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Monday, February 8, 2021

Animal Idioms

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 *Animal Idioms* 

A bull in a china shop - Someone who is very clumsy

A little birdie told me - Someone told me a secret

Bee in her bonnet - She is upset

Birdbrain - Someone who is not very smart

Busy as a bee – To be very active and working hard at something

Cat got your tongue? - Why aren’t you talking?

Cry crocodile tears - To pretend to be upset

Curiosity killed the cat - Asking too many questions may get you in trouble

Different kettle of fish - Something completely different

Doggy bag - A bag to take home leftovers from a restaurant

Fish out of water - Being somewhere you don’t belong

For the birds - Something that is not worth anything

Get off your high horse - Quit thinking you are better than others

Goose is cooked - Now you’re in trouble

Hold your horses - Wait a minute

Horse of a different color - Something that is quite different, a separate issue

Hot dog - A person doing athletic stunts that are dangerous

Let the cat out of the bag - Tell a secret

Make a mountain out of a molehill - Make something unimportant into a big deal

Night owl - Someone who stays up late

Pig out - To eat a lot

Put a bug in his ear - Make a suggestion

Raining cats and dogs - It is raining very hard

Snail's pace – To move extremely slow

Stir a hornet's nest – To cause a lot of trouble

Teacher's pet – The teacher's favorite student

The world is your oyster – You can achieve whatever/go wherever you want

When pigs fly - To say something is impossible

Wolf in sheep’s clothing - A person who pretends to be nice but is not

You can't teach an old dog new tricks - It’s harder for older people to learn new thing

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