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A cat's a better mother than you.
— Gone with the Wind • 1939
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker delivers a cutting insult, claiming that even a cat would look after a child better than the person addressed. It ranks that person below an animal as a parent, making the accusation of poor mothering deliberately harsh and contemptuous rather than gentle or teasing.
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