Collective Nouns, Similes, Idioms, Metaphors and Expressions
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