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You come home after a long and boisterous party, looking the worse for wear. As you stagger off to bed, your dear mate says "Look what..."?

the cat dragged in.. Chewed-up parts of rats and birds, usually. Yecch! I know they mean well, but...

"Boo! Hiss! You stink!"

catcalls. I really don't know why cats are supposed to "call" when displeased. Mine scream! Maybe they didn't care for the play "Cats."

You really pulled off a good trick, now you sit smugly like...

the cat who swallowed the canary. The bird owner might disapprove, but Kitty doesn't care! He has his own priorities.

You're a cat, hiding in a room with all the lights turned out, the shades drawn, and midnight on the other side of the window. What color are you?

gray. All cats are gray in the dark! If something works well for you, why fret about the details?

You're grinning all over your face! You must be...

The Cheshire Cat.. The Cheshire Cat who lived in Wonderland could disappear and leave his grin behind! As Alice observed, we often see a cat without a grin, but that grin without the cat was really a smart trick!

Someone is beating you to within an inch of your life! He must be using...

a cat o' nine tails.. He was using a whip with up to nine lashes, each with a flesh-tearing tip! Cats hunt and kill prey, but naming this kind of torture after cats is just wrong!

"Uh... er... like... well... y'know..."

The cat's got your tongue.. I don't know why a cat should grab a tongue! Were you wagging it too much?

Pussycat! You just went to London to visit the Queen! What did you do while you were there?

Frightened a little mouse under her chair.. A cat can look at a king (or queen), but just try to get a little respect from him! Cats can be very sweet and loving, but they don't understand "superiors."

Just call me Cats-anova! The girls are crazy about me, but I just love 'em and leave 'em! Raunchy? Sure, but after all, I'm just...

A tomcat.. And, of course, I'm in fine voice and ready to caterwaul with the best! But unless I can slip out, no tomcatting around for me!

"I'm so mad at her I could just tear her hair out! Claw her eyes out! Kick her in the you-know-what!" Oh, dear. I'm spoiling for a...

catfight.. "No matter how cats fight, there are always plenty of kittens." (Abraham Lincoln)