English Explanatory Dictionary

all cats are grey in the dark

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. Sex is enjoyable regardless of the physical attractiveness or social station of one's partner.
  2. Under some circumstances, individual distinctions are not relevant.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-all cats are grey in the dark.wav

Word forms

all cats are grey in the dark all cats are gray in the dark all cats are gray at night all cats are grey at night all cats are grey by night

Etymology

Calque of French la nuit, tous les chats sont gris (“at night, all cats are grey”), sometimes understood with vulgar reference to secondary senses of cat and pussy.

Translations

Bulgarian: през нощта всички котки са сиви Catalan: de nit tots els gats són negres Chinese Mandarin: 貓在黑暗中都是灰色的 /猫在黑暗中都是灰色的 Czech: potmě každá kráva černá Dutch: bij nacht zijn alle katten grauw Finnish: kaikki kissat ovat pimeässä harmaita French: la nuit, tous les chats sont gris French: dans la nuit, tous les chats sont gris (Cajun) Galician: de noite todos os gatos son pardos German: nachts sind alle Katzen grau Hungarian: sötétben minden tehén fekete Icelandic: í myrkri eru allir kettir gráir Italian: di notte tutti i gatti sono bigi Italian: di notte tutti i gatti sono grigi Luxembourgish: nuets sinn all Kaze gro Norwegian: i mørket er alle katter grå Polish: w nocy wszystkie koty są czarne Portuguese: à noite todo gato é pardo Russian: но́чью все ко́шки се́ры Slovak: potme je každá mačka čierna Slovene: ponoči je vsaka krava črna Spanish: de noche todos los gatos son pardos Spanish: a la luz de la vela, no hay mujer fea Spanish: en tiempos de guerra cualquier agujero es trinchera Swedish: i mörkret är alla katter grå Ukrainian: вно́чі всі ко́ти сі́рі Vietnamese: tắt đèn nhà ngói cũng như nhà tranh
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