇害死猫 (hàoqí hàisǐ māo)
- Czech: nebuď zvědavej, budeš brzo starej
- Danish: nysgerrighed slog smedens kat ihjel
- Estonian: uudishimu tappis kassi
- Finnish: uteliaisuus kissan tappoi
- French: la curiosité est un vilain défaut (fr)
- German: Neugier ist der Katze Tod
- Hebrew: הַסַּקְרָנוּת הָרְגָה אֶת הֶחָתוּל (he) (ha-sakranút hargá et he-khatúl)
- Hungarian: aki kíváncsi, hamar megöregszik (hu)
- Irish: fios a mharaigh an cat
- Italian: tanto va la gatta al lardo, che ci lascia lo zampino, la curiosità uccise il gatto, (rare) la troppa curiosità spinge l'uccello nella rete
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- Macedonian: љубопитноста ја убила мачката (ljubopitnosta ja ubila mačkata)
- Norwegian: nysgjerrighet drepte katten
- Polish: ciekawy kot do studni wpadł, ciekawość to pierwszy stopień do piekła (pl)
- Portuguese: a curiosidade matou o gato
- Romanian: curiosii mor repede
- Russian: любопы́тной Ва́рваре на база́ре нос оторва́ли (ru) (ljubopýtnoj Várvare na bazáre nos otorváli), мно́го бу́дешь знать — ско́ро соста́ришься (mnógo búdešʹ znatʹ — skóro sostárišʹsja), ме́ньше зна́ешь — кре́пче спишь (ménʹše znáješʹ — krépče spišʹ), (rare) от любопы́тства ко́шка сдо́хла (ot ljubopýtstva kóška sdóxla)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: радо̀знало̄ст је убила мачку
- Roman: radòznalōst je ubila mačku
- Spanish: la curiosidad mató al gato (es)
- Swedish: nyfiken i en strut
- Tagalog: ang sobra-sobrang pag-usisa ay delikado
- Welsh: busnesa a laddodd y gath
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References
- Gregory Y. Titelman (1996) Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, →ISBN, page 48
