There is a (at least) russian proverb that cat has 7 lives. It emphasizes cat’s live power, its vitality, ability to fall from unbelievable heights without being harmed. But if you live among cats long enough and have an appropriate quantity of them to get the statistics – you will understand that cats haven’t so much lives. They have only one and even those often very short.
Look at the picture.
It was taken in the fall of 2013. Three years later only one of those cats is still alive.