/ · 1894 Brewer’s · M · Muffled Cats catch no Mice
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(In Italian, “Catta guantata non piglia sorice.”) Said of those who work in gloves for fear of soiling their fingers.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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