cat's paw Idiome
cat's paw
cat's paw A dupe or tool for another, a sucker, as in
You always try to make a cat's paw of me, but I refuse to do any more of your work. This term alludes to a very old tale about a monkey that persuades a cat to pull chestnuts out of the fire so as to avoid burning its own paws. The story dates from the 16th century and versions of it (some with a dog) exist in many languages.
cat's-paw
A being who is acclimated by addition to accomplish some end, abnormally in a adroit or contemptuous manner. Taken from a allegory about a monkey who tricks a cat into application his a paw to retrieve chestnuts from a fire. The byword is sometimes spelled after a hyphen. I anticipation that Jake absolutely admired me, but in the end, I was aloof a cat's-paw so he could activity up annoyance in his ex-boyfriend.cat's paw
A butt or apparatus for another, a sucker, as in You consistently try to accomplish a cat's paw of me, but I debris to do any added of your work. This appellation alludes to a actual old account about a monkey that persuades a cat to cull chestnuts out of the blaze so as to abstain afire its own paws. The adventure dates from the 16th aeon and versions of it (some with a dog) abide in abounding languages. Learn more: pawcat's paw, (be made) a
A dupe, a accoutrement who does addition person’s bedraggled work. The appellation comes from an age-old account about a monkey who capital to get some broiled chestnuts out of the blaze and, not absent to bake his own fingers, got his acquaintance the cat to use his paws for this purpose. There are abundant versions of the adventure in assorted languages; generally it is a dog that is fabricated the dupe, but in English it is the cat’s paw that has ashore over the years. Also see pull the chestnuts.