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This phrase originates from the fable ‘The Monkey and the Cat’. Explain how Macavity contradicts the phrase ‘cat’s paw’.

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This phrase originates from the fable ‘The Monkey and the Cat’. Explain how Macavity contradicts the phrase ‘cat’s paw’.

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Cat’s paw means being an incumbent in someone’s hand and do what the other person says. But Macavity is the master. He’s nicknamed the “hidden paw”. He is the Napoleon of crime controlling the operation of all the wicked cats in London. Macavity really contradicts “cat’s paw” absolutely.

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अध्याय 4.2: Macavity - The Mystery Cat - Exercises [पृष्ठ १३१]

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अध्याय 4.2 Macavity - The Mystery Cat
Exercises | Q H. a. | पृष्ठ १३१

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