Usually means: Inquisitiveness can lead to danger.
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  1. curiosity killed the cat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Curiosity killed the cat: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. curiosity killed the cat: Wiktionary
  4. Curiosity killed the cat: Dictionary.com
  5. Curiosity Killed the Cat, Curiosity killed the cat: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Curiosity Killed The Cat: A to Z list of the most popular idioms
  7. curiosity killed the cat: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  2. Curiosity killed the cat: Idioms

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Curiosity killed the cat)

▸ noun:  a British pop band formed in London in 1984, comprising singer Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, guitarist Julian Godfrey Brookhouse, bassist Nick Thorpe and drummer Migi Drummond.
▸ noun:  "Curiosity killed the cat" is a proverb used to warn of the dangers of unnecessary investigation or experimentation.


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