have nine lives

The man really did have nine lives, and he almost always landed on his feet.

"You must have nine lives, like they say cats do."

Since cats have nine lives, a cat is always both dead and alive.

The ailing Russian economy seems to have nine lives, but they are rapidly running out.

Tenacious as ever, he believes every rebound has nine lives.

I just kept hoping Billy would prove to have nine lives in this competition.

He gives her some of his costume fabric, believing she too will have nine lives.

"A cat has nine lives but a frog croaks every day."

Even if the ship has nine lives, each time we head out into the blue we use up a handful more.

He initially has nine lives, but loses all but one by the end of the book.

"Who has nine lives that extra be, And suffers aye for suffering we?"

Catwoman is even more dangerous, if only because she has nine lives.

It is common lore that cats have nine lives.

I believe love and cats have nine lives.

"As they say, cats have nine lives," she said.

"I tell the doctors I have nine lives," he said, "and four of them are left."

The relative success contributed greatly to the legend that Arafat had nine lives.

If anyone in journalism has nine lives, James Fallows does.

Many people in Iraq seem to have nine lives, nine painful lives.

At the graveside, Ramona remembers that cats have nine lives.

It is believed by some that this is how the idea of a cat having nine lives originated.

I've heard of cats having nine lives, but that Rosie, she's the limit!"

The Michael Steins of this world have nine lives.

"Cats have nine lives, and Tabby's used to being chucked over the wall.

She must have nine lives, to have escaped the English legal system and the punitive channels of her own people too.