Animal Idioms
An idiom is a widely used saying or expression containing a figurative meaning. Example of animal idioms are...
- to decide not to do something out of fear... to chicken out
- play roughly... horse around
- a swift and large decrease in numbers, usually as a result of illness or death... dropping like flies
Quiz: give the animal idiom
- Someone or something that is good at doing only one thing
- Obvious problem or difficult situation that no one wants to talk about
- To change to a much worse condition or become ruined
- A hopeless search for something unattainable
- Avoid interfering in a situation that is causing no problems but may well do so as a result of your interference
- Do not feel comfortable because you are in an unusual or unfamiliar situation
- Stupidly obstinate
- A piece of information or suggestion introduced to draw attention away from the real facts of a situation
- Gentle and would not do anything to injure or offend anyone
- Wait, slow down
- Reveal a secret
- Unable to sit still
- Having very bad eyesight
- Excellent and of the highest quality
- Commit to something and to take it as far as possible
- To describe when someone is at a loss of words or being unusually quiet
- A bad situation because someone is angry at you
- Very different from another related thing that you are talking about
- Recognize that something is not as it appears to be
- A false, insincere display of emotion such as a hypocrite crying
Answers
- One Trick Pony - someone or something that is good at doing only one thing
- Elephant In The Room - obvious problem or difficult situation that no one wants to talk about
- Gone To The Dogs - to change to a much worse condition or become ruined
- Wild Goose Chase - a hopeless search for something unattainable
- Let Sleeeping Dog Lie - avoid interfering in a situation that is causing no problems but may well do so as a result of your interference
- Fish Out Of Water - do not feel comfortable because you are in an unusual or unfamiliar situation
- Pig-Headed - stupidly obstinate
- Red Herring - a piece of information or suggestion introduced to draw attention away from the real facts of a situation
- Wouldn't Hurt A Fly - gentle and would not do anything to injure or offend anyone
- Hold Your Horses - wait, slow down
- Let The Cat Out Of The Bag - reveal a secret
- Ants In Your Pants - unable to sit still
- Blind As A Bat - having very bad eyesight
- Bee's Knees- excellent and of the highest quality
- Go The Whole Hog - commit to something and to take it as far as possible
- Cat Got Your Tongue - to describe when someone is at a loss of words or being unusually quiet
- In The Doghouse - a bad situation because someone is angry at you
- A Different Kettle Of Fish - very different from another related thing that you are talking about
- Smell A Rat - recognize that something is not as it appears to be
- Crocodile Tears - a false, insincere display of emotion such as a hypocrite crying