cat-and-mouse
猫捉老鼠,猫和老鼠,猫和鼠,猫抓老鼠
Definitions
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- : Also called cat and rat . a children's game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player.
- : Western U.S. tick-tack-toe.
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Examples
Review fraud is something of a cat and mouse game, in which shady but increasingly sophisticated fraudsters try to stay one step ahead of platform algorithms.
As with all user-generated content platforms, the game of online content moderation cat and mouse is never ending.
As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
We did a movie down in Durango — Great Scout and Cat House Thursday.
Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
Later that night, that same black-and-red banner would be seen again—in the column of marchers chanting for dead cops.
A lateen sail was visible in the direction of Cat Island, and others to the south seemed almost motionless in the far distance.
And Mr. Meadow Mouse often remarked that it had more halls than any other dwelling he had ever seen.
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
Some of those halls that Mr. Meadow Mouse mentioned ran right out beneath the surface of the garden.
And if he was worried about Farmer Green's cat, why didn't he dig a hole for himself at once, and get out of harm's way?