Offended By "Cat" ?

[LeftEyeNine]

O' peoples of the world,

How true is my claim about cats that they do not globally feature in offensive/insulting idioms, proverbs, sayings etc. except for the occasion when they are referred to such as in the case that "someone runs away scared" ?

What does your language say about cats ?

(Compare with dogs being used as insults in order to get a better idea of what I'm trying to ask about)

[Rhyfelwyr]

All I can think of is scaredy-cat or something along those lines.

[CountArach]

My mates and I call someone who backs off from something a "cat". I'm not sure why... I guess because everyone else does it too.

[Fragony]

'A cornered cat makes wild jumps'

Should be obvious

[Togakure]

Sometimes a fight between women is referred to as a "cat fight," often accompanied by claw-like movement of the hands, a hiss, and a chuckle.

Then there's the definition of the English term, "catty:"

cat·ty
(kt)
adj. cat·ti·er, cat·ti·est
1. Subtly cruel or malicious; spiteful: a catty remark.
2. Catlike; stealthy.

[Sigurd]

The two proverb/Idioms I think of regarding cats are:

1. Buy a cat in a sack
Meaning: You got conned. Might be from the middle ages where someone would sell you a cat, claiming it to be a piglet. "Can't open the sack you see, the squirming piglet might flee".

2. Let the cat out of the sack.
Clear reference to the first, but this time you disclose a secret or something that should not have been told. Or the tale you told can't be retrieved, "the damage is done" so to speak.