care killed a cat

English

Proverb

care killed a cat

1. (archaic) Synonym of curiosity killed the cat
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:

     “Come, come,” said Silver; “stow this talk. He’s dead, and he don’t walk, that I know; leastways, he won’t walk by day, and you may lay to that. Care killed a cat. Fetch ahead for the doubloons.”