a black cat

hair color

cat

black (color) / (go) a black stone; the person who plays black stones / a 女房詞 (nyōbō kotoba, “woman's word”) for 鍋 (nabe, “pot, pan”) or 釜 (kama, “pot, kettle”)

a cat

cat

black

panda / Abbreviation of 熊麝香猫.

everyone and their dog; literally “cats and ladles too”

to give something valuable to someone who does not understand that value: to cast pearls before swine