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What is the meaning of the idiom 'curiosity killed the cat'?

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Inquisitiveness can be dangerous, especially when it extends to things one does not need to know about. I think you'll offend her by asking such personal questions—curiosity killed the cat, after all. I know curiosity killed the cat, but I can't stop the investigation until I know where the donations are really going. read more

For example, Don't ask about his divorce-curiosity killed the cat. This cautionary expression sounds like the moral of some fable or folktale, but any such origin for it has been lost. The first recorded use was in O. Henry's Schools and Schools (1909). read more

Cats will die out of curiosity or maybe out of apathy, at the end all cats will face their fate one day or another. read more

The idiom that is used every day curiosity killed the cat is a part of a longer statement, curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. However, adding the later part to the idiom alters its meaning completely. read more

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