🐱 Cat
"Cat-and-mouse game"
Meaning
A situation where one side keeps chasing and the other keeps escaping.
About the cat
Cats are independent, curious, and quiet movers, which is why their idioms cover secrecy, curiosity, and self-reliance.
Example sentence
The children played a cat-and-mouse game with Grandma over the hidden sweets.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
A situation where one side keeps chasing and the other keeps escaping.
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