10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIGHT LIKE KILKENNY CATS»
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Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Swift : Polite Converialwn, 11. We sometimes say, " It is raining pitchforks," which
is the French locution, " It tombe des hatlebardes." Kilkenny cats See To fight like
Kilkenny cats below. Like a cat on hot bricks. Very uneasy ; not at all " at home ...
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 2001
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fight like Kilkenny cats if they are left alone at home!
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... than usual, and may even chew or suck her coat or claws. It's not an easy
problem to tackle, as the only real solution is to make yourself more available to
your stressed-out feline. THE. KILKENNY. CATS. The saying "Fight like Kilkenny
cats ...
Fight like cats and dogs: To quarrel viciously. 35. Fight like Kilkenny cats: To fight
until both parties are destroyed. Lore has it that in the ancient town of Kilkenny,
on the River Nore in southeast Ireland, bored soldiers would tie two cats together
...
Sandra Choron, Harry Choron, Arden Moore, 2007
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
... me trimeri (trimerisht, si luan) □ Except as regards its natural prey the weasel
is a timid animal but will fight like a tiger in defence of its young. fight like Kilkenny
cats zihen (hahen) si qente ne garroq, hane kokat njeri me tjetrin □ They fought ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
1870. PP, Rhyming Slang, 1932. Kilkenny cats. Often used allusively, from the
proverbial fight like Kilkenny cats, meaning to fight each other even unto mutual
destruction: coll.: mid-C.19-20. 'The origin of this expression as I have heard is
this.
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A Compilation of Classy Animal Names
... usually slept on Churchill's bed, Book of Lists , Wallace Kali: (ka'lE) tigress, “
The Bridge Builders,” Kipling Kilkenny: (kil-ken'E) “To fight like Kilkenny cats,”
during a rebellion in Ireland, Hessian soldiers encouraged cats to fight one
another, ...
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Oxford Treasury of Sayings and Quotations
The origin is unknown, but it is said that Cheshire cheeses used to be marked
with the face of a smiling cat; see GOD 33, WAYS 11 fight like Kilkenny cats two
cats from Kilkenny in Ireland which, according to legend, fought until only their
tails ...
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Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors
One account suggests that the phrase 'Fight like Kilkenny cats', p. 221, originated
in such an incident.) Horse, pigeon and car-racing Go to Holt to see Farne races [
Cheshire, nEng]. Go the wrong way to work. (Holt and Farndon are on opposite ...
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The Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors
One account suggests that the phrase 'Fight like Kilkenny cats', p. 221, originated
in such an incident.) Horse, pigeon and car-racing Go to Holt to see Farne races [
Cheshire, nEng]. Go the wrong way to work. (Holt and Farndon are on opposite ...
Peter Richard Wilkinson, 2008
