curiosity killed the cat

English

a curious cat

undue curiosity is dangerous

Arabic: الْفُضُولُ قَتَلَ الْقِطَّ‎‎ (al-fuḍūlu qatala l-qiṭṭa)
Catalan: la curiositat va matar el gat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 好奇惹禍, 好奇惹祸 (hàoqí rěhuò), 好奇害死貓, 好奇害死猫 (hàoqí hàisǐ māo)
Czech: nebuď zvědavej, budeš brzo starej
Danish: nysgerrighed slog smedens kat ihjel
Estonian: uudishimu tappis kassi
Finnish: uteliaisuus kissan tappoi
French: la curiosité est un vilain défaut (fr)
German: Neugier ist der Katze Tod
Hebrew: הַסַּקְרָנוּת הָרְגָה אֶת הֶחָתוּל‎‎ (he) (ha-sakranút hargá et he-khatúl)
Hungarian: aki kíváncsi, hamar megöregszik (hu)
Irish: fios a mharaigh an cat
Italian: tanto va la gatta al lardo, che ci lascia lo zampino, la curiosità uccise il gatto, (rare) la troppa curiosità spinge l'uccello nella rete

Macedonian: љубопитноста ја убила мачката (ljubopitnosta ja ubila mačkata)
Norwegian: nysgjerrighet drepte katten
Polish: ciekawy kot do studni wpadł, ciekawość to pierwszy stopień do piekła (pl)
Portuguese: a curiosidade matou o gato
Romanian: curiosii mor repede
Russian: любопы́тной Ва́рваре на база́ре нос оторва́ли (ru) (ljubopýtnoj Várvare na bazáre nos otorváli), мно́го бу́дешь знать — ско́ро соста́ришься (mnógo búdešʹ znatʹ — skóro sostárišʹsja), ме́ньше зна́ешь — кре́пче спишь (ménʹše znáješʹ — krépče spišʹ), (rare) от любопы́тства ко́шка сдо́хла (ot ljubopýtstva kóška sdóxla)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: радо̀знало̄ст је убила мачку

Roman: radòznalōst je ubila mačku
Spanish: la curiosidad mató al gato (es)
Swedish: nyfiken i en strut
Tagalog: ang sobra-sobrang pag-usisa ay delikado
Welsh: busnesa a laddodd y gath

Gregory Y. Titelman (1996) Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, →ISBN, page 48

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