care killed a cat
English
[edit]Proverb
[edit]- (archaic) Synonym of curiosity killed the cat
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
- “Come, come,” said Silver; “stow this talk. He’s dead, and he don’t walk, that I know; leastways, he won’t walk by day, and you may lay to that. Care killed a cat. Fetch ahead for the doubloons.”