bell the cat
Example Sentences
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“These are the mice trying to bell the cat — only they can’t get one mouse to go out and do it,” he said.
From Washington Post • May 14, 2016
His opinion that certain firms are artificially increasing the prices is very much correct but who will bell the cat, that's the moot point.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2014
Baby Kochamma said, and to Chacko, “Ask him where he was yesterday. Let’s bell the cat once and for all.”
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
In short, once more, in Scottish history, someone must bell the cat.
From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
A Douglas in the olden time, at a meeting of conspirators, said he would "bell the cat."
From Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Weir, Harrison
