Let s throw it out and see if the cat licks it up

Question about English (US)
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What does 'Let's throw it [idea] out on the scoop and see if the cat licks it up' mean?

That is the line from the movie "12 Angry Men" (1957).

Meaning:

Let's test this idea out on a dumb animal and see if it poisons them?

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English (US)
The quote from the movie is more like this:

If nobody else has an idea, I might have a cutie here.
Let's throw it out and see if the cat licks it up.


It is used to decide whether an idea is good or not.

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Curiosity kills the cat
Curiosity killed the cat

proverb
Inquisitiveness can be dangerous, especially when it extends to things one does not need to know about.
I think you'll offend her by asking such personal questions—curiosity killed the cat, after all.
I know curiosity killed the cat, but I can't stop the investigation until I know where the donations are really going.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Prov. Being curious can get you into trouble. (Often used to warn someone against prying into other's affairs.) Jill: Where did you get all that money? Jane: Curiosity killed the cat.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
curiosity killed the cat
It's best to mind one's own business.
For example,


Don't ask about his divorce-curiosity killed the cat. This cautionary expression sounds like the moral of some fable or folktale, but any such origin for it has been lost. The first recorded use was in O. Henry's Schools and Schools (1909).
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curiosity killed the cat
You say curiosity killed the cat to warn someone that they might suffer harm themselves if they try to find out about matters that do not involve them. `Where are we going?' Calder asked. `Curiosity killed the cat, dear. You'll find out soon enough.'
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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012

curiosity killed the cat being inquisitive about other people's affairs may get you into trouble. proverb
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
curiosity killed the ;cat (saying) used to tell somebody not to ask so many questions, especially in reply to a question that you do not want to answer: ‘Are you two thinking of getting married by any chance?’ ‘Now, now. Curiosity killed the cat!’
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See also:
curiosity
inquisitiveness

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Cat got your tongue?
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What's the meaning of the phrase 'Cat got your tongue?'?
'Has the cat got your tongue' is a light-hearted question addressed to someone who is inexplicably silent.

What's the origin of the phrase 'Cat got your tongue?'?
Has the cat got your tongue? The origin of the phrase 'has the cat got your tongue?' isn't known. What is certain is that it isn't derived as a reference to the cat o' nine tails or people's tongues being fed to cats in ancient Egypt. Both of these have been suggested and there's no shred of evidence to support either of them.

'Cat got your tongue?' is the shortened form of the query 'Has the cat got your tongue?' and it is the short form that is more often used. It is somewhat archaic now but was in common use until the 1960/70s. It was directed at anyone who was quiet when they were expected to speak, and often to children who were being suspiciously unobtrusive.

There's no derivation that involves any actual cat or celebrated incident of feline theft. Like the blackbird that 'pecked off his nose', the phrase is just an example of the light-hearted imagery that is, or was, directed at children.

The expression sounds as though it might be old but isn't especially so. I can find no instances of it in print until the mid 19th century, as in this example from the Wisconsin newspaper The Racine Democrat, December 1859:

"How I love a rainy day!" he said.
To this I made no answer. I loved a rainy day too, but I was not disposed to say so just then.
"Oh ho! The cat got your tongue has it?" was his next remark.:


The fact that the journalist who wrote this made no explanation suggests that the expression would have been familiar to readers in the US mid-west in 1859. The early examples of the expression in print all come from the USA, which reinforces the falsity of the Egyptian or Royal Navy origins.

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What is the meaning of the phrase "a Cat May Look at a Queen"?

It means that everybody (even a person with perceived low status) has certain rights that cannot be denied.

It may refer to literal ‘looking’, although the lookee need not be royal. e.g. It may mean that a person who has no money (and no likelihood of getting any) can still admire a Lamborghini on the street. 1

But the phrase has a wider, aspirational meaning. It means that people should not be restricted by lowly beginnings or a lack of status but should strive to achieve goals even if they seem impossible.

1  Although judging by reports in the press - some of the Hollywood Royalty would like to prevent actual looking. Apparently a number of self-absorbed individuals impose contractual obligations on employees to ‘not look them in the eye’. I can only imagine that any minion laboring under that kind of egomaniacal tyranny avails themselves of any opportunity to pee in majesties vodka bottle.