English
Verb
bell the cat (third-person singular simple present bells the cat, present participle belling the cat, simple past and past participle belled the cat)
- (idiomatic) To undertake a dangerous action in the service of a group.
Translations
to undertake a dangerous action in the service of a group
- Finnish: panna kello kissan kaulaan (fi)
- French: attacher le grelot (fr)
- German: der Katze die Schelle umhängen, der Katze die Schelle anhängen
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: henge bjella på katten (no)
- Nynorsk: hengje bjølla på katten, henge bjølla på katten
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- Persian: پيش مرگ شدن، در انجام كار مشكلي پيش قدم شدن
- Polish: narazić się (pl) (dla dobra grupy)
- Spanish: ponerle el cascabel al gato
- Vietnamese: đeo lục lạc cho mèo, treo chuông cổ mèo
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