我找了好久都没找到为什么有这句话...

在很多西方人眼里，猫 (cat) 是好奇心 (curiosity) 和神秘 (mystery) 的象征。当人们讲Curiosity killed the cat. 时，其实不是真的讲好奇心把猫杀死了，而是说好奇心可能使自己丧命的

我也看到了这个... 可是接受不了这解释... 应该还是典故的

our good friend wikipedia has the answer

thx ele

我是连wikipedia的都不buy... 总觉得还有....

I presume u wonder how Ben Jonson came up with these words? well, you can get a cat and watch then you'll see why