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dogs bark, cats meow

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dogs bark, cats meow

  1. (colloquial, humorous) Introduces something seen as inevitable or totally commonplace.
    • 2009, Linda P. Kozar, ‎Dannelle Woody, Babes with a Beatitude (page 146)
      [] dogs bark, cats meow, and sinners sin. Sinning comes natural to us. That's why we are in constant war with our flesh.
    • 2017, Bill Warren, Keep Watching the Skies!:
      He's surprised to learn she knows he drinks too much. "It's in the Met Centre facts of life file," she says; "dogs bark, cats meow and Stenning drinks."
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