Meaning of dogs have masters; cats have staff | Babel Free

Definitions

Phrase. [C2]

Examples

“> ~Krysta Sutterfield / Lady Shandra > Chaos Coordinator > Dogs have masters; cats have staff.”

“According to [Jeffrey Moussaieff] Masson, cats are innately spiritual (“There does seem to be a Zen of cats”), their psychological lives are complicated, and we humans had better be aware of the immutable fact that “dogs have masters; cats have staff.””

“She lives in Brookeville, Maryland, with her husband and two cats who live by the adage “Dogs have masters; cats have staff!””

“If I could divide the world into two nice, neat camps, it’d look like this: Dog People and Other. Some sage put it this way: “Dogs have masters; cats have staff.” That sums it up pretty well, huh?”

“As the joke goes, a dog looks at all the things we provide for it and thinks, You must be God. A cat looks at all the things we provide for it and thinks, I must be God. Here’s another favorite: “Dogs have masters; cats have staff.””

“Like Deloris’s conversations, the writings often incorporated what she had heard on television. […] Dogs have masters; cats have staff.”

“She’d lost all sympathy for the dog. Eva was more of a cat person anyway. She admired their character. Dogs have masters; cats have staff. Felix demonstrated this time and time again.”

“We have two cats we’re crazy about, but it would be nice to once again have a pet that seems to actually be happy that we are alive. […] As the saying goes, dogs have masters; cats have staff.”

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