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like cats and dogs



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She said she had also seen hedgehogs, bats and even domestic animals like cats and dogs trapped by them.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

The kitten also didn’t have a pad on the back of its wrist, like cats and dogs do today.

From NewsForKids.net ● Nov. 20, 2024

Emma and Emily are oil and water and fight like cats and dogs.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2023

“We would fight like cats and dogs over every film we showed,” Ms. Keys, a former member of the selection committee, said in a phone interview.

From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2022

It was born in a hundred small quarrels, the quarrels of women whose children must live and play together and fight each other like cats and dogs.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck


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