curiosity kills the cat
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English
34
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
proverb
Example Sentences
- "“When you say, ‘This guy is such a bad guy,’ people are curious,” he [Galin Jordanov] said. “And when he writes a book, people will buy it. Curiosity kills the cat. We are generating a simple form of sensation.”"
- "A Kansas City woman learned the hard way that “curiosity kills the cat” when she picked up what she thought was a lost kitten this week – only to realize it was actually a small bobcat. The woman wound up getting bit on the thumb after seeing the small feline on the side of the road in Liberty, Missouri, and trying to help it, local cops said."
- "Corteiz — Corteiz Rules the World is the brand’s full name — sold its first garments in 2018, and from the beginning Mr. [Clint] Ogbenna emphasized scarcity. The brand’s Instagram page was private. “Humans are just humans, innit?” he said. “Curiosity kills the cat.”"