How should I pull off the proverb "Curiosity killed the cat" as a costume?

A friend of mine is throwing a houseparty and the theme is proverbs and sayings. So you have to make your costume out of a proverb or sayings. I was thinking about doing the proverb “Curiosity killed the cat” but the way to make my costume not sure.

I thought of two ways:
First idea – I can dress up as a cat and have like X marks drawn over my eyes and hold a question mark thing in my hand and the question mark is holding a gun.

Second idea – Somehow I’ll make myself into a ?-mark and I’m holding a cat toy/plushie and it’s dead looking.

Which idea is best?

If you have any other suggestions on how I can make this proverb into a costume let me know!