To play cat and mouse is for somebody or something to chase the other in a very strategic, teasing, and game-like way (like a cat chasing and playing with a mouse).

玩猫捉老鼠的游戏，是指某人或某事用战略性的手段挑衅和追逐着其他人(就像猫在追老鼠)。

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She writes that no wild cat would indulge in such useless behavior: "A cat wants to catch the mouse, not chase it in circles forever."

他写道任何一只野猫都不会沉溺于这种无意义的行为：“一只野猫会去抓耗子而不是转来转去毫无休止的抓那些光点”。

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It is doubtful whether many kids got the impression that it was OK to act in the way the characters did in these cat and mouse chase adventures.

有人怀疑许多孩子得到的印象，它还可以采取的方式是在这些人物《猫与鼠》追逐冒险。

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Sixty years after the city had been in the control of Al Capone, Bugsy Malone et al, a string of films were released that recreated the cat-and-mouse chase between the police and gangsters.

BBC: Chicago��s celluloid city

Hiromi begins the session with a solo performance of her original tune "The Tom and Jerry Show, " a piece of stride piano inspired by the endless, frenetic chase between the famous cartoon cat and mouse.

NPR: Hiromi On Piano Jazz