Catlife Photography

Watching one of my cats gingerly feeling his way along a counter strewn with newspapers, any one of which could conceivably be covering a trap door, I recently realized how apt a term "pussyfoot" is. Today's issue of Anu Garg's A.Word.A.Day email newsletter brings us information on the three meanings—and origins—of another feline-inspired phrase, cat's paw.