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5. pas un chat, not one of them ; not a soûl. The word chat is found in many idiomatic expressions ; here are some of the most frequently met with : appeler un chat un chat, to call a spade a spade, t.e. to call things by their right names, not to mince matters ; à bon chat bon rat, tit for tat, or a Rowland for an Oliver ; il n'y a pas de quoi fouetter un chat, it is a mere trifle ; acheter or vendre chat en poche, to bu y, to sell a pig in a poke ; chat échaudé craint Veau froide, a burnt child dreads the fire.

si, yes. When replying to a question asked in a négative form, yes is rendered in French by si,