The woman asked to see it. When the dishonest tradesman opened the bag, out jumped a cat C not a pig.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

Just be careful not to let the cat out of the bag, or someone may leave you holding the bag.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

The next year she starred in a film version of the Tennessee Williams play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

VOA: special.2011.04.03

There was a huge battle, but Bill took control of the big cat and put his saddle on it.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

So if you play cat and mouse with someone, you change between different kinds of behavior when dealing with another person.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

Manny is a wooly mammoth, Sid is a ground sloth and Diego is a smilodon or saber-toothed cat.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

It,too,is hungry. Traveling across the ground at great speed, the cat nears the area where the pig is fighting for its life.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

If your home is very small, you might say there is not enough room to swing a cat.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

If you tell about something that was supposed to be a secret, we say you let the cat out of the bag.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

You can't even begin to answer those questions until you hear the story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer,Iowa."

VOA: special.2009.02.23

The story is about a cat who tries to entertain two children on a rainy day while their mother is away from home.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

The success of the Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

The phrase to be left holding the bag is as widely used as the expression to let the cat out of the bag.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

When the cat's away, the mice will play means people sometimes misbehave when there is no supervision.

VOA: special.2009.09.27