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
He roused himself the next moment, saying, "Well, somebody's got to bell the cat, you know."
From Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House by Hope, Anthony
The king replied, he would be glad to see who would bell the cat, alluding to the fable.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac
