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A curious cat exploring the inside of a domestic appliance. curiosity killed the cat
One should not be curious about things that can be dangerous . undue curiosity is dangerous
Arabic: الْفُضُولُ قَتَلَ الْقِطَّ ( al-fuḍūlu qatala l-qiṭṭa )
Armenian: հետաքրքրասիրությունը սպանեց կատվին ( hetakʻrkʻrasirutʻyunə spanecʻ katvin )
Catalan: la curiositat va matar el gat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 好奇害死貓 ／ 好奇害死猫 (zh) ( hàoqí hàisǐ māo )
Czech: nebuď zvědavej, budeš brzo starej
Danish: nysgerrighed slog smedens kat ihjel
Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: uudishimu tappis kassi
Finnish: uteliaisuus tappoi kissan
French: la curiosité est un vilain défaut (fr) ( literally “ curiosity is a bad thing ” )
German: Neugier ist der Katze Tod
Greek: η περιέργεια σκότωσε τη γάτα (el) ( i periérgeia skótose ti gáta )
Hebrew: הַסַּקְרָנוּת הָרְגָה אֶת הֶחָתוּל (he) ( ha-sakranút hargá et he-khatúl )
Hungarian: aki kíváncsi, hamar megöregszik (hu)
Irish: fios a mharaigh an cat
Italian: tanto va la gatta al lardo, che ci lascia lo zampino la curiosità uccise il gatto ( rare ) la troppa curiosità spinge l'uccello nella rete
Macedonian: љубопитноста ја убила мачката ( ljubopitnosta ja ubila mačkata )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nysgjerrighet drepte katten nysgjerrig høne får enten korn eller knuff ( literally “ the curious chicken gets either corn or beatings ” )
Polish: ciekawy kot do studni wpadł ( literally “ the curious cat fell into the well ” ) , ciekawość to pierwszy stopień do piekła (pl) ( literally “ curiosity is the first step to hell ” )
Portuguese: a curiosidade matou o gato
Romanian: curioșii mor repede ( literally “ curious people die quickly ” )
Russian: любопы́тной Ва́рваре на база́ре нос оторва́ли (ru) ( ljubopýtnoj Várvare na bazáre nos otorváli ) , мно́го бу́дешь знать — ско́ро соста́ришься ( mnógo búdešʹ znatʹ — skóro sostárišʹsja ) , ме́ньше зна́ешь — кре́пче спишь ( ménʹše znáješʹ — krépče spišʹ ) , ( rare ) от любопы́тства ко́шка сдо́хла ( ot ljubopýtstva kóška sdóxla )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: радо̀знало̄ст је убила мачку
Roman: radòznalōst je ubila mačku
Spanish: la curiosidad mató al gato (es)
Swedish: nyfiken i en strut
Tagalog: ang sobra-sobrang pag-usisa ay delikado ( literally “ too much curiosity is dangerous ” )
Turkish: fazla merak göte yarak ( literally “ too much curiosity [results in] a dick in the ass ” ) ( vulgar ) , ya meraktan, ya yaraktan ( literally “ due to either the curiosity or a dick ” ) ( vulgar )
Welsh: busnesa a laddodd y gath
Gregory Y. Titelman (1996 ) Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings , →ISBN 48
