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Collective Nouns, Similes, Idioms, Metaphors and Expressions

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Cats

COLLECTIVE NOUNS
Cats

• A clowder of cats
• A cluster of cats
• A clutter of cats
• A comfort of cats
• A destruction of wild cats
• A glaring of cats
• A glorying of kittens
• A nuisance of cats
• A pounce of cats
• A wrack of kittens
• A glare of kittens

​​​Caracals

•   A pair of caracals

Jaguars

• A shadow of jaguars

Kittens

• An intrigue of kittens
• A kindle of kittens
• A glorying of cats
• A glare of cats
• A litter of kittens
• A mischief of kittens
• A nuisance of kittens
• A pounce of kittens
• A wrack of kittens

Lions

• A flock of lions
• A pride of lions
• A sault of lions
• A sawt of lions
• A sowse of lions
• A troop of lions

Lynx

•    A chain of lynx

Ocelots

• A urination of ocelots

Panthers

• A claw of panthers
• A spring of panthers

Tigers

• An ambush of tigers
• A streak of tigers
• A swift of tigers

Wildcats

• A destruction of wildcats

SIMILES

• As conceited as a barber's cat
• As nervous as a cat
• As playful as a kitten
• As weak as a kitten

IDIOMS, METAPHORS AND EXPRESSIONS

• A bag of cats
• A cat burglar
• A cat-call
• A cat in gloves catches no mice
• A cat nap
• A cat with nine lives
• A cat has nine tails
• A cat may look at a king
• A cat that walks alone
• A paper tiger
• A wild-cat strike
• All cats are grey in the dark
• Alley cat
• Bring back the cat
• Cat burglar
• Cat-call
• Cat got one's tongue
• Cat-o'-nine-tails
• Cat on a hot tin roof
• Cat's eyes
• Cat's meow
• Cat nap
• Cat's paw
• Cat's pyjamas
• Cat's whiskers
• Copy cat
• Curiosity killed the cat
• Dead cat on the line
• Doesn't have enough sense to bell a cat
• Fat cat/s
• Fight like cats and dogs
• Grin like a Cheshire cat
• Have kittens
• High as the hair on a cat's back
• Lead a cat and dog life
• Let the cat out of the bag
• Like a cat on a hot tin roof
• Like a cat on hot bricks
• Like the barber's cat - full of wind and water
• Like herding cats
• Look like the cat that swallowed the cream
• Look like the cat that swallowed the canary
• Look what the cat dragged in
• Looks like something the cat dragged in
• Make a cat's paw of (something)
• Not a cat in hell's chance
• Not enough room to swing a cat
• Play cat and mouse
• Raining cats and dogs
• Scaredy-cat
• See how the cat jumps
• Set the cat amongst the pigeons
• She's a cool cat
• The cat that got the cream
• The cat's whiskers
• There's more than one way to skin a cat
• There's more than one way of killing a cat than choking it with cream
• To be catty
• To bell the cat
• To lead a cat and dog life
• To let the cat out of the bag
• To pussy-foot around
• To rain cats and dogs
• To see which way the cat jumps
• What's new pussycat?
• Weak as a kitten
• When the cat's away, the mice will play