Mary Bly

Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you.

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rain cats and dogs

[rain cats and dogs] or [rain buckets] or [rain pitchforks] {v. phr.}, {informal} To rain very hard; come down in torrents. * /In the middle of the picnic it started […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

get the message

[get the message] or [get the word] {v. phr.}, {slang} To understand clearly what is meant. * /The principal talked to the students about being on time, and most of […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

dog

[dog] See: [EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY], [GO TO THE DOGS], [HOT DOG], [LEAD A DOG'S LIFE], [LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE], [RAIN CATS AND DOGS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. www.sky-net-eye.com

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Brendan Behan

(1923-1964), Irish writer There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a […]

береженого Бог бережет

[береженого Бог бережет] {proverb} [bere`jonogo bog bere`jot] {lirerally} The one who protects himself […]

pants

[pants] See: [ANTS IN ONE'S PANTS], [CATCH WITH ONE'S PANTS DOWN], [FANCY PANTS], [FLY BY THE SEAT OF ONE'S PANTS], [GET […]

tight squeeze

[tight squeeze] {n. phr.} A difficult situation; financial troubles. * /The Browns aren't going out to dinner these days; […]