It was an open secret that they had quarreled like the proverbial cat and dog.

And it seems that nearly everybody, even the proverbial fat cat, is broke.

Every man was born with an ego, and they're like the proverbial long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

He still looked entirely too pleased with himself, like the proverbial cat with cream.

Imagine, the living legend, walking into the embassy, looking like something the proverbial cat dragged in.

The proverbial cat was out of the bag, and phone lines at the White House press office lit up.

They all looked like something the proverbial cat should have buried in the sand.

He looked like the proverbial cat who had swallowed the canary.

Of course, he remembered what curiosity did to the proverbial cat, but he didn't care.

Decker smiled back like the proverbial cat that had just swallowed the canary.