I told you already I don’t want none of his liquor and I mean it. You ought to lay off his liquor. He says you been lapping it up all summer like a wildcat!
– Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire, Scene 9. Mitch uses an insulting simile to compare Blanche to a "wildcat" over the way she has been consuming Stanley’s alcohol all summer. This wild animal-like depiction of her stands in contrast to the respectable and innocent version of femininity she has been at pains to portray.