From their great suppleness and aptitude to fall on their feet

From their great suppleness and aptitude to fall on their feet

Nine lives like a cat. "Cats, from their great suppleness and aptitude to fall on their feet, are commonly said to have nine lives; hence Ben Jonson, in 'Every Man in His Humour,' says: ''Tis a pity you had not ten lives a cat's and your own.'" Thiselton Dyer's English Folk-lore.

Fonte: Cats