Comes from a time when cats were less loved and kept more for practical purposes (catching mice) and were blamed or used as a scapegoat (Su00fcndenbock) for any otherwise inexplicable minor bad surprise, the expression became common and was used even when there was no possibility that a cat could have been the cause.

Comes from a time when cats were less loved and kept more for practical purposes (catching mice) and were blamed or used as a scapegoat (Su00fcndenbock) for any otherwise inexplicable minor bad surprise, the expression became common and was used even when there was no possibility that a cat could have been the cause.

Comes from a time when cats were less loved and kept more for practical purposes (catching mice) and were blamed or used as a scapegoat (Su00fcndenbock) for any otherwise inexplicable minor bad surprise, the expression became common and was used even when there was no possibility that a cat could have been the cause.

Comes from a time when cats were less loved and kept more for practical purposes (catching mice) and were blamed or used as a scapegoat (Su00fcndenbock) for any otherwise inexplicable minor bad surprise, the expression became common and was used even when there was no possibility that a cat could have been the cause.

Comes from a time when cats were less loved and kept more for practical purposes (catching mice) and were blamed or used as a scapegoat (Su00fcndenbock) for any otherwise inexplicable minor bad surprise, the expression became common and was used even when there was no possibility that a cat could have been the cause.

Comes from a time when cats were less loved and kept more for practical purposes (catching mice) and were blamed or used as a scapegoat (Su00fcndenbock) for any otherwise inexplicable minor bad surprise, the expression became common and was used even when there was no possibility that a cat could have been the cause.