Meaning of dogs bark, cats meow | Babel Free

Definitions

Used to introduce something seen as inevitable or totally commonplace.

humorous, idiomatic, informal

Examples

“One of the world's hardest tasks is to convince innocent, liberal minded Christians, intellectuals and opinion-makers in the mass-communication media that Communists mean just what they say. They believe airplanes fly, boats sail, dogs bark, cats meow and rain falls … but after reading documents like the above, somehow they manage to put on rose colored glasses and parrot half truths like "there is freedom of religion in Communist countries, churches are free from government control, all is sweetness and light."”

“He's surprised to learn she knows he drinks too much. "It's in the Met Centre facts of life file," she says; "dogs bark, cats meow and Stenning drinks."”

“You know what they say: dogs bark, cats meow, and sinners sin. Sinning comes natural to us. That's why we are in constant war with our flesh.”

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