Idioms containing cats include: a cat and a dog, draw a tiger according to the cat, the mouse cries, the cat and the mouse sleep together, catch the mouse and grab the cat, fight for the cat and lose the cow, and the cat eats the parrot.

1, cats and mice sleep together [māo shǔ tóng mián]

Basic explanation:

Cats and mice sleep together. Metaphor officials dereliction of duty, shielding subordinates to do bad things. It is also a metaphor for collusion. "New Tang Book Five Elements": "In November of the first year of Longshuo, cats and mice were in Luozhou. Rats hide like thieves, cats scratch and bite, but like rats, they are like thieves who quit their jobs and become traitors. "

2, the cat cries the mouse [mā o k ū l m: o sh ǔ]

Basic explanation:

Metaphor false sympathy; Pretend to be sympathetic. Also said that cats cry mice. Source: The sixty-second time in the Tang Dynasty: "I don't know where I was killed today, and I am here with a Taoist, crying cats and mice. Too hypocritical. "

3. Draw a tiger according to the cat [zhào māo huà hǔ]

Basic explanation

Metaphor imitates according to appearance. Source: "Street Lamp" The eleventh time: "This big" xianggong "is very smart. He is a man who paints a tiger according to a cat, and he knows how to put it at a glance. "

4. Fight for the cat and lose the cow

Basic definition: I lost my cow for the cat. Metaphor is greedy for small and lose big.

Source: Qing Lvyuan Li's "Qi Lu Deng" Seventy times: "It's really a cat to lose cattle."

5. Tom, dick and Harry

Basic explanation:

Generally refers to a certain kind of person or anyone (including contempt). Source: Lu Xun's My First Master: "This is exactly the same as calling children cats and dogs: easy to raise."