Post by Stella on Apr 20, 2013 18:10:19 GMT -5
These expressions are often used in the books, they replace human quotes such as "What in the world?" With relevant cat like terms, hope this helps!
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CLANS
Bees in your brain - An saying meaning confusion or a cat not making sense.
Crowfood - A (harsh) insult comparing the recipient to rotting prey animals
Fox-dung - A (harsh) insult comparing to fox feces. Also used as an exclamation.
Fox-hearted - An insult meaning cold-hearted, or evil (ex. Foxhearted twolegs)
Furball - A (friendly, yet harsh) insult. Used as a simple joke or can be made harsher based on tome
Great StarClan! - An exclamation used to signify extreme surprise or anger. Basically Oh my god!
Hedgehogs will fly - An exclamation style statement that shows disbelief that an event will occur, basically “When pigs fly”
How in Silverpelt? - An exclamation used meaning "How in the world?"
I don't give a mousetail/They wouldn't give a mousetail - An saying meaning that the cat does not care.
May StarClan light your path - A friendly term used to tell others they wish them well/hope for them/etc.
Mouse-brain - A (friendly yet harsh) insult.
Mouse-dung - A (somewhat harsh) insult comparing the recipient to mouse feces. Also can be used like “Darn it!”
Mouse hearted - An insult that describes one who is cowardly or frightened.
Once a kittypet, always a kittypet! - A harsh phrase used to describe a cat with kittypet family
(Only) StarClan knows (what) - Sometimes used to answer a question that is impossible to answer. Similar to "Only God knows what," "Only God knows,"
Pain in the tail - An insult meaning a cat is irritating or lazy.
Scaredy-mouse! - A similar expression to scaredy-cat, but in cat terms.
Tabbies don't change their stripes - means that a cat doesn't change their nature/personality/etc. Basically "a leopard can't change his spots."
What in StarClan's name?- A exclamation similar to "What on earth?" or "What in the world?"
That's a load of badger droppings - A harsh saying that something is nonsense/unrealistic.
Thistles and thorns - Used to describe bad luck, like Mouse-Brain
Tribe
Beetle-brain – Friendly insult; similar to mouse-brain.
Caught-prey – A dead prey animal caught for the purpose of consumption; similar to fresh-kill.
Time of Freed Water– The season of spring, known to the forest Clans as newleaf.
Time of Frozen Water – The season of winter, known to the forest Clans as leaf-bare.
Tribe of Endless Hunting - Similar to StarClan, these are the Tribe's ancestors.
Giving of close comfort - Act of cats grooming each other; similar to sharing tongues.
