IDIOMS WITH CATS

 CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT



HE LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG (he told a secret)



A FAT CAT (a rich and poweful man)



A CAT NAP (doze for a short time)



A COPY CAT


The word copycat is a lighthearted, gently derogatory word for a person who imitates someone else. If you love your friend's red shoes so much that you run out and buy identical ones, she might call you a copycat. When a criminal commits a crime that exactly follows the pattern of a previous crime, newspapers often refer to it as a copycat crime. The word has been in use in the United States since at least the 1880s.


A special risk associated to media is the “Werther effect”. Dating back to the high number of suicides after the publication of Goethe’s “The Sorrows of Young Werther” in 1774, it describes the apparition of copycat suicides after media reports on suicides. Scientifically it was first described in 1974 by David Philipps whose study, until today, has been considered to be a pioneer work and constitutes a starting point for a large number of further studies. In this context the way of media reporting has proved to be highly relevant. For this reason, the WHO published guidelines in 2001 determining exactly what to avoid when reporting about a suicide in the media. This includes precise details on the suicide method, personal information on the person having committed suicide or some expressions such as “self-inflicted death“


                                                      


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