Idioms With Cats and Apples as the Subject Matter
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189927)
Boise, Idaho
March 22, 2026 2:53pm CST
I find it rather amazing that so many of the idioms we use a lot have either cats or apples as the subject matter. Here are the ones I found so far:
Apples:
* Apple doesn't fall far from the tree
* An apple a day keeps the doctor away
* The apple of my eye
* a bad apple
* How do you like them apples?
* Upset the apple cart
Cats:
* Raining cats and dogs
* Like a cat on hot bricks
* Let the cat out of the bag
* Cat got your tongue?
* Like herding cats
* A cat and mouse game.
Can you think of any that are about dogs or other fruit?
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@Ineeddentures (35140)
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22 Mar
Apple Crumble
Apple Pie
Dog day afternoon
Doggie Daycare
Strawberry blonde
A.great pear
James and the giant peach
Raspberry beret
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@Ineeddentures (35140)
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23 Mar
@celticeagle
I wasn't sure about the great pear one
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@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Mar
@Ineeddentures ........Isn't the spelling on that one 'pair' instead of 'pear'?
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
23 Mar
@celticeagle Thanks! That’s all I can think of.
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@RasmaSandra (98072)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Mar
Barking up the wrong tree:
In the doghouse
Every dog has its day
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@Traceyjayne (11437)
• United Kingdom
23 Mar
I used to teach idioms to children …..boy was it tricky …..
The only one other I can think of is …one bad apple don’t spoil the whole bunch ….( as in the Osmonds song )
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@LindaOHio (222623)
• United States
25 Mar
I can never think of any examples when I'm asked. lol
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