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Friday, February 26, 2016
bell the cat
bell
the
cat
(
idiomatic
)
To
undertake
a
dangerous
action in the
service
of a group.
From a mediæval fable in which mice want to put a bell round the cat's neck but cannot agree who should do it.
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