1 Avoid eating a lot of soluble fiber as this type of food causes much gas. 2  Starch Foods-Starchy foods such as potatoes and pasta are also to be avoided. 3  Sugary Foods-not all foods that contain sugar will give you gas. 4  But! 5  The most common sugars that cause gas are fructose, lactose, raffinose, and sorbitol.
The version âmore than one way to skin a catâ seems to have nothing directly to do with the American English term âto skin a cat,â which is to perform a type of gymnastic exercise, involving passing the feet and legs between the arms while hanging by the hands from a horizontal bar.
The cat o' nine tails was widely used and was referred to in print many years prior to the first use of 'let the cat out of the bag'. The 'nine tails' part of the name derives from the three strands of cord that the rope lashes were made from.