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Meaning of "bell the cat" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BELL THE CAT

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WHAT DOES BELL THE CAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bell the cat

Belling the cat

Belling the Cat is a fable also known under the titles The Bell and the Cat and The Mice in Council. Although often attributed to Aesop, it was not recorded before the Middle Ages and has been confused with the quite different fable of Classical origin titled The Cat and the Mice. In the classificatory system established for the fables by B. E. Perry, it is numbered 613, which is reserved for Mediaeval attributions outside the Aesopic canon.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BELL THE CAT

bell bronze
bell buoy
bell captain
bell crank
bell glass
bell heather
bell jar
bell magpie
bell metal
bell moth
bell pepper
bell pull
bell punch
bell push
bell rope
bell sheep
bell tent
bell tower
bell-bottomed
bell-bottomed trousers

WORDS THAT END LIKE BELL THE CAT

Abyssinian cat
alley cat
Balinese cat
big cat
Burmese cat
Cheshire cat
domestic cat
fat cat
marmalade cat
mountain cat
native cat
Norwegian forest cat
Persian cat
ring-tailed cat
Siamese cat
snowshoe cat
tabby cat
tiger cat
top cat
white cat

Synonyms and antonyms of bell the cat in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «bell the cat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BELL THE CAT

Find out the translation of bell the cat to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bell the cat from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bell the cat» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

铃铛猫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el cascabel al gato
570 millions of speakers

English

bell the cat
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेल बिल्ली
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

جرس القط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

колокол кошка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sino do gato
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিড়াল ঘণ্টা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

attacher le grelot
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Loceng kucing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

der Katze die Schelle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

鈴猫
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

벨 고양이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kucing kucing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuông mèo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பூனை வா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मांजरीचे घंटी वाजवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kedi çanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

campana il gatto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dzwonkot
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дзвін кішка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clopot pisica
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κουδούνι η γάτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Bell die kat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klocka katten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bell katten
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bell the cat

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BELL THE CAT»

The term «bell the cat» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.761 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BELL THE CAT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bell the cat

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BELL THE CAT»

Discover the use of bell the cat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bell the cat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
I Will Bell The Cat
The book is actually meant for those who have lost, but are yearning to regain the joy of childhood; the joy of trust, transparency and truth.
Ravindra, 2009
2
Corruption: Who Will Bell the Cat?
While a consensus on the need to tackle corruption is in evidence, it is not clear as to who will bell the cat. Corruption exists in both the public and private sectors of our society. But the corruption that involves the public sector attracts much ...
Samuel Paul, 1997
3
Anatole and the Cat
Anatole's job as a taster in a cheese factory is endangered by a marauding cat.
Eve Titus, 1957
4
We as Freemen: Plessy V. Ferguson
1 An ominous wind was blowing across the landscape of American democracy in 1891. Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Georgia passed railroad-segregation laws that year. At the same time, 111 CHAPTER 6: Who Will Bell the Cat?
Medley, Keith Weldon
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Aesop's Fables
This proposal met with general applause, until an old mouse got up and said: “ That is all very well, but who is to bell the Cat?” The mice looked at one another and nobody spoke. Then the old mouse said: “It Is Easy To Propose Impossible ...
Edited by Joseph Jacobs
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Fables Retold
... "Who will bell the cat?" The teacher mouse and his team of daring mice, including Sato, better known as Didiyem, did just that. ff- 81 David is a young boy. His people, the Yehudis, (Jews),
R.K. Murthi
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A general history of Scotland: from the earliest accounts to ...
The earl of An? gus immediately took the thought, and answered, " I will bell the cat j" which bold answer got him the name or appellation of Archibald Bell the Cat j and the truth is, he very we(l deserved it. f Lindsay's description of this upstart's ...
William Guthrie, 1767
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Paradox and Society: The Work of Bernard Mandeville
Yet the benefits to the mouse who would undertake to bell the cat would not be sufficient to overcome the costs. Or in the case of the three-actor project shown in Diagram 2.2 the first-order public goods problem is the fact that each will benefit ...
Louis Schneider
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Drummond of Hawthornden : the story of his life and writings
Archibald, 5th Earl of Angus, commonly known as " Bell-the-Cat " or " the Great Earl," was the head of the Angus house when this complete transference happened ; and from him the Douglas tradition was transmitted in pretty direct succession ...
David Masson, 1969
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The Scotsman's Library: Being a Collection of Anecdotes and ...
ARCHIBALD BELL-THE-CAT. Iiibald Douglas, Earl of Angus, a man re- ible for strength of body and mind, acquired •pular nane of lie'lJhe-Val, upon the follow- Mnaikable occasion : James III., of whom >tlie complains, that he delighted more in ...
James Mitchell, 1825

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BELL THE CAT»

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'I was declared stateless while in Germany'
There were many cowards but I decided to bell the cat because there is fish in the rough seas. I wanted to motivate Muslims into action because ... «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»
2
THE REAL STORY: KANDAHAR HIJAC...
Dulat in his book 'Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years' e writes that “no one in Delhi or Punjab wanted to bell the cat.” He speaks of how “everyone ... «Google, Jul 15»
3
Man who monitored 1999 Kandahar hijack admits goof-up
... CMG meeting on December 24 while the plane was parked in Amritsar, Dulat said that “no one in Delhi or Punjab wanted to bell the cat”. «The Indian Panorama, Jul 15»
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THE REAL STORY: KANDAHAR HIJAC... SEEMA MUSTAFA.
Dulat in his book 'Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years' e writes that “no one in Delhi or Punjab wanted to bell the cat.” He speaks of how “everyone ... «Google, Jul 15»
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Designed to cut off
Doesn't this need to change? The answer is Yes. But who will bell the cat? Consider this one. The much-hyped Shri Ram College of Commerce ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
6
Fake bus Tickets in BMTC Buses in Bangalore Again?
Who will bell the cat?" he asks wondering whether it would be CBI. While the fake currency is a Centre subject, fake tickets certainly are within ... «Microfinance Monitor, Jul 15»
7
CICR begins fresh Bt cotton research even as variety grows in its …
However, the question those days was that who would bell the cat," said a source related to the research. It would have been easier to use the ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
8
'Shut down Karnataka Lokayukta': After fresh corruption charges …
... for tainted politicians and not-so-clean administrators, there could be a lot of media attention and if, eventually no one is able to bell the cat, ... «Firstpost, Jun 15»
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Investigate Taye Taiwo's Allegation, Eseka Tells NFF
But the problem is 'who will bell the cat'. But it was rumoured that prior to the 2002 World Cup, Coach Adegboye Onigbinde refused $30,000 ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
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Music in the Breeze in Belfast
The “smaller” event nights have been popular thus far, too. The Wednesday evening open mics are filling a void left by the loss of Bell The Cat's ... «Republican Journal, Jun 15»

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