don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you

proverb If you are timid, you are likely to be overpowered by or taken advantage of by others. Come on, you have to stand up to those girls. Don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you.

See also: cat, eat, make, will

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

teach a man to fish
it takes a village
village
best-laid plans go astray, the
the best-laid plans
the best-laid plans go astray
the best-laid plans of mice and men
a reed before the wind lives on(, while mighty oaks do fall)
for want of a nail
For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse ...

词组	don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you
释义	don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you proverb If you are timid, you are likely to be overpowered by or taken advantage of by others. Come on, you have to stand up to those girls. Don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you. See also: cat, eat, make, will Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: teach a man to fish it takes a village village best-laid plans go astray, the the best-laid plans the best-laid plans go astray the best-laid plans of mice and men a reed before the wind lives on(, while mighty oaks do fall) for want of a nail For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse ...
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