"ponerle el cascabel al gato" meaning in Spanish

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Verb

Forms: le pongo el cascabel al gato [first-person, present, singular], le puse el cascabel al gato [first-person, preterite, singular], le puesto el cascabel al gato [participle, past]
Etymology: Literally, “to put the cascabel on the cat”, where cascabel is a jingle bell or rattle. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to put the cascabel on the cat}} “to put the cascabel on the cat”, {{lit|to put the cascabel on the cat}} Literally, “to put the cascabel on the cat”, {{m|es|cascabel}} cascabel Head templates: {{es-verb}} ponerle el cascabel al gato (first-person singular present le pongo el cascabel al gato, first-person singular preterite le puse el cascabel al gato, past participle le puesto el cascabel al gato)
  1. (idiomatic) to bell the cat Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-ponerle_el_cascabel_al_gato-es-verb-4NV69Zja Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

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