英语词汇curiosity killed the cat的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	curiosity killed the cat
词源	curiosity killed the cat. A very familiar proverb that seems to have been recorded only as far back as the early 1900s. Per- haps it derived somehow from the much older (late 16th centu- ry) care killed the cat, but there is no proof of this thus far.
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