A bag of cats - A bad-tempered person, such as: "She's a real bag of cats this afternoon!"
A cat in gloves catches no mice - Sometimes you can't accomplish a goal by being careful and polite.
An idiom attributed to Ben Franklin in Poor Richard's Almanac
All cats are gray in the dark - All persons are undistinguished until they have made a name.
English proverb
As much chance as a wax cat in hell - There is no chance at all
As nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs - Someone with frayed nerves; jumpy
The allusion, of course, is to the fact that cats don't like having their tails tromped upon. Where the phrase originated is unknown
Cat around - To live an aimless, immoral life
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