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单词 bell the cat
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bell the cat

take the danger of a shared enterprise upon oneself
(为集体的事情)承担危险。
ORIGIN: an allusion to a fable in which the mice (or rats) suggest hanging a bell around the cat's neck to have warning of its approach.

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