Bee1. Busy as a bee : If someone is very busy or moving around quickly doing lot of things.

[CAM] Be (as) busy as a bee: to be moving about quickly doing many things.

[MW] (As) busy as a bee (informal): very busy and active.My mom is (as) busy as a bee around Christmastime.

[OXF] As busy as a bee: very busy

2. The bee’s knees : If you think something is excellent or of the very highest quality.I love honey. In fact, I think it’s the bee’s knees!Like my lessons – they’re the bee’s knees.

[CAM] Be the bee’s knees (UK informal): to be excellent or of an extremely high standard.Have you tried this ice-cream? It’s the bee’s knees, it really is.

[MW] The bee’s knees (informal + old-fashioned): an excellent person or thing.She’s the bee’s knees. [I like her very much]

[OXF] The bee’s knees (informal + old fashioned): an excellent person or thing.She thinks she’s the bee’s knees. [She has a very high opinion of herself.]

3. To have a bee in your bonnet : If someone is very worried or concerned about something and they talk about it all the time.

[CAM] Have a bee in your bonnet: to keep talking about something again and again because you think it is very important.She never stops talking about dieting – she’s got a real bee in her bonnet about it.

[MW] Have a bee in you bonnet (informal): to talk and think a lot about something.He always has a bee in his bonnet about safety.

[OXF] Have a bee in your bonnet (about something) (informal): to think or talk about something all the time and to think that it is very important.Our teacher has a bee in his bonnet about punctuation.

Bee idiom from CAM

4. The birds and the bees (humorous): the basic facts about sex and reproduction.She’s only six, but she already knows about the birds and the bees.

Bee idiom from MW

5. The birds and the bees (Informal + humorous): the facts about sex that are told to children.He dreaded having to explain about the birds and the bees [=the facts of life] to his son.

Bee idiom from OXF

6. The birds and the bees (humorous): the basic facts about sex, especially as told to children.

1. What do you think is the bee's knees? Have you ever had a bee in your bonnet about something?

2. I know, I have a bee in my bonnet. That's why I have to fix it once and for all. That gives me a lot of works to do and I am really busy as a bee! But I am quite sure that the results will be the bee's knees. And no one can help me even you BBC guys because it's my secret.

3. I am not very busy in my work recently, that is, I am not working as busy as a bee, however, I want to be busy, because I know, to lead the bee's knees life, we must have a lot of work and enjoy it every day, so I am now like having a bee in my bonnet.

4. The animal idioms are learner attractive and we may be running out of the idiom species soon. I am thrilled what shall come next and have BEES IN MY BONNET.

5. Hello teacher. Every early morning I go working and straight away I become busy as a bee. In the evening, before going back home, I have a bee in my bonnet. Luckily, in the night I can connect on your web site and my mood improves and my worries disappear.

6. My friend has a bee in her bonnet because of her business. There are not many customers in her restaurant but she has to pay a lot of money for her employees. I think the foods and the atmosphere are the bee's knees. I wish there are a lot of customers so all the employees would work busy as a bee.

7. In this moment, I’m busy as a bee, because I have many activities for my class and this the reason that I have a bee in my bonnet. I think so that I don't have a relax weekend!

8. My father is as busy as a bee for his job every day because he wants family has a good life.

9. I went to meet one of my friends in his office yesterday. On entering his office I saw everyone working as busy as a bee. There are all the bee’s knees as they showed high level of professionalism and hard work. My friend told I have got a bee in my bonnet after hearing my story.

Bird

1. Birdbrain : we call someone isn’t very bright.“Birdbrain” – something I’ve never been called.

[CAM] Birdbrain (noun) [C usually singular] Mainly US informal: a stupid personBird-brained (adjective) Mainly US informal: stupid

[MW] Bird-brain (noun), plural bird-brains [count] US, informal: a stupid personBird-brained (adjective)Her brother’s a real birdbrain. Her bird-brained brother is Peter.

[OXF] Birdbrain (noun): a stupid person

2. To have a bird’s eye view : to be able to see very clearly from a high place.

[CAM] Bird’s eye view: a view from a very high place which allows you to see a large area.Climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower if you want a bird’s eye view of Paris.

[MW] Bird’s eye (adjective) [always used before a noun]: seen from high above.We had a bird’s eye view/perspective of the city as we flew over it.

[OXF] A bird's-eye view (of something): a view of something from a high position looking downFrom the plane we had a bird's eye view of Manhattan.

3. A little bird told me : when I want to give you some information but I don’t want you to know who told me.A little bird told me some very interesting information about You!

[CAM] A little bird told me: said if you know who gave you the information being discussed but will not say who it was.“How did you know he was leaving?” “Oh, let’s just say a little bird told me.”

[MW]

[OXF] A little bird/birdie told me: (informal) used to say that someone told you something but you do not want to say who it was.

Bird idioms from CAM

4. A bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush) (saying): said when you recognise that you should not risk losing something you already have by trying to get something you think might be better.

5. (As) free as a bird : completely free to do as you want.

6. Birds of a feather flock together (saying): said about people who have similar characters or interests, especially ones of which you disapprove, and who often spend time with each other.

7. Be (strictly) for the birds (US informal): to be stupid or not important.

8. Kill two birds with one stone : to succeed in achieving two things in a single action.I killed two birds with one stone and picked the kids up on the way to the station.

9. The birds and the bees (humorous): the basic facts about sex and reproduction.She’s only six, but she already knows about the birds and the bees.

10. The early bird catches the worm (saying): said to advise someone that they will win an advantage if they do something immediately or before anyone else does it.

Bird idioms from MW

11. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush : expression a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush means that it is better to hold onto something you have than to risk losing it by trying to get something better.

12. (As) free as a bird : completely free.After he left school he felt as free as a bird.

13. Birds of a feather flock together : the expression birds of a feather flock together means that people who are alike tend to do things together.

14. For the birds (informal): worthless or ridiculous.This town is for the birds.

15. Give (someone) the bird (informal)

a. Or Flip (someone) the bird US: to make an offensive gesture at someone by pointing the middle finger upward while keeping the other fingers folded down.He flipped them the bird. [=gave them the finger]

b. Brit : to loudly shout at, laugh at, or boo someone (such as a performer) in order to show disapproval.The audience gave him the bird.

16. Kill two birds with one stone : to achieve two things by doing a single action.We can kill two birds with one stone by dropping off the mail when we go the grocery store.

17. The birds and the bees (informal + humorous): the facts about sex that are told to children.He dreaded having to explain about the birds and the bees [=the facts of life] to his son.

18. The early bird catches/gets the worm : The expression the early bird catches/gets the worm means that people who start or arrive before others are more likely to succeed. Opposite LATE.

Bird idioms from OXF

19. Be for the birds : (informal) to not be important or practical

20. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush : (saying) it is better to keep something that you already have than to risk losing it by trying to get much more

21. The birds and the bees : (humorous) the basic facts about sex, especially as told to children

22. Birds of a feather (flock together): (saying) people of the same sort (are found together)

23. The early bird catches the worm : (saying) a person who takes the opportunity to do something before other people will have an advantage over them

24. Give/flip someone the bird : (informal) to make a rude sign at someone with your middle finger

25. Kill two birds with one stone : to achieve two things at the same time with one action

1. Do you know any birdbrains? Has a little bird ever told you something?

2. A little bird (friend of mine) told me that when The Teacher was younger he seems to be a birdbrain, a lot of people said that he was idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly; later, after a lot of work (he was very busy, so that’s why he never had a date) he became in this Teacher with a remarkable bird’s eye view of English knowledge. Now he works as The Teacher and one another little bird told me that he will continue helping people like me to improve their English skills.

3. I have always the feeling of being a birdbrain about English, but still, I think that making efforts to learn it via BBC Learning English.

4. Once a child said to me that a little bird told him he was born because of the birds and bees happened between his mom and dad. Then he went on and asked "I am a little bird-brain about this, what's going on with the birds and the bees?" I told him in an easy way "The mommy bird and the daddy bird get together and then they have a baby bird, so do the bees."

5. What’s the matter with me? Just ask yourself what school has done to you so far. For me, I thought I was an exact birdbrain about English. But when I started learning English from BBC learning English, I could feel that there’s something easier to learn English. And I think it is certainly such a great way to learn English. I've got to say that I completely have a bird's eye view to see my future. And it’s not because of a little bird told me that, but I am.

6. A bird told me that he loves me. Oh, why don't I have a bird's eye view to sure it.

7. Hello, BBC guys! I believe a lot in God and I always try to be a nice person and I don’t say or do bad things to anyone. For this reason, some people think I am a birdbrain. But since I know that all we do, come back to us, I know I have a bird’s eye view. You may be asking how he knows these things. A little bird told me that.

8. This programme is very good for me to open my English birdbrain. A little bird told me that practise, practise and practice in English will make me a perfect and a bird's eye view. Your programme is marvellous.

9. Is it true that blond girls have birdbrains? A little bird told me that you are engaged. My manager at work has a bird's eye view, he knows everything.

10. A little bird told me that I have won the lotto. I hope it is true otherwise he is a birdbrain.

11. A little bird told me : -"Don’t be a birdbrain! Act fast and connect to the BBC World Service and you'll have a bird's eye view of all the World important matters!" - And I promptly followed its advice!

12. One of my workmate is a birdbrain, who always says things above my imagination. I am thinking of ways to understand him. I will use my bird’s eye view and reasons to discover him.

13. Thank you for the idioms because they are the most difficult in learning English. Our world's disaster is that it is ruled by birdbrain who unfortunately do not have a bird's eye view. No wonder, a little bird told me.

14. A little bird told me about the BBC page. I thought I had a bird's eye view to be able to find all the good stuff in the web. However, I must recognize, sometimes I'm not so cool, and when I think I know it all, I'm just a birdbrain. Teacher, I loved your class!

15. I have a neighbour who is birdbrains and she has some kind of strange behaviour. She doesn't like to talk to people. She likes to be alone and be quiet. During weekend, she likes climbing up hill to have a bird's eye views which makes her feels relax. A little bird told me that she has another strange behaviour, to clean bathroom every day to make sure it’s clean all the time.

16. Teacher we are waiting for your return with new lessons, some little bird told me that you don’t teach the student like me with a birdbrain, but I don’t think so because I know you have a bird’s eye view all students.

17. Some leaders of my country, they might be birdbrain!

18. A little bird told me this season BESIKTAS will be champion.

19. Recently one of my friends shared his experience after relocating to work at his Indian office from USA. The very first day after he reported to the office he couldn't stand to see those whom he thought as having a birdbrain are now considered as leaders. After gaining critical approvals from clients over the years, he feel like flittering away his reputation on hearing a little bird say that the company doesn't like people returning from onsite.

20. "A little bird told me important information about some leaders of any countries. They always tell their people to try to keep safety about their life and global environment. But actually they always waste any resources for their life. I guess they might be birdbrain."

21. Hello teacher and all of my universal classmates! A little bird told me the teacher that has a bird`s eye view will upload for us more interesting idioms in the future until all of us come out of our birdbrain that we have about this language.

22. A Little Bird told me that having an eagle's eye view is much better than having a bird's eye view.

23. I have been looking for several days for English lessons via the BBC site and was about to admit my defeat but a little bird says to me that I have to keep on working with this wonderful means. Despite my birdbrain (mainly for the English language!) I have found you who have a bird's eye view of people who need to improve their English knowledge.

24. There are some questions from birdbrain students that big brain teachers can't be able to solve.

25. I'm going to be an English translator so I'm so interested in English idioms! A little bird told me about your wonderful lessons and I've decided to come here... I hope that I'm not too birdbrain and I'll understand everything here.

26. When I reached peak of the mountain a got a bird’s eye view which insist me to get a snap.

27. 'Oh, there you are!' 'How did you find me?', said little boy. 'Well, a little bird told me.'

28. A little bird told me that he has a bird's eye view, and as such he must know who a birdbrain is.

29. If I have a bird's eye view of humankind, a little bird should tell me that I have a birdbrain.

30. We have many birdbrain's referee in Brazil!

31. I will soon start using these idioms because I know I am not a birdbrain and the other day a little bird told me if we study hard every day we will then be able to speak this language very well.

32. If a little bird had told me about this class in internet, I would have checked this site before, but thanks God I have a bird's eye view and I found it, so from now on I won't miss it at all.

33. A little bird told me about, and I thought; I don't want to be a birdbrain and must improve my English, then I said I'll have a bird's eye view searching on the web for this site.

34. A little bird told me about the "teacher" who has a bird's eye view for teaching English and explains what "birdbrain" means. It's excellent lesson about bird idioms.

35. We have many birdbrains in Poland; especially the members of our government are birdbrains.

36. A month ago a little bird asked me about an idiomatic phrase and I felt a birdbrain because i didn't know the answer. But fortunately now I know what does birdbrain means. Thank you.

37. A little bird told me that the next lesson is going to be about dinosaurs.

38. I think that no-one is birdbrain that was I thought about me. I had to go to the psychologist because I couldn't get that idea of my mind, every single day at every moment I thought I was birdbrain. Well he helped me to erase that idea from my mind, and I really dare to say that the birdbrain was he himself, at that moment I could see I had a bird's eye view, yes He himself was the birdbrain. A little bird told me that the psychologist was birdbrain, I didn't believed what that little bird said about him, I thought that the birdbrain was that little bird not the psychologist well I no longer think that I want to bring a big greeting to everybody especially to Diego from Venezuela and all of those from Colombia and to everybody Keep on practice.

39. Yes, I've known many birdbrains in my life. However, a little bird told me that I must be quite peaceful with them. Being peaceful and as comprehensible as possible is the best way to deal with them.

40. I used to teach English to boys and girls who study at the high school, they are either lazy or birdbrain, because I repeat the lesson time after time but they don`t understand I lost my temper. Thought, I wonder if the birdbrain is me, I don't know! I hope I am not! Well, on the other hand, as far as I remember a little bird told me, ok I don't let on who told me something terrible, as I earlier commented, that little bird told me my best friend said that I was a birdbrain, because anybody understood what I taught them. But, as I have a bird's eye view I realize that the real person that said that was the very little bird that told me that I was a birdbrain. Well I told her that the real birdbrain was herself, that she was a daft and a mug! Well that is all from me.

41. In Japan, most of politicians are birdbrain.

42. A little bird told me I have to stop learning three languages at the same time, or my brain will explode and I will be a birdbrain too.

43. A little bird told me , you were having problems.

44. A little bird told me that I had wasted my time to have argument with such a bird-brained person. He meant she, the manager, was really a birdbrain in the situation of the meeting. At her position, she must have a bird's eye view over the matter discussed but all her ideas and her point of view caused us almost disappointed.

45. A little bird told me that, you were flirting with a girl in the street. Mrs. Susan repeated the lecture many times, however John was a birdbrain.

46. My grandfather is intelligent and smart but totally birdbrain in languages, I advise him this website in order he could brush up her English. I have some ideas where you can have a bird`s eye view of our city, one place is TV tower and other is a marvellous cafe on the top of the hotel. A little bird told me that you are very suspicious.

47. Sorry, I forgot to write the name of my country. I hope I am not a birdbrain as making this mistake.

48. I want to be intelligent too, not a birdbrain.

49. Do you know who is that boy sitting besides Chloe?Well, he is Brian and he is a very nice guy who is kind, knowledgeable and has a bird's eye view on everything.Oh, really? I thought he had a birdbrain when he was in primary school.Well, I think he changes a lot after studying in the university. And you know what? He and Chole just start going out last month.Wow.. how do you know?A little bird told me.

50. A little bird told me that the teacher shall never be called birdbrain.

51. I’ve a birdbrain to the languages, but I know that I should development an Einstein Brain.

52. Sometimes I must admit that I am a little birdbrain. I always forget what I should and cannot remember what just happened. I hope I could have a bird's eye view. It maybe needs lots of social experience. A little bird told me if I try my best, anything is possible!

53. I haven't completely understood the lesson. Do I have a birdbrain? A little bird told me it is better I study more!

54. A little bird told me that I should check the BBC Learning English website each week for interesting idioms. Then I won't feel like a birdbrain when people use these expressions.

55. A little bird told me that a birdbrain never has a bird's eye view.

56. I usually say "a little bird told me something". When I want to claim to my daughter in order to avoid she knows my wife has told me about the topic.

57. A little bird told me that the teacher will continue teaching and helping us to improve our English skill. I hope so!

58. I'm not stupid and have a bird's eye view; the teacher was a birdbrain and should have been fired. Later, a little bird told me that she'd picked up a fight with the headmaster.

59. "Oh bird-brained buddy, where have you been?""Greenland.""Who told you that?""A bird, of course."

60. Don't you be a birdbrain person? Look at the sky and see, how beautiful is to fly. If you have a bird eye view, you'll see how amazing it is. A little bird told me that you are about to open all your cages and doors and let the bird leave.

61. I thought myself having a bird's eye view without paying attention to what my parents said. A little bird told me one of my friends that I had considered myself birdbrain.

62. A little bird told me that my girlfriend didn’t believe you guys posted my comment on this page, on the horse’s edition. She thinks I am too bird-brained for that, can somebody help me?

63. I used to climb up to the top of the hills at weekend or in holiday, and have a bird's eye view of our village.

64. A little bird told me that you have bought a new nice house in the countryside, you can have a bird's eye view from its windows the landscape is terrific. In fact you are lucky, the bird said my cousin is a birdbrain too because he sold you such nice house so cheap.

65. Your mother is very disappointed with you. A little bird told her, that you were caught cheating in the math test yesterday. Besides that, this little bird also told her that the teacher, who has bird’s eye view, said you are a birdbrain, because everybody knows that is nigh on impossible to cheat in his tests.

66. Well, a little bird told me that my best friend is thinking of getting married to a blond girl whose intellectual reputation is not good. In fact, they say she’s bird-brained, poor thing! However, apparently she is loaded. So as you can see this friend of mine has a bird’s eye view! Could she be PH? I don’t know ask the little bird!

67. A little bird told me that you two love birds are getting your own little love nest.

68. It's good to have a bird`s eye to see that the best people in the world should have a birdbrain, so they can discriminate good from bad and act by themselves without waiting from others to tell them what they can do. Never say a little bird told me, but you just notice that you have to be a good human being first of all.

69. I think the teacher has a bird's eye view!

Cat

1. There isn’t enough room to swing a cat : if room or space is very small.We live together in this house. Small, isn’t it? Not much room for Tinkles and me. In fact there isn’t enough room to swing a cat.

[CAM] There’s no/not enough room to swing a cat (saying): said about a place or space that is very small.

[MW]

[OXF] No room to swing a cat (informal): when someone says there’s no room to swing a cat, they mean that a room is very small and that there is not enough space.

2. To let the cat out of the bag : if someone lets a secret be known, especially by mistake.I’ve got something to tell you... It’s a bit of a secret. Tinkles? Tinkles? Oh, so you know my little secret already... Who let the cat out of the bag?

[CAM] Let the cat out of the bag: to allow a secret to be known, usually without intending to.I was trying to keep the party a secret, but Mel went and let the cat out of the bag.

[MW] Let the cat out of the bag: to reveal a secret.We wanted the party to be a surprise, but he let the cat out of the bag.

[OXF] Let the cat out of the bag: to tell a secret carelessly or by mistake.I wanted it to be a surprise, but my sister let the cat out of the bag.

3. To put the cat among the pigeons : If there’s something which causes trouble or makes people very angry.

Like when I told my students I’d spent the whole year preparing them for the wrong exam. That put the cat among the pigeons. Ah, they hated me so much, ha, ha, silly me.

[CAM] Put/Set the cat among the pigeons (UK): to say or do something that causes trouble or makes a lot of people very angry.

[MW]

[OXF]

Cat idioms from CAM

4. Has the cat got your tongue? (Informal): something you say to someone when you are annoyed because they will not speak.What’s the matter? Has the cat got your tongue?

5. Curiosity killed the cat (saying): said to warn someone not to ask too many questions about something.

6. Fight like cat and dog (informal): to argue violently all the time.As kids we used to fight like cat and dog.

7. Look like something the cat brought/dragged in (informal): to look very untidy and dirty.

8. Rain cats and dogs : to rain very heavily.Don’t forget to take your umbrella – it’s raining cats and dogs out there.

9. Be the cat’s whiskers (UK old-fashioned): to be better than everyone else.

10. Like a cat on a hot tin roof (UK old-fashioned like a cat on hot bricks): describes someone who is in a state of extreme nervous worry.

11. Play cat and mouse : to try to defeat someone by tricking them into making a mistake so that you have an advantage over them.The 32-year-old actress spent a large proportion of the week playing cat and mouse with the press.

12. While the cat’s away, the mice will play (saying): said when the person who is in charge of a place is not there, and the people there behave badly.

Cat idioms from MW

13. Cat got your tongue? (Informal): used to ask someone why he or she is not saying anything.“You’ve been unusually quiet tonight”, she said. “What’s the matter? Cat got your tongue?”

14. Curiosity killed the cat : the expression curiosity killed the cat is used to warn people that too much curiosity can be dangerous.

15. Fight like cats and dogs (chiefly US) or Brit fight like cat and dog: (informal): to fight or argue a lot or in a very forceful and angry way.A married couple who are always fighting like cats and dogs.

16. Like something the cat brought/dragged/drug in : if you look or feel like something the cat brought/dragged/drug in, you are very dirty or untidy.I need to take a shower – I look like something the cat dragged in.

17. Like the cat that ate/got/swallowed the canary (US) or Brit like the cat that got the cream: used to say that someone looks very proud or satisfied about something he or she has done.After pointing out his teacher’s mistake, he smiled like the cat that ate the canary.

18. Look what the cat dragged in! (Informal): used to call attention to someone who has entered the room or area.

19. Rain cats and dogs (informal): to rain very hard.

20. The cat’s meow (US) or the cat’s pajamas or Brit the cat’s whiskers (old-fashioned + informal): used to say that someone or something is very appealing.That car is the cat’s meow. [= I really like that car].Going to the movies was the cat’s pajamas when I was a kid.

21. Catlike (adjective) a catlike appearance; a catlike movements.

Cat idioms from OXF

22. Be the cat’s meow/pajamas (informal): to be the best thing, person, idea, etc.He really thinks he’s the cat’s meow (=he has a high opinion of himself).

23. Be raining cats and dogs (informal): to be raining heavily.

24. (Has the) cat got your tongue? (Informal): said to someone, especially a child, who stays silent when expected to speak, for example after being asked a question.What’s the matter? Cat got your tongue?

25. Curiosity killed the cat (saying): used to tell someone not to ask questions or try to find out about things that do not concern them.

26. Like a cat on a hot tin roof : very nervousShe was like a cat on a hot tin roof before her driving test.

27. Like the cat that got/ate/swallowed the canary : very pleased with yourself. Synonym SMUG.She looked like a cat that got the canary – she was almost purring with pleasure.

28. Look like something the cat brought/dragged in (informal) (of a person): to look dirty and messy.

29. Play (a game of) cat and mouse with someone / Play a cat-and-mouse game with someone: to play a cruel game with someone in your power by changing your behaviour very often, so that they become nervous and do not know what to expect.

He thought the police were playing some elaborate game of cat and mouse and waiting to trap him.

30. There’s more than one way to skin a cat (saying, humorous): there are many different ways to achieve something.

31. When the cat’s away the mice will play (saying): people enjoy themselves more and behave with greater freedom when the person in charge of them is not there.

1. Have you ever let the cat out of the bag? Or perhaps you’ve put a cat among the pigeons.

2. Well, it is a very useful program for the English learners. Helpful for teachers too. We are working in a small office. There is not enough room to swing a cat here. Yet I have to keep some precious documents secretly. But do you know about Mr. Nadir! I am afraid he will let the cat out of the bag. That would really put the cat among the pigeons.

3. Hello intelligent man, "when I was teenager I had a small room and too many stuffs. There wasn't enough room to swing a cat but I tried so hard to organize it".

4. When I Travelled by bus on my last vacations, I went to the toilet...and of course there isn't enough room to swing a cat, I had to open the window because I couldn't breathe.

5. Whenever I take an airplane, there isn't enough room to swing a cat. If the flight time is over 5 hours, it's exactly same as hell.Everybody who watched our presentation could feel our relationship was so bad. My teacher who made the pairs put a cat among the pigeons.

6. Currently I live in a flat in which there isn't enough room to swing a cat the room is only for one person to stay in. During summer, I nailed the wall to hang up my picture I made a noisy sound that it put the cat among pigeons. I think I'm a secret man, my friends trust me that I'll never let the cat out of the bag.

7. Well, my brother is a bookworm. His room is full of books that there isn't enough room to swing a cat. He wears as thick glasses as up to... a centimetre or so! Oh, he has just doneee... Opps! I almost let the cat out of the bag. That'll put the cat among the pigeons. He's daunting!

8. Probably it makes sense whenever I travel by car with my wife and two tots (fortunately I haven't got a pet) and, obviously, the boot car is not enough for the kids stuff (toys and whatsoever), what makes me put some pieces of luggage inside the car and, as a conclusion there isn't enough room to swing a cat.

9. He begged her to keep the secret and not to open her mouth. But later, when she was talking to a friend of hers, she was wrung till she let the cat out of the bag, which set the cat among the pigeons.

10. Housing can be a real source of worry. In almost every major city the world over, houses and apartments are so small there isn't enough room to swing a cat. One instance of this is what happened to a friend and me.

What disillusion we crashed into! When we got to the premises, the cat was let out of the bag. It was a tiny sardine box that barely held the two of us upright. As you may well suppose, this was enough to set the cat among the pigeons!

11. I had to be in a long queue in a post office for buying some stamps. It was the first time to go to the post office. After a while I got my turn and asked the post office worker to buy them. But the staff only said "No, you have to go to the next window."Yes, I put a cat among the pigeons. Why are all public affairs never flexible? I could watch the shelf which has stamps and post cards between the windows. And they didn't show any advertisement about two windows for mails and stamps.

12. I remember when I told my ex-boyfriend that I wanted to break up with him that really set the cat among the pigeons. I friend of mine set the cat among the pigeons when she told her parents she wanted to drop out of college.

13. Hi everybody- About the first question, as far as I can remember, no I have never let the cat out of the bag, but my little brother did let the cat out of the bag with a secret I told him. The secret was he listened my conversation with a boy on the phone, we agreed to see us each other but it was a secret between he and I, but I didn't realise he was keeping his ear to the ground, I asked him to keep it under his head but He was full he told my mother the secret by mistake, he really let the cat out of the bag.

14. 'To put a cat among the pigeons' that expression reminds my last campus life which is worst. When English Phonetics class, I told professor that 'Our team didn't practise singing a song'. Well, I have Asperger's disorder which is the High-functioning autism, a lack of emotion and the poor relationships so I didn't realise that kind of action is putting a cat among the pigeons. Especially team leader who is older than a year angered to me and completely broken the relationship.

15. Truly, there isn't enough room to swing a cat in this hustle bustle city, especially during the working hour in the morning where buses and trains are full with people. Have you ever experienced standing inside a bus full of people with their sweat's smell and another mix smell? The dangerous parts come when somebody releases their gas waste and people are looking to each other searching for the criminal, it's just like putting the cat among the pigeon. Any idea to let the cat out of the bag?

16. I am studying in the high school and when I do not do my homework it puts the cat among pigeons.

17. We have a very nice teacher as well as you sir. We've passed more than 10terms with him so far. But unfortunately, because of personal reason, he is going to leave our institute next month. So we decided to have a party in last session and give him gift. We were going to surprise him, but one of the students lets the cat out of the bag, by asking him "if you had a choice what would you prefer as a gift?

18. I told my close friend about the boy I liked in class and asked her to keep secret about this. But unfortunately, she let the cat out of the bag by telling to his sister. She didn't know that Anne is his sister.

19. I'm living in a very small flat. There isn't enough room to swing a cat. By the way I invited some friends because I wanted put the cat among the pigeons. But silly me, I

let the cat out of the bag by telling my sister about my plot at the phone. They heard me.

20. Bok brought his girl friend home, and his girl friend was rude .She really put the cat among the pigeons and made us so angry.

21. Before couple of days my house was full of relatives and friends so there isn't enough room to swing a cat but we were very happy.

22. Last week I went to a hotel with my friends. The hotel was full of crowed. My friend told me "Hey there is no room to swing a cat". Fortunately we got a table. While eating the food I pretended like my boss this led me to let the cat out of bag because unfortunately my boss was sitting on the table next to us. By mistake I put the cat among the pigeons and that cost me lot.

23. Jane locked herself in a tiny room. It was as small as there was no space to swing a cat. She lay in bed crying because nobody had picked her from school. It made her really angry. Later, her brother got home and let the cat out of the bag when he told her that he had hang out with his girlfriend instead of picking her.

24. I lived in dormitory. A small room for 3 peoples. Really there wasn't enough room to swing a cat.

25. There was no enough space to swing a cat in the drawing room, I realised it after drawing our new house plan yesterday. I let the cat out of the bag by informing this to client and I also put a cat among the pigeons when I told this to my wife.

26. Once my friend and I were going to visit a very famous 14th century Monastery here in Russia and see its wall paintings. We called to a small hotel located near the Monastery, and as it sounded pretty nice, we booked a first-class room in it. And when we came there, wet from the rain, squelching though the mud, what did we found? Just a little room with a TV and a small table and a bed, and there wasn't really enough room to swing a cat! The Monastery was great but the room... Well, we were a couple with a good sense of humour, we "appreciated a joke", and we will never go there again!

27. Police arrested thieves few days back and put them in different small rooms where there wasn't enough room to swing a cat but none of them spoke so one of the polices lied to them and actually put a cat among the pigeons and at last made one of them to let the cat out of the bag.

28. Few days ago, It was my birthday on 30 July. When I got to my English class, in one Institute of my city, all my classmates knew that it was my birthday. The teacher had let the cat out of the bag.

29. Hong Kong is a modern and cosmopolitan city, a small island as well. A considering number of people live in cramped flats. How small? There isn't enough room to swing a cat. There is no wonder that people seldom invite friends to be home. Oh, I am not intentional to let the cat out of bag, just tell you to understand them, my foreigner friends.

30. Recently, in Japan, there are big problems for elderly people because of missing records of payment for the pension. It's really put the cat among the pigeons. A person who works in the Social Insurance Agency let the cat out of the bag.

31. One of my friends has bought a flat recently. Although there isn't enough room to swing a cat, the flat is very cosy indeed, and she's so happy to have her own place now.

32. WOW Garfield is my favourite cat. And I have indeed let the cat out of the bag when I revealed a secret of mine. Well during rains there is a stray cat that jumps on my grill, how silly as there is really no place to swing a cat there but the cat manages to curl and go to sleep when it rains cats and dogs.

33. When I was in Japan my flat was only 15 square meters. There was not enough room to swing a cat. Oh my God, I just let the cat out of the bag about my experience in Japan.

34. I will hold a party next weekend, and the people I'm going to invite had been working in the same company for three years or so. But one person is beyond the invitation list because I don't like him, and I think most others have the same idea as me. I hope nobody will let the cat out of the bag!

35. I remember when one of my pals let the cat out of the bag and told me that my boyfriend was dating with my best friend while I was ill in bed - that really put the cat among the pigeons.

36. You are not a teacher!!! You are devil!!! How could you treat like that with the sweet cat??? I beg you, no, I order you - never swing a cat again. Thanks god you've got a small house and there isn't enough room to swing a cat! I'm indignant over your attitude towards the poor animal! That really put the cat among the pigeons.

37. These are a very good idioms, but I wonder why we can't download that interesting videos ...that's not a right thing, anyway, that's like to put the cat among the pigeons I'd like to tell you something, the teacher is adorable.* Assia what did you say?!!!!!!!!you let the cat out of the bag!

38. My friend put a cat among the pigeons when she told a female friend that she was pregnant ("congratulations", the first one said!)...but the second had only put on weight!

39. My best friend lives in a flat where there isn't enough room to swing the cat! So, his girlfriend decided to throw away his favourite sofa in order to make the flat bigger. It had to be a surprise for him. But I made a mistake, a very silly one – I let the cat out of the bag and put the cat among the pigeons... I felt like a cat on hot bricks! But fortunately I could make them peace!

Dog

1. To be in the dog house : if someone is unpopular because they’ve done something wrong.Like that time I go so drunk that I missed all my classes the next day. I was really in the dog house then.I can’t really remember too much about last night. I think I had one or two glasses of wine too many, and beer, oh and whiskey, and vodka, champagne, cider. Today I missed all my classes. I’m really in the dog house with my boss. I feel awful.

[CAM] In the doghouse (UK and US informal): if you are in the doghouse, someone is annoyed with you and shows their disapproval.I’m in the doghouse – I broke Sara’s favourite vase this morning.

[MW] Doghouse (noun); plural doghouses; [count] US: an outdoor shelter with a roof for a dog.In the doghouse (informal): in a bad situation because someone is angry at you: in trouble.He’s in the doghouse with his wife [=his wife is angry at him] for being late.

[OXF] Doghouse (noun): a small shelter for a dog to sleep in. Synonym KennelBe in the doghouse (informal): If you are in the doghouse, someone is annoyed with you because of something that you have done.

2. The hair of the dog : if you feel bad after drinking too much the night before. It means a little bit of alcohol to make you feel better.

[CAM] The hair of the dog (that bit you) (HUMOROUS): an alcoholic drink taken as a cure the morning after an occasion when you have drunk too much alcohol.

[MW] Hair of the dog (that bit you) (informal): an alcoholic drink that is taken by someone to feel better after having drunk too much at an earlier time.

[OXF] The hair of the dog (that bit you) (informal): alcohol that you drink in order to make you feel better when you have drunk too much alcohol the night before.

3. To make a dog’s dinner of something : It means make a mess of the something.Oh, I’ve made a dog’s dinner of that. Let me just do it again.

CAM A dog’s breakfast (UK informal): something or someone that looks extremely untidy, or something that is very badly done.

[MW] A dog’s breakfast Brit, informal: something that is messy or poorly doneIt was a dog’s breakfast of a match, and our coach was understandably upset.

[OXF]

Dog idioms from CAM

4. A dog’s life : a very unhappy and unpleasant life.

5. Sick as a dog : vomiting a lot.I was sick as a dog after last night’s meal.

6. Dog and pony show (noun(C) US informal – marketing): an event that is designed to impress people in order to make them buy something or invest money.Our average customer is businessperson who doesn’t need the dog and pony show.

7. Every dog has its day (saying): said to emphasize that everyone is successful or happy at some time in their life.

8. Go to the dogs : if a country or organization is going to the dogs, it is becoming very much less successful than it was in the past.

9. Let sleeping dogs lie (saying): said to warn someone that they should not talk about a bad situation that most people have forgotten about.

10. Put on the dog (US informal): to act as if you are more important than you are.

11. Rain cats and dogs : to rain very heavily.Don’t forget to take your umbrella – it’s raining cats and dogs out there.

12. Tail wagging the dog : when a large group has to do something to satisfy a small group.

13. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks (saying): said to mean that it is very difficult to teach someone new skills or to change their habits or character.

14. Dog-eat-dog (disapproving): describes a situation in which people will do anything to be successful, even if what they do harms other people.It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there.

15. A dog in the manger : someone who keeps something that they do not want in order to prevent someone else from getting it.

Dog idioms from MW

16. A dog’s life : a difficult, boring, and unhappy life.Everyone knows it’s a dog’s life in this business.

17. (As) sick as a dog (informal): very sick.I’m sick as a dog.

18. Dog and pony show US, usually disapproving: a very fancy and elaborate event that is done to sell something, to impress people, etc.The sales presentation was a real dog and pony show.

19. Every dog has his/its day (informal): used to say that every person has a successful moment in life.

20. Go to the dogs (informal): to become ruined: to change to a much worse condition.Our favourite restaurant has gone to the dogs lately.The economy is going to the dogs.

21. In a dog’s age or in a coon’s age (US), informal: in very long timeWe haven’t seen them in a coon’s age.

22. Let sleeping dogs lie : to ignore a problem because trying to deal with it could cause an even more difficult situation.I thought about bringing up my concerns but decided instead to let sleeping dogs lie.

23. Put on the dog (US, informal + old-fashioned): to pretend that you are very stylish or rich.They really put on the dog for their daughter’s wedding.

24. Rain cats and dogs (informal): to rain very hard.

25. The tail wagging the dog (informal): used to describe a situation in which an important or powerful person, organization, etc., is being controlled by someone or something that is much less important or powerful.

26. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks : used to say that a person who is old or is used to doing things in a certain way cannot learn or does not want to learn a new way.I tried to get my mother to start using a computer, but she says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.

Dog idioms from OXF

27. Be raining cats and dogs (informal): to be raining heavily.

28. A dog and pony show (informal, disapproving): an event that is planned only in order to impress people so that they will support or buy something.The dog and pony show of his visits to the war zone.A dog and pony show to sell the idea to investors.

29. (A case of) dog eat dog : a situation in business, politics, etc. Where there is a lot of competition and people are willing to harm each other in order to succeed.I’m afraid in this line of work it’s a case of dog eat dog.We’re operating in a dog-eat-dog world.

30. A dog in the manger : a person who stops other people from enjoying what he or she cannot use or does not want.

31. A dog’s life : an unhappy life, full of problems or unfair treatment.He led poor Amy a dog’s life. She was desperately lonely, poor dear.

32. Every dog has his/its day (saying): everyone has good luck or success at some point in their life.

33. Go to the dogs (informal): to get into a very bad state.This company’s gone to the dogs since the new management took over.

34. Let sleeping dogs lie (saying): to avoid mentioning a subject or something that happened in the past, in order to avoid any problems or arguments.

35. (As) sick as a dog (informal): feeling very sick; vomit a lot.

36. (You can’t) teach an old dog new tricks (saying): (you cannot) successfully make people change their ideas, methods of work, etc., when they have had them for a long time.

1. Have you ever forgotten your boyfriend or girlfriend's birthday and ended up in the doghouse? Or perhaps you tried to do something but made a dog's dinner of it?

2. You drank too much last night and now you having a very bad headache? They say the hair of the dog that bit you? No! There is one way to recover hangover. It's Turkish coffee! You must try this!

3. My sister was 2 hours late to the lunch at my parent's house last Sunday. Now she's in the dog house with then. She told them it was because she had gone out on Saturday and drank too much. She woke up very late on Sunday and she needed the hair of the dog to recover from her hangover. Sometimes she makes a dog's dinner of her life.

4. Yesterday I’m made a party in my house, my friends and I made a Dog's dinner with it. Also we drunk a lot, today I'm feeling me really bad so I to drink the hair of the dog.

5. Hello, teacher! Your lessons are very interesting. Thank you. Yesterday my husband had party with his friends and he drank too much, afterwards he had the hair of the dog. Today he is really in the dog house with me.

6. I'm sorry but I can't understand the meaning of "a hair of a dog". Could you clear this doubt for me please?

7. The Teacher says: To have 'the hair of the dog' means to drink a little bit of alcohol the day after you drank a lot of alcohol in order to recover from the hangover. A hangover is the bad feeling you get the day after you drink too much.

8. I bought a dog because I supposed it will be nice, the dog gave me a lot of problems. The house started to smell so nasty, and he bitted all the furniture. Now my mom is upset and tired with that. Yesterday she said me "I want this dog out of my house". Now I’m very sad because y have to give the dog to a neighbourhood. So I’m made a dog's dinner buying a dog.

9. Looking back on the past, I really had been in the dog house for I was extremely hangover and had the hair of the dog and vomited all over the carpets on the ground in a newly-gotten friend's house. I mean it was a nice beginning for making a new friend, because I made dog dinners of everything.

10. Once, my manager asked me to prepare presentation. Unfortunately, I brought the rung floppy disk by mistake. I was really in the dog house. I told him just give half an hour to prepare new one. After that I made a dog's dinner of it.

11. Once I dropped a glass on the floor and week later I dropped a disk on the floor then I was in the dog’s house!

12. Hi teacher I'm glad to listen to you again. About the dog idiom specifically to make a dog's dinner of something another way to say that is to make a dog's breakfast of something, doesn't it? Well, sometimes I have made a dog's dinner of some things I do because I'm a bit lazy, and the lazy has to work twice, but now I strive to do the things right. When I make a dog's dinner of something I'm quickly in the dog house because I feel ashamed. In my country, everybody have the hair of the dog the day after New Year celebration, they think that will make them feel better because they have drunk too much alcohol the night before. Everybody drink a lot, I hate that. I never have the hair of the dog 'cause I never get drink, so I don't need to be in the dog house for that.

13. The Teacher says: That's right we can say 'to make a dog's breakfast' of something. It also means to do something very badly.

14. We have some proverbs about alcohol all over the world. One of famous proverbs makes us encourage drinking too much."Good wine makes good blood". We exactly know we can use alcohol as medicines and we had better to have the hair of the dog when we want to drink. But, actually, I sometime drink too much without any sickness. Anyway I like to drink but I really don't like to go somewhere as I'm in the dog house if I miss any transports because I have too much drinking.

15. Hello... Once I was playing in my garden with my friend and we were playing football and I was going to run to the ball and kick it very hard but my friend came running to me an instead to kick the ball I kicked her leg and it broke and then I was in the dog house and I was so sorry that I kicked here I started to drink and I drank a lot of alcohol and the day after I wanted the hair of the dog...

16. When I and my class went to Vantasggur in Iceland I was the girl who started many things. Like one time in lunch I was making a joke about my friend on the same table

and I. And took a glass of milk and hold it over my head and I pushed it away and all the milk spilled over the boys on the next table, and I made a really big dog's dinner that but it was so funny. And "lucky" for me, on the other table sat the teachers and they were not happy or those boys on the next table. I was really in the dog house that time.

17. Once I was playing football and I was very mad and I shot all over the place and most of it went to the kid's faces and then I was in the doghouse.

18. Once I was playing football and my friend Hilmar was an idiot and took ball of me. I started to kick him and he started to cry and I walked home and then I was in the dog house.

19. once a day I was playing soccer whit my grandpa and I took the ball of him and I did good trick on him and I score so 1-0 for my then my grandpa com strong back after this goal from my and he took the ball and score than I was very angry and a shot bud a great save bey grandpa bud he shot and score and the game is over so I lose 1-2.... Then I'm in the doghouse!

20. The video is funny, I was in a store and I dropped a jar of pickles on the floor and I made a dog’s dinner.

21. Our teacher was in the dog house when one of my friends proved him wrong in the class room. This incident occurred when we were studying our Engineering final year course. The teacher could not tolerate this and had too much of alcohol and the next day he vomited in his car and made a dog’s dinner of something a hair of a dog would have probably helped avoid this incident.

22. WELL...I don't drink a lot..so I'll try to use it my way..I was supposed to give a presentation. Obviously I didn't wanted to make a dog's dinner out of it, but it was a disaster and soon after it, I moved into the dog's house.

23. Once a day I got up on the wrong side of the bed. I had to prepare for a big party yet I was sick as a dog & I made a dog's dinner of the ornament . At last our house was really glowing & I can't tell you about the meal. After greeting the coming people I turned to our lovely kitchen what about tasting an itty-bitty cake. Oh, it's great & this coloured one? Oh, delicious.....Then my six years old cousin entered the kitchen searching for a cup of water, so he found my face covered with chocolate, oh my god, I am so dead & I'll be in the dog house soon...but he discovered from my coloured face that the cake was tasty, so he asked for a piece yet I gave him all the plate & ran away...As you know no one would escape from his destiny. My mum & and I found him eating but the elf told them I was so ...When everyone went home I felt shame & wanted to suicide or have the hair of the dog, but these two things aren't very good techniques..so I drunk cola & slept as if there were nothing.

24. That was many fun, I watch many time, once I am eat in my home I dropped my dish on the flour, than I had make a dog's dinner of that.

25. Once I was playing football and miss hit the ball and the ball hit my coacher which was in wheelchair and he fell out of it and his leg fell off and I thought I was in big trouble but I was just in the doghouse. And night after the game I drank much beer and night

and I got very drunk and I passed out on the floor when I woke up I was lying next to a girl. That day I needed the hair of the dog. This was a very weird experience.

26. Once I was in the dog house and that sucks... I went to a party and I was not allow to be there of course I went and my parents was not very happy with that, but now it is ok.

27. once when I was like 12 years old then my cat was fallow a mouse and I caught that mouse and I put her in a box and went with it in to my house and I went to the toilet and when I came back the mouse was gone and my dad went crazy then I was so much in the dog’s house.

28. It’s very embarrassing to tell about this story to the public, 7 months ago, that was previous day of the examination, I thought I was ready to pass the exam easily and with my some friends I drank several bottle of beers, subsequently I woke up in my friend’s house without any memory, and then I realized that I played hockey for my exam, finally that semester I was in the dog house.

29. Two years ago one night I was in my cousins home. That night we drunk a lot of alcohol and I smoked several cigarettes. Two or three later till morning I was in the dog house. When I went to bed for sleeping every time that I closed my eyes I felt that everything turned around my head and this forced me to open my eyes.

30. Sorry - can't let this pass without a little correction - the full expression is - "The hair of the dog that bit you" - ie. You were bitten by the alcohol "dog" last night - now you take a little more of the same "dog" to overcome the effects this morning.

31. The Teacher Says: Thanks for your full explanation, John. That's true, the full expression is "The hair of the dog that bit you". However, to make it shorter most people simply say "The hair of the dog".

32. Hi, professor and thanks for that lovely lesson. One night during an exam period I was very busy and tired memorising my lessons and preparing myself for the next day exam that I slept on my desk, the next day (the day of the exam) I woke up very late 30 minutes before the start of the exam put up the clothes I could find and I rushed out of my house, Running like a mad looking for a taxi, but unfortunately I couldn’t find. I had no choice but take the bus It seemed to me at that time that it went at a sale's pace. I arrived at my college that day, Half an hour late and the teacher didn't accept to let me in; and I can tell you I was really in the dog house. I cried and wept but she didn't let me in. Today I do not regret that day because after looking at the questions of the exam afterwards I realised I could have made a dog's dinner of it.

33. Sometime, I am in the dog house. Especially when I must balance the work and time for my girlfriend. What can I do?

34. Sarah never get drunk, so she never need the hair of the dog. However, she made a dog’s dinner of the final exam last week. That's because she went to the wrong place. She blamed the dog days of summer. And I only hope that she wouldn't be in the dog house when her father found it out.

35. I'm in the dog house now. I overslept last night and lost my friend's party. Anyway, I tried to talk to her today, and explain what had happened, but she didn't want to hear

me and I think I should wait more to give the reason why I miss her party. I've just made a dog’s dinner of everything!

36. Mum asked me to iron dad's shirt for an urgent appointment and I made a dog's dinner out of it, I ended up in the dog house for burning it a bit. After that I decided to relax a bit and woke up with a terrible hangover, I guess the best remedy would have been the hair of the dog.

37. When I read these sentence before reading these sentences and listening teacher review. I was feeling as I was in dog house because it was going over to my head but when I understood, I was out of the dog house.

38. I am really bad at organizing things and last week I was in the dog house when I messed up my boss' files. I was spat at my face and I badly needed the hair of the dog. So after work, I went straight to the pub and had a chat with friends. It made me feel relieved. I hope that I won't make a dog’s dinner of my work anymore!

39. When I was a knee high to a grasshopper, I used to be in the dog house, when I made a dog’s dinner of my sister's food, so my mother got angry at me. My mom locked me in the room alone. I felt like the hair of the dog.

40. My friend forgot about my birthday, so he was in the dog house. But I had a nice party. But I had to drink the hair of the dog. The following day, my friend came to greet me. He tried to make a great excuse for not coming but he made a dog’s dinner of it.

41. I remember those days of my schools, when I used to draw my teacher’s cartoon on my desk. My friends used to like it but one day one of my teachers caught me while making his funny picture on my copy. Then I was in the dog house on my school life.

42. In many of the state-owned companies or government agencies in China, there's an unspoken rule: if you don't bribe some key persons, then you'll have very little chance to get promoted. So, in order not to make a dog's dinner of their career and future financial rewards, many people have joined the invisible war of bribing the right persons in the right way at the right time. That social phenomenon has made many Chinese people feel like being in the dog house.

43. Three weeks ago I went home in the South of Italy for my summer vacation and because of the traffic on the roads I reached home with 4 hours of delay... and my trip lasted 15 hours! So the traffic makes a dog’s dinner of my trip towards summer holidays...

44. Something really frustrating is when you need to re-do some activity or work because somebody has made a dog’s dinner of that activity or work. Not only because of the extra energy will you require but also because the extra costs. I remember when I was 15, one hour after I had assembled my bike by myself... I had to pay almost like a new one because I had made a dog’s dinner of my bike assembling.

45. Here in South Carolina, we have very hot, humid days in August, and we call those the dog days of summer. We also use the word "dogs" or "doggies" in the same way you might say "crap" in a situation or something worse! And if one of my kids said something worse, then he would be in the doghouse!

46. Last week ,I thought, I like to be in the dog house because I forgot the time to meet my friends at coffee shop so that made them to wait for me for a long time. Later, they phoned me to go there to meet them ,when I went to there ,I saw my friends face are not good that day ,after the meeting finished , I also felt bad for a while , I think, next time, I do not do again.

47. Well, I'm sober and I don't need the hair of the dog but nevertheless I can very quickly be in the dog house with my very talent in making a dog's dinner of my rendez-vous!

48. I was in a concert last night, it was awesome, after that I and my friends went to a bar. We were drinking beer and listening to rock and roll all night. The morning after I woke up terrible thirsty and I said "I need the hair of the dog urgently".

49. I remember something about my uncle. When my uncle was 17 years old, was the best student of the high school, but once he was to a party the night before 18th September’s parade (in Chile). So, the next day he needed the hair of the dog, and the most terrible was that he wanted disappear in that moment, and suddenly a teacher said him that he had to stay in front of all the students carrying the flag. It really was terrible for him, because he almost couldn't walk and he had to walk in front of the mayor. It was very embarrassing for him, and the next day he was in the dog house. Then the headmaster suspended him for many days for it was funny but for him it was terrible.

50. Last week I forgot something very important!!!...I forgot my father`s birthday and I was in the doghouse but my mother did not forget it and she decided to do a wonderful cake, but when she was preparing it she made a dog’s dinner of it because the cake was not so good... I'm sorry daddy!

51. When I was 13 years old and my mother sent me to pay the bills, I forgot it and I spent the money buying other things like, candies, potatoes chips etc. She sent me for a long time to the dog house.

52. I was in the dog house last term. I did not passed a course and my parents wanted kill me... it was awful

53. I am in the dog house, I tried many time to cook well but my husband never eat at home he said my cooking is tasteless. Today he is inviting his mother to dinner so I asked my sister to help me at preparing couscous. At dinner my husband could not stop eating it was a delicious dish. When I went to the kitchen to bring some drinks I heard his mother gossiping in my back with my husband she said that for once I did not made a dogs dinner of this invitation so I was so angry I drunk all bottles of wine then asked her to go out of my houses.

54. Yesterday, my mum asked me if I could buy some fruits and vegetables and I said yes...So, I went to the Supermarket, but I made a mistake and I bought meat, I made a dog's dinner of it, because I got confused. So, when I got back at home, my mother told me that I was in the dog house.

55. When I was fourteen I went to a party without permission, So my father came and pulled my hair. Then I was really in the dog house.

56. A long time ago when we were children, a classmate of mine was in the dog house because she had stolen 5 thousand pesos from professor's bag...for a couple of weeks she was really unpopular.

57. Hi intelligent your idioms are great. I woke up late today and I missed my college bus, tomorrow I would be in the dog house.

Fish1. There’s something fishy about this : we can say that strange or suspicious situation is

‘fishy’.Actually, there is something fishy about this... I only got this job because my brother’s the boss!

[CAM] Fishy (adjective; dishonest): (informal): seeming dishonest or false.There’s something fishy going on here.

[MW] Fishy (adjective):

1. Of or relating to fish; especially: tasting or smelling like a fish.A fishy odor/taste.

2. Informal: causing doubt or suspicion: likely to be bad, untrue, dishonest, etc.That story sounds/smells fishy [=suspicious, dubious] to me.There’s something fishy about that guy.

[OXF] Fishy (adjective) – fishier, fishiest

1. (Informal) that makes you suspicious because it seems dishonest. Synonym SUSPICIOUSThere’s something fishy going on here.

2. Smelling or tasting like a fish.What’s that fishy smell?

2. A big fish in a small pond : we can say that someone who’s important or powerful but only in a small organization.

[CAM] Be a big fish in a small pond: to have a lot of influence only over a small area.

[MW] A big fish in a small pond (chiefly US) or Brit a big fish in a little pond: a person who is very well known or important in a small group of people but who is not known or important outside that group.In school he was a big fish in a small pond, but once he moved to the city he was just another struggling actor.

[OXF] A big fish (in a small pond): an important person (in a small community)

3. A fish out of water : be very, very unhappy and uncomfortable because he’s in an unfamiliar place.Like me in the discotheque. I’m a fish out of water!

[CAM] Be like a fish out of water: to feel awkward because you are in a situation which you have not experienced before or because your are very different from the people around you.

[MW] A fish out of water: a person who is in a place or situation that seems unnatural or uncomfortable.He’s a small-town boy who feels like a fish out of water here in the big city.

[OXF] A fish out of water: a person who feels uncomfortable or awkward because he or she is in surroundings that are not familiar.

Fish idioms from CAM

4. Drink like a fish (informal): to drink too much alcohol.

5. There are plenty more fish in the sea : used to say that there many other people or possibilities, especially when one person or thing has been unsuitable or unsuccessful.Don’t cry over Pierre – there are plenty more fish in the sea!

6. Have bigger/other fish to fry (informal): to have something more important to do.

7. Be neither fish nor fowl : like one thing in some ways and like another thing in other ways.

8. An odd/queer fish (mainly UK old-fashioned): a strange person.

9. Cold fish (noun): someone who seems unfriendly and who does not share their feelings.

10. A pretty/fine kettle of fish (old-fashioned): a very difficult and annoying situation.

Fish idioms from MW

11. Drink like a fish : someone who drinks like a fish regularly drinks too much alcohol.When he was younger he used to drink like a fish.

12. Fish in the sea (informal): used to say that there are many more people available for a romantic relationship.I know you’re sad because you and your boyfriend broke up, but he’s not the only fish in the sea.You’re right. There are many/plenty more fish in the sea.

13. Fish to fry (informal): things to do or deal with.We’ll have to address that problem tomorrow. Right now we’ve got other/bigger fish to fry. [= we’ve got other/bigger problems that we need to give our attention to].

14. Neither fish nor fowl : a person or thing that does not belong to a particular class or category.The movie is neither fish nor fowl – it’s not really a comedy, but it’s too light-hearted to be called a drama.

15. Odd/queer fish : Brit, informal: a strange or unusual person.She’s really quite an odd fish.

16. Cold fish (noun): a cold and unfriendly person.She’s a lovely person, but her husband’s a bit of a cold fish.

17. Kettle of fish (informal):1. A bad situation: MESS

Well, this is a fine/nice/pretty kettle of fish.2. Something or someone that is being considered or dealt with.

I have experience in domestic law, but international law is another kettle of fish. [=matter]

18. Fishless (adjective): A fishless lake.

19. Fishlike (adjective): A fishlike tail.

Fish idioms from OXF

20. Be like shooting fish in a barrel (informal): used to emphasize how easy it is to do something.What do you mean you can’t do it? It’ll be like shooting fish in a barrel!

21. A cold fish : a person who seems unfriendly and without strong emotions.

22. A different kettle of fish (informal): a completely different situation or person from the one previously mentioned.

23. Drink like a fish : to drink a lot of alcohol regularly.

24. Have bigger/other fish to fry : to have more important or more interesting things to do.

25. Neither fish nor fowl : neither one thing nor another.The hovercraft has always suffered from the fact that is neither fish nor fowl.

26. There are plenty of other/more fish in the sea : there are many other people or things that are as good as the one someone has failed to get.

Horse

1. To eat like a horse : if someone eats a lot.

[CAM] Eat like a horse (informal): to always eat a lot food.She’s so thin yet she eats like a horse.

[MW]

[OXF] Eat like a horse (informal): to eat a lot.She may be thin, but she eats like a horse.

2. Straight from the horse’s mouth : when we’ve got some information directly from the person responsible for it.My boss is going to fire me. Yes, it’s true. I heard it straight from the horse’s mouth. [=My boss told me directly. I didn’t hear it from anyone else.]

[CAM] (Straight) from the horse’s mouth: if you hear something (straight) from the horse’s mouth, you hear it from the person who has direct personal knowledge of the matter.

[MW] From the horse’s mouth (informal, of information): from the original source or person and therefore thought to be true.I know it’s hard to believe but I heard it (straight) from the horse’s mouth.

[OXF] (Straight) from the horse’s mouth (informal; of information): given by someone who is directly involved and therefore likely to be accurate.

3. To flog a dead horse : to waste effort on something we have no chance of succeeding at.I something feel like I’m flogging a dead horse when I’ m teaching. My students, they never seem to learn... I don’t quite understand what the problem is... very frustrating...

[CAM] Flog a dead horse (UK informal): to waste effort on something that there is no chance of succeeding at.

He keeps trying to get it published but I think he’s flogging a dead horse.

[MW] Beat a dead horse (chiefly US) or flog a dead horse (informal)

1. To keep talking about a subject that has already been discussed or decided.I don’t mean to beat a dead horse, but I still don’t understand what happened.

2. To waste time and effort trying to do something that is impossible.Is it just beating a dead horse to ask for another recount of the votes?

[OXF] Beat/flog a dead horse (informal): to waste your effort by trying to do something that is no longer possible.

Horse idioms from CAM

4. Hold your horses (old-fashioned, informal): used to tell someone to stop and consider carefully their decision or opinion about something.Just hold your horses, Bill! Let’s think about this for a moment.

5. Never look a gift horse in the mouth (saying): said to advise someone not to refuse something good that is being offered.

6. Put the cart before the horse : to do things in the wrong order.Aren’t you putting the cart before the horse by deciding what to wear for the wedding before you’ve even been invited to it?

7. Back the wrong horse : to make the wrong decision and support a person or action that is later unsuccessful.In all his years as a book publisher, he rarely backed the wrong horse.

8. Charley horse (noun; plural charley horses; US informal): a cramp (=a sudden painful tightening of a muscle) in your arm or leg.

9. Dark horse (noun; secret; C usually singular): UK a person, who keeps their interests and ideas secret, especially someone who has a surprising ability or skill.Anna’s such a dark horse – I had no idea she’s published a novel.

10. Get on your high horse : to start talking angrily about something bad that someone else has done as if you feel you are better or more clever than they are.

11. Hobby horse (noun; subject; C): a subject that someone often talks about, usually for a long time.Don’t mention tax or Bernard’ll get on his hobby horse again.

12. One-horse race (noun; C; usually singular): a race or competition which only one of the competitors has a real chance of winning.This election has been a one-horse race right from the start.

13. Rocking horse (noun): a wooden toy horse that children can move backwards and forwards when they are sitting on it.

14. Sea horse (n; C): a type of fish whose head and neck look like those of a horse.

15. Stalking horse (noun; C): if a group of politicians use someone who has no chance of winning as a stalking horse, they make that person compete for a position in order to divide the opposition or to take attention away from another person who they really want to win.

16. Trojan horse (noun; S; literary): a person or thing that joins and deceives a group or organization in order to attack it from the inside.Older supporters have accused the new leadership of being a Trojan horse that will try to destroy the party from the inside.

17. Shut/close the stable/barn door after the horse has bolted : to be so late in taking action to prevent something bad happening that the bad event has already happened.

18. Come/get (down) off your high horse : to stop talking as if you were better or more clever than other people.It’s time you came down off your high horse and admitted you were wrong.

19. Wild horses wouldn’t drag me : if you say wild horses would not drag you somewhere, you mean that nothing could persuade you to go there.Wild horses wouldn’t drag me to a party tonight.

Horse idioms from MW

20. A horse of a different colour (chiefly US, informal): a very different thing or issue.That’s what we’ll do when he gets here. But if he doesn’t show up... well, that’s a horse of a different colour.

21. Change horses in midstream : to choose a different leader or policy during a time when serious problems are being dealt with.A politician whose slogan for re-election is “Don’t change horses in midstream”.

22. Eat a horse (informal): someone who is very hungry can be described as being hungry enough to eat a horse.I didn’t eat today and now I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

23. Hold your horses (informal): used to tell someone to slow down, stop, or wait for a short time.“Hurry up. We need to get going.”“Hold your horses. I’ll be ready in a minute.”

24. Look a gift horse in the mouth : to look in a critical way at something that has been give to you.I noticed the guitar wasn’t made of real wood, but I didn’t say anything because you shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth.

25. Put the cart before the horse : to do things in the wrong order: to do something first instead of waiting until something else has been done.People are putting the cart before the horse by making plans on how to spend money before we are even certain that the money will be available.

26. The wrong horse : if you choose/pick/back (etc.) the wrong horse, you choose or support someone or something that is not successful.The company has been losing money, and many investors are beginning to feel that they may have backed the wrong horse.

27. Charley horse (noun; plural Charley horses; count; US): a painful cramp (a sudden painful tightening of muscle in a part of the body) in the front of the thigh (the part of your leg that is above the knee).

28. Dark horse (noun; plural Dark horses; count)1. A person (such as a politician), animal, or thing that competes in a race or other

contest and is not expected to win.The Democrat from Utah has gone from being a dark horse to the front-runner in the campaign for President.The movie is a dark horse for the award.

2. Brit: a person who has interesting qualities or abilities that most people do not know about.He is a dark horse, but I did find out that he once played football professionally.

29. High horse (noun; singular; informal): if you are on a/your high horse, you are talking or behaving in a way that shows that you think you are better than other people or that you know more about something than other people do.I’m not going to get up on a high horse and tell you that you’re wrong for doing this.Oh, climb/get (down) off your high horse. You don’t know any more about it than the rest of us.

30. Hobbyhorse (noun; plural: hobbyhorses; count)1. A subject that someone speaks about or complains about often.

Once he gets on his hobbyhorse and start talking about taxes, you can’t get him to discuss anything else.She’s been riding that hobbyhorse for months.

2. A stick with a horse’s head at one end that a child pretends to ride.

31. One-horse (adjective)1. Informal: small and dull.

He grew up in a little one-horse town.2. Pulled by one horse.

A one-horse wagon/buggy

32. Rocking horse (noun; plural rocking horses; count): a toy horse that is attached to rockers and that moves back and forth while a child sits on it.

33. Sea horse (noun; plural sea horses; count): a small fish that has a head that looks like a horse’s head and that swims with its head above its body and tail.

34. Stalking horse (noun; plural stalking horses; count): someone or something that is used to hide a true purpose; especially: a candidate for a political office or position who has no real chance of winning but is being used by a political party to weaken the support for an opposing party, to find out if another candidate might be successful, etc.

35. Trojan Horse (noun; plural Trojan horses)

1. [count] Someone or something that is used to hide what is true or real in order to trick or harm an enemy.They may be using the other corporation as a Trojan horse.

2. Computers: a seemingly useful computer program that is actually designed to harm you computer (such as by destroying data files) if you use it.

Horse idioms from OXF

36. Be/get on your high horse (informal): to behave in a way that shows you think you are better than other people.

37. Change/switch horses in midstream : to change to a different or new activity while you are in the middle of something else; to change from supporting one person or thing to another.

38. Close, etc. the barn door after the horse has escaped : to try to prevent or avoid loss or damage when it is already too late to do so.

39. A dark horse : a person taking part in a race, etc. who surprises everyone by winning.

40. Get off your high horse (informal): to stop behaving in a way that shows you think you are better than other people.

41. Hold your horses (informal): used to tell someone that they should wait a moment and not be so excited that they take action without thinking about it first.

42. A horse of a different colour (informal): a completely different situation or person from the one previously mentioned.

43. If wishes were horses, beggars would/might ride (old-fashioned, saying): wishing for something does not make it happen.

44. A one, two, three, etc. horse race : a completion or an election in which there are only one, two, etc. teams or candidates with a chance of winning.The women’s tennis championship was a two horse race between last year’s winner New Rochelle and the previous champion Hyde Park.

45. Put the cart before the horse : to put or do things in the wrong order.

46. Wild horses would not drag, make, etc. someone (do something) : used to say that nothing would prevent someone from doing something or make them do something they do not want to do.

47. Hobbyhorse (noun)1. (Sometimes disapproving) a subject that someone feels strongly about and likes to

talk about.To get on your hobbyhorse (=talk about your favourite subject).

2. A toy made from a long stick that has a horse’s head at one end. Children pretend to ride on it.

48. One-horse town (noun; informal): a small town with not many interesting things to do or places to go to.

49. Rocking horse (noun): a wooden horse for children that can be made to rock backward and forward.

50. I could eat a horse (informal): used to say that you are very hungry.

51. Change/switch horses in midstream : to change to a different or new activity while you are in the middle of something else; to change from supporting one person or thing to another.

52. Look a gift horse in the mouth (usually with negatives; informal) to refuse or criticize something that is given to you for nothing.I’m never one to look a gift horse in the mouth.

53. Charley horse (noun; usually singular; informal): crampOw! I just got a charley horse in my leg.

54. Sea horse (noun): a small sea fish that swims in a vertical position and has a head that looks like the head of a horse.

55. Stalking horse (noun; singular)1. A person or thing that is used to hide the real purpose of a particular course of

action.2. A candidate for a political position who has no chance of winning, but who

competes in order to divide the opposition, to see if a stronger candidate might be more successful, etc.

56. Trojan horse (noun) 1. A person or thing that is used to trick an enemy in order to achieve a secret

purpose.2. (Computing): a computer program that seems to be helpful but that is, in fact,

designed to destroy data, etc.Origin: from the story in which the ancient Greeks hid inside a hollow wooden statue of a horse in order to enter the city of their enemies, Troy.

1. Do you sometimes feel like you're flogging a dead horse?

2. Recently, I'm always feeling hungry all the time, and every time I feel I can eat like a horse in the dining room. But always I waste food. It's a little guilty. I do not believe in anything until I heard straight from the horse's mouth. Sometimes I cannot make any improvement in my work; maybe I am flogging a dead horse. But I will try my best to work hard and keep moving forward.

3. Sometimes, I played a soccer game with my friends. When I played it yesterday, my friends made sceptical assessment of my soccer skill, which is straight from the horse's mouth. I was really upset about what they said. After I went back home, I needed to come up with idea getting rid of stress and dealing with my temper, and I realized that eating food like a horse can help me control my temper. By eating a lot of foods having numerous trans-fat and unnecessary carbohydrates, I got 10 pound at a time. The problem was that I have one more game which is real competition with my friends again. I hope they are not going to think that they flog a dead horse about my soccer play and weight!

4. Today, in our country, young people are taller and fatter, especially generation whose were born after 1980s. My young sister belongs to this generation. She was born in 1993, even though not being born with a silver spoon in her mouth but that time was an improving living standard period of our family. She grew up in quite good condition. She used to eat like a horse. And now, even being 15 years younger than I am but she seems to be weightier than I. My parents are a bit anxious about her fatness and keep her in moderation in eating and drinking. Inherently, Vietnamese is said to be small people but in not far future we will give out to the world a different appearance.

5. Sometimes I feel I’m flogging a dead horse trying to persuade people to not smoking. It’s demonstrated that cigarette produces lung cancer and it isn’t a joke. I`ve already seen some cases in the hospital in young people and several times I’ve heard straight from the horse’s mouth in the college and the hospital.

6. The more one eats like a horse, the more he becomes like a horse.

7. Well. With the high cost of the energy I'm trying to save electricity at home and to make my family join me in that effort. So, I told them all the time to turn the lights of when they quit a room or avoid having two TV sets on the same channel in different parts of the house. But they listen to me; say yes and one minute later forgets my advices. Sometimes I really feel I'm flogging a dead horse.

8. I'm pregnant and I'm eating for two, in really I'm eating like a horse.

9. I would like to write little short story using the phrase eating like horse. I was in Somalia high school which was kind far way from where I live. And I had to stay school bit late after school time at night time whatsoever I had to eat foot in school at lunch time because I couldn’t be able to go home and eat food at my home like most of my school mates does I would go home and eat my food at home but unlucky for me because my home is so far away from the school and if I go home to eat my food I’m sure I will be late from the school and my school teacher wouldn’t appreciate for I did being late and missing my lesson however. I eat school food in dining hall as I ate my food I didn’t like the school food. After I finish school I went to bus station and it was so busy so many people where in cue waiting the bus and I was very hungry I couldn’t wait the bus for just how hungry I was at the end the bus came and I finally get home and I went straight to preach to get some food I find lots food and I start eating them on stand I couldn’t be bather to set down and eat them on set. After I finish them I start looking round and looking for other food as I was wandering around the kitchen I saw my mum sating on corner staring at me I said what is wrong mama and she answer me nothing I was just looking at the you eating like horse what make you eat like that? Because I didn’t eat enough food at school mama that is the reason mama; ok son but don’t eat like that just take it easy the food is not running of you and if you need more just tell me and I get them. Ok mama I answered as I laughed

10. My mum usually asks me if can I stop eating like a horse.

11. I am admiring the way of teaching that is provided by B.B.C. I have learnt since 2004 but sometimes I fell like flogging a dead horse but nowadays it is good and better because we learn straight from the horse's mouse.

12. If I hadn't heard it straight from the horse's mouth I wouldn't believe my brother really decided to go on a diet. The guy eats like a horse. Mom has told him to eat less a thousand times, but she seems to be flogging a dead horse. I hope he really means it.

13. Once upon a time, a young girl decided to find a better life, far away from her house. As she was very short and thin, she decided to change her diet and she started to eat like a horse. The result was that she became a fat woman who couldn't move any part of her body. Then, she started another diet to lose weight, but it was like flogging a dead horse. At the end, she couldn't achieve her dream. I know this story straight from the horse’s mouth, because she is my best friend. Moral: Be yourself and you will achieve your goals!

14. I am doing my best to change the young generation wrong ideas but I am flogging a dead horse.

15. My doctor recommended me not to eat like a horse, because it is not good for health, but I am always so tired after work, and it is always difficult to stop. Once, the doctor said, looking at me, that he felt like flogging a dead horse. I didn't think it was serious, but yesterday my girlfriend told me, that our boss is going to give me the sack (a sudden dismissal from a job). She heard it straight from the horse's mouth! I must do something maybe I will try a new diet!

16. Hi everyone. Thank you teacher. My first language is Somalia and I'm learning last two year. I didn't eat more food like horse. I'm so skinny the people told eat like horse. However I never see real horse but I watch the TV. I hope one to be came horse rider.

17. That's fabulous. Sometimes when I'm on a diet I feel like flogging a dead horse, because the more I try stopping eating chocolate, the more I eat like a horse. I won't forget these expressions.

18. I know she's going to leave her job very soon. I heard that straight from the horse's mouth.

19. Eating like a horse makes a person dull and lazy. After half and hour of persuading my friend to come to party, it proved that I was flogging a dead horse.

20. My friend always says she is on a diet. But how can I tell her it is useless since she eats like a horse!

21. What a horse and he's wicked. From now on I'm going to eat like a horse.

22. Sumo wrestlers, once retired, stop eating like a horse. It is like a caution we hear straight from the horse's mouth.

23. I never ever feel like flogging a dead horse when I have learned from BBC.

24. Telling my mother-in-law that she's not supposed to eat like a horse is the same as flogging a dead horse.

25. Everything was terrible and we didn’t know exactly what happened in this room. After hours we saw 2 detectives from NY police department and got information about dead bodies straight from the horse’s mouth.

26. I have the same feeling as you. In my class I feel that I'm flogging a dead horse. The students don't care about the lecture. They just want to get out from the class.

27. My roommate has been losing weight for weeks. She eats only fruit, but I always see her eating like a horse. In fact, I really want to tell her that we all like the lovely fatty girl she used to be.

28. Finally, I am learning English... straight from the horse's mouth.

29. I found that The Teacher is really funny, so I am trying to find the archive of The Teacher’s video by exploring BBC web site and surfing to every web site in the internet, but it looks like I'm flogging a dead horse. I can't find it.

30. My girlfriend eats like a horse, but she would tell me about losing her weight, her determination about diet seems to me like a flogging a dead horse. I heard it straight from the horse's mouth. Obesity is not from diet but form gene.

31. Yes, I feel like flogging a dead horse when learning English phrasal verbs - I forget them immediately! Could you do something about it?

32. I am not a good eater but I sometimes eat like a horse especially when I come back from the GYM. Now that you have heard it straight from the Horse's mouth you will always keep something for me whenever I am coming back from the GYM.

33. Whenever I consider sitting for the IELTS and starting practicing, it seems to me flogging a dead horse.

34. I have a feeling that I am flogging a dead horse because there is not enough food and I can't eat like a horse!

35. Eating is one of my favourite hobbies. I really enjoy eating food and always eat like a horse. Therefore, I've gained a lot of weight. Someday my husband said "you are too fat, you need to lose some weight". It was a severe insult that I heard it straight from the horse's mouth. Now I've decided to quit eating too much even though I know it's just like flogging a dead horse but I have to try it.

36. I have heard straight from the horse’s mouth that soon people will get visited by Martians. I do not worry because Martians will not change our mentality they will be flogging a dead horse.

37. I'm interested in idioms, especially deep-meaning idioms. My brother eats three or four bowl of rice every day and now I can say he eat like a horse. But usually, idioms are various and why don't you put more idioms about things, animals but have deep-meaning.

38. How funny! Personally, I like it very much. I always eat like a horse at the delicious meals my wife cooks.

39. When I was a student my mother always told me keep studying hard. However I wasn't listening to her. I just watched TV after school. Now I understand why she said that. I can imagine her feeling at that time and that is to flog a dead horse.

40. Sometimes I work very hard that I skip my lunch. I go back home so hungry, I eat like a horse. Should I change job? I'm thinking about that but I'm scared not to find a better job, so I feel like I'm flogging a dead horse.

41. No, I don't think you are flogging a dead horse when you are teaching me. And believe me it's said from the horse's mouth. I have no time now to learn more because I am hungry like a horse.

42. Why do I have to do my homework? I prefer to horse around! Anyway, my horse sense tells me I could accomplish it in a slightly different way. Instead of working, I'm going to enjoy horse-play! Wild horses couldn't drag me to my desk. By the way, this show is great and should be on more often - but that's a horse of a different colour.

43. My auntie was a woman of good taste and very particular about her meals, however her high-class notions never prevented her from eating like a horse, though a very blue-blooded horse and an aristocratic one.

44. Finally, I am learning English... straight from the horse's mouth.

45. I am studying for postgraduate in medicine but I feel like I'm flogging a dead horse. I highly appreciate you. You change my mood on your page.

46. Although you do a lot of exercise, but you keep eating like a horse, it is like flogging a dead horse you won't less your weight. I heard this straight from the horse's mouth.

47. I've never found learning English flogging a dead horse because I really like this language and think that being able to speak English is very useful nowadays. And if you ask me, it's quite important to enjoy when doing something, for example learning a language, because it makes it much easier.

48. When my relatives & friends see me, they always say that you're too thin that you should eat like a horse, but I don't think so, I just selectively eat what the food is healthier to me. Isn't it a problem?

49. Very nice idea to give us the opportunity to put these "horse idioms" into practice, I give a go: My sister-in-law eats like a horse. She usually complains because she feels quite miserable lacking control of herself in this way. I think she definitely will feel better eating less and getting a varied diet. Each time I try to put it on our conversation I feel like I'm flogging a dead horse because she is as stubborn as a mule. She says that I am not her GP. I should stop repeating the same thing all over the time because it's perfectly obvious that she has no intention to change her food habits unless she heard it straight from the horse's mouth.

50. When I saw my ex boyfriend's photo, I want to make up with him. So I sat in front of the computer to try to write a letter to him. In fact I am flogging a dead horse, because he never loved me, even though I didn't hear it straight from the horse's mouth.

51. Look back to my childhood I delighted watching my father playing chess long hours. When I was teenager I bought some chess book to improve my playing, however I had the feel that my intent was like flogging a dead horse.

52. Great. I hope he didn't hear straight from the horse's mouth he's been fired. I hope Fred is alive, too, because they're very good teachers.

53. My wife eats like a horse. I have been telling her to do regular exercise and eat less in order to lose weight, but I am flogging a dead Horse.

54. Unfortunately I work like a horse and eat like a horse too. Due to my big belly, sometimes I think I'm a pregnant man.

55. This website is wonderful. I really eat like a horse but I never get fat, that's great. My boyfriend broke up with me I couldn't believe it! But I heard straight from the horse's mouth. Oh with a new one, however I sometimes feel like I flogging a dead horse when I'm talking with him He never listen to me.

56. Some years ago, I used to eat like a horse. But I have had some education eating habits and now I don't eat like a horse any more. Now I know how important it is for me to control my eating habits. Eating like a horse might be dangerous for our health.

57. I teach English to teenagers and with them most of the time I feel like if I was flogging a dead horse. Even more, I know from the horse’s mouths that I am flogging a dead horse. That is why I eat like a horse, it must be desperation.

58. The more English I try to learn the less I seem to know. It is almost like flogging a dead horse.

59. My brother eats like a horse. There is no point to change him, it would be like flogging a dead horse, and he said it himself, because he loves food. I heard it straight from the horse’s mouth.

60. At the hotel, my friend XYZ eats always like a horse. I'm not used to this kind of behaviour in public places. Every times we go, every time he repeat the same pattern; eating fast and too much like a horse. I give up telling him, it's like flogging a dead horse. But I heard straight from the horse's mouth that he can't stop doing it; it's a compulsive behaviour. Now, I'm a little bit more awesome with this friend.

61. I would like to send a small paragraph using the 'idiom', straight from the horse’s mouth, It is always better to get the truth, proper important information or any knowledge straight from the horse’s mouth, so that the info or knowledge will not be misinterpreted or twisted or misspelt, creating a confusion or misunderstanding amongst the people concerned.

62. Everybody read some news, I guess. But for me, sometimes when I read news, I feel like I'm flogging a dead horse. I came from China and currently in Canada. And my first language is Chinese while the ubiquitous business language all over the world is apparently English. I need to blend in with Canadian culture and society. And I must push ahead my career and life. So I decided long ago that acquiring proficient English language skills is among my top goals. However, living in Canada, a country whose main official language is English, doesn't lead to automatic improvement of English skills. Personal effort is definitely required and a lot of them are actually required. What bugs me the most is the improvement of my reading skills in English. The main culprits are that my vocabulary is too limited and that I'm a little too ambitious. Especially in the first five or six years I stayed in Canada, every time I saw a person

carrying a piece of newspaper in English or reading it, I got a little nervous. I would think, "I can't read newspaper so easily now. I must work on it." Days and nights I put into reading a variety of sources of English with the aid of Oxford and Webster's language dictionaries. Newspapers, magazines, online articles, books, novels, and even books containing study tips offered by Chinese university professors who teach English ...What a long journey that has been ... I must admit in the past long run my effort has paid off. Now I can read more quickly and effectively. But occasionally, especially when I'm deprived of time, which is quite common for most people in this era of scarcity of time, I still feel like I'm flogging a dead horse. There's still a long way to go to achieve an acceptable level of English that's on a par with the locally born Canadians and other native English speakers around the world.

63. Thank you teacher! I hope you don't feel that you are flogging a dead horse by trying to teach us these things! PS I like you're glasses. They look like shiny insect wings.

64. Flogging a dead horse may not get you anywhere but flaying one can get you a nice pair of leather trousers and enough meat for a sizeable spit roast.

65. Yes, I feel like I'm flogging a dead horse often, especially when I start again my English classes and when I try to go on a diet because I eat like a horse.

66. Well I don't have problems with eating, so I don't eat like a horse. I could say I barely eat. But learning English is like flogging a dead horse. One day I am satisfied with my English and second day I am not. I don't know what to do about this. It seems like I will never learn it. Ciao

67. I'd like to write a short paragraph using the phrase 'to eat like a horse'. While I was in senior high school which was pretty far away from my home, I had to live in the school's dormitory for the night and I could go home at weekend. Like most of my classmates, I ate in the school's dining hall, but I didn't like the food there. When class was over on Friday, I rushed to the train station and bought a ticket to go back home. When I finally got home, my mother already cooked several dishes for me. I took a taste of every dish at first, oh, they were so great! I told my mother these were the best food in the world, after saying that, I went on eating until I could not manage another bite. Sadly, my stomach felt uncomfortable after a few minutes. And my mother said it's because I ate like a horse.

68. My Father is an English professor. When I was young he would teach me English every weekend. However he often felt like flogging a dead horse when I made no progress. He seldom appreciates me. But when I recently called him up and spoke to him in English. He was very happy to hear me communicate so well and appreciated very much for the same. I was delighted on hearing as such accolades (praise and approval) from him as it was straight from horse's mouth.

69. Every time when I teach my brother English, I feel like I'm flogging a dead horse. However I can’t tell him straight from the horse's mouth he has no talent in English.

70. The origin of many diseases is obesity and actually we can control obesity by diets. But it seems it is very difficult for some people to control it .They either eat like a horse or diet, which is like flogging a dead horse.

71. I was on a diet for months until my friend told me straight from the horse's mouth I was flogging a dead horse. Since then I eat like a horse, however I do a lot of exercise.

72. Many people tell me that I eat like a horse. In fact, I have three main meals and five snacks daily. However I've started to think carefully about it since my girlfriend told me the same. Indeed, arguing with her is like flogging a dead horse.

73. I often feel like I’m flogging a dead horse when I’m trying to gain more English vocabulary. The words I learn today replace the ones I learnt yesterday! It feels like I'm horsing around!

74. Never believe something that you didn't hear straight from the horse's mouth.

75. I am not a big eater, which means I don't eat like a horse. However, my husband thinks I'm getting fat a little bit. I have been told it straight from the horse's mouth recently. Although I try to get enough exercise every day, I am flogging a dead horse because he won't change his thought about my figure.

76. Yes, sometimes I do feel as if I were flogging a dead horse. For example, sometimes I come up with the brilliant idea of going on a diet – for the umpteenth time. At first, my resolution is unbendable; I have the willpower of a soldier and enough stamina to light the whole city of Las Vegas, but all it takes is the tasty, tempting view of a chocolate cake a few inches away from me to start eating like a horse again. To make a long story short, I binge over food and end up feeling like a ragged doll that has been repeatedly battered, and to make matters worse, my sister told me that Rafael, one of her best-looking friends, said I was "too fat." I couldn't believe it! But it was true. Still, I felt compelled to ask her again: "Did he say that?" I asked. "Straight from the horse's mouth, sweetheart," my wicked sister replied.

77. Hello I am Algerian girl. Two years ago I decided to lose weight because I am only 1m60 tall and 100 kg weight. One day my fiancé told me that I am looking like a cow because I eat like a horse. I heard it straight from the horse's mouth. I have stopped eating so much and have started exercising but I feel sometimes like I am flogging a dead horse I am still fat!

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Insect1. Knee-high to a grasshopper : When you want to talk about someone who is very young

or very small.When I was a little boy I loved insects. In fact I was knee-high to a grasshopper.They’re knee-high to a grasshopper.

[CAM] Be knee-high to a grasshopper (informal humorous): to be very small or young.

[MW] Knee-high to a grasshopper: since you were very young and small.

[OXF] Knee-high to a grasshopper (informal, humorous): very small; very young.

2. To have butterflies in your stomach : If you’re very nervous about something you have to doI’ve got that strange feeling in my stomach you get when you’re feeling nervous. That’s how it feels – like I’ve got butterflies in my stomach.

[CAM] Have butterflies (in your stomach) (informal): to feel very nervous, usually about something you are going to do.I had terrible butterflies before I gave that talk in Venice.

[MW] Butterflies (plural, informal): a nervous feeling in your stomachEven experienced musicians sometimes get butterflies before a performance.I have butterflies in my stomach.

[OXF] Have butterflies (in your stomach) (informal): to have a nervous feeling in your stomach before doing something.

3. To have ants in your pants : If you’re so excited about something that you can’t keep stillI’m going to meet my hero, Mr. Bean. I’m so excited. I’ve got ants in my pants.

[CAM] Have ants in your pants (old-fashioned humorous): to not be able to keep still because you are very excited or worried about something.

[MW] Ants in your pants (informal): a strong feeling of wanting to be active and not wait for something: a feeling of excitement and impatience.A little kid with ants in her pants

[OXF] Have ants in your pants (informal): to be very excited or impatient about something and unable to stay still.

1. What gives you butterflies in your stomach? Have you ever had ants in your pants?

2. I always have butterflies in my stomach when I go to meet a woman.

3. I have ants in my pants when I'm waiting for the exam's results.

4. I always have butterflies in my stomach when I see any government official in Egypt. And I have ants in my pants when I see my chick (noun – bird, a baby bird, especially a young chicken) in dreams.

5. I’m afraid of high places it makes me feel butterflies in my stomach.

6. My son is three now when he was knee-high to a grasshopper he was ill badly and when I took him to doctor it was really butterfly in the stomach but when his grandfather who is a doctor flew to see him I was relieved and really ant in my pants to meet him.

7. I have butterflies in my stomach when I talk to my father.

8. I have a very small niece she is knee-high to a grasshopper. I have butterflies in my stomach when I kiss my girl friend for the first time. When I meet her I got ants in my pants.

9. When I am with my wife, it gives me butterflies in my stomach. I have ants in my pants when I am in trouble.

10. When I have to take an exam, I have butterflies in my stomach so I forget everything I knew. I have ants in my pants whenever I meet my child.

11. When I was a knee-high to a grasshopper I was a very communicative girl. My mum used to say that I had ants in my pants! However, nowadays I get butterflies in my stomach if I’m in the spotlight!

12. Every time I am going to my exam I have butterflies in my stomach. But when the result board is showed I don't be afraid even I have ants in my pants. I can remember now when I was Knee-high to a grasshopper -come what may - I didn't worry at all.

13. When I gave my speech in front of the whole school at the first time, I felt like I have butterflies in my stomach. After the speech, a boy who is knee-high to a grasshopper went towards me and gave me a bunch of flower. And I had ants in my pants when the audience gave me a big applause.

14. Hello when I was knee-high to a grasshopper I used to pomp around my mama because I usually had butterflies in my stomach to stay alone but in fact when I was passed to join the university I had ants in my pants.

15. My son is 12 this year, knee-high to a grasshopper. When he sick, I will have butterflies in my stomach, when he makes mistake in school, I will have ants in my pants!

16. We are going on a holiday by the sea, for the first time with our little two year old son. I feel at the same time both: I have butterflies in my stomach and ants in my pants! Can't wait to go and excited about the trip and at the same time nervous what will be the outcome of the first holiday taking place far away from our homeland.

17. Well, I don't know what is happening to me, I have butterflies in my stomach frequently, I get nervous each time I have to know with someone, with new people and so on. But I never had ants in my pants, many men in my country have ants in

their pants, I hate that. I give thanks to God because I am not a knee-high to a grasshopper.

18. I feel like butterflies in my stomach when I met my first love.

19. I remember my childhood very clearly. I was knee-high to a grasshopper, I liked to drink milk, when my cousin came my home, I had butterflies in my stomach, because I was afraid my mom gave my favorite beverage to him.

20. I got ants in my pants when I saw this wonderful teaching of idioms. I loved butterflies since I was knee-high to a grasshopper but never taught how difficult it is to have butterflies (really big ones) in my stomach till when I had an interview to win a place in a university to continue my studies.

21. When I was knee-high to a grasshopper, I cried when my mother went out, I wanted to follow her. She didn't like go out with me because when we arrived to our destination I had ants in my pants to go home, to say 'Mama, let's go home'. She had butterflies in her stomach because she wanted to give me a slap.

22. I sent an article and the magazine is going to publish it, the next week; so I' ve got ants in my pants. Also, something that always gives me butterflies in my stomach is to know new people.

23. I have ants in my pants when I read your new idioms! When I was a knee-high to a grasshopper I used to have butterflies in my stomach because of dogs!

24. I applied for immigration to Canada so I have ants in my pants as I can’t imagine how is my life will be there. I hope I will have a good experience there and new friends. Moreover, I have butterflies in my stomach as I don’t know whether this step is the right one for me or not.

25. I have ants in my pants because I'm starting new course in college soon and I can't wait.

26. I had ants in my pants when I was first invited home to see my lover's family. Then ... I had so many butterflies in my stomach as if I was knee-high to a grasshopper on the first day to Kindergarten.

27. The last idiom edition on insects is so impressive that at the end of it I have ants in my pants - and cannot still think of a good example.

28. When I met a member of immigrant office in an airport for the first trip I couldn't understand what the staff talked to me. The staff kept talking very quickly, so I had butterflies in my stomach, because if I couldn't answer these question from immigrants office I couldn't pass the gate and I had to go back to Japan quickly.

29. I got ants in my pants, so that, my English is getting better and better.

30. I've messed with my boss and have butterflies in my stomach when I think of it. On the other hand I've got ants in my pants on the thought of finding another job and giving up my current one!

31. Currently, I have butterflies in my stomach because of the next Friday and Saturday IELTS test, BUT... on the other hand, I feel confident about it because I have been studying conscientiously for four months. I firmly believe the first step in order to tackle butterflies in the stomach beginning when people's awareness.

32. I recalled that I had butterflies in my stomach when I went abroad alone by plane for the first time.

33. I had ants in my pants when I was going to see movie of Shahrukh Khan. But butterflies were flying in my stomach when we were on the way, reason: we were late for the movie. I am his fan since I was knee-high to a grasshopper.

34. When I was a little girl, knee-high to a grasshopper, I was not aware of damages from hurricane. Actually, my family lives in Martinique and last week I was very nervous because I could not keep in touch with them due to lack of electricity and broken down infrastructure. So I had butterflies in my stomach. Anyway, hurricane Dean has moved away and I feel better, in a relief. Soon I shall encounter my family I have not seen for ages. I am so excited. So, I have ants in my pants.

35. The first time I approached a lady my knees became so weak and felt like having a butterflies in my stomach, so I couldn’t stand properly and compose myself, my body started shaking as if I have ants in my pants.

36. Hello! I would like to say that in Polish language we have idiom "to have butterflies in your stomach" but it means "to be love in somebody". Just imagine what you feel when something tickle you inside.

37. Hello everyone! I have butterflies in my stomach when I have to make a presentation to the crowded group.

38. I have butterflies in my stomach when my teacher asked me to participate in the debate.

39. I have butterflies flying in my stomach when I try to speak my ex-boyfriend who humiliated me like anything.

40. When I was waiting my 1st date with my boyfriend, I feel I've got ants in my pants and I feel like I've got butterflies in my stomach coz I don’t know what I must say or I must do.

41. Oh! Always I have butterflies in my stomach when I see a beautiful woman. Well, though I 20 years man, I am very shy, not as when I am talking in internet.

42. I felt butterflies flying inside my stomach when I got heavy arguments with my secret crush in school. It's like ants in my pants of nervous.

43. One day, while I was walking on the street at night, I saw a strange guy standing against the wall. When he saw me, he pointed a gun on me. I had butterflies in my stomach. Luckily I was the wrong guy, and he let me go.

44. I have butterflies in my stomach while commenting first time on the website. I have ants in my pants to write my opinion about 'The Teacher'.

45. I have butterflies in my stomach when I need to talk with native English by phone. When I was knee-high to a grasshopper I used to watch cartoon and I used to feel ants in my pants.

46. When I have to write something to be assessed by someone, I have butterflies in my stomach. But as I must do it, here I go.

47. I am still having butterflies in my stomach when talking English!

48. I wish I were knee-high to a grasshopper. I didn't used to have to have no butterflies in my stomach. Now I don't have ants in my pants as much as when I was small.

49. I have butterflies in my stomach when I talk to strange person, not as I talk to a friend.

50. Fantastic idioms!! Since I was knee-high to a grasshopper, whenever I've spoken in English, I have butterflies in my stomach. Now I am confident enough to talk in English better. Thanks to BBC learning English as whenever I receive new email from them, I always have ants in my pants.

51. Yesterday evening I was dance with my friends and between us there was a boy knee-high to a grasshopper. We joking laugh toward him and he, with more and more butterflies in his stomach said: be careful please, because I have ants in my pants. We stopped joke and asked him to join with us and together continued to dance.

52. When I was knee-high to a grasshopper December was the most exciting part of the year. As the days were passing by I had ants in my pants, waiting for Christmas, and the 25th in the morning, I wake up with butterflies in my stomach, imagining what I would find under the Christmas tree.

53. Ages ago, I was not more so knee-high to a grasshopper and I got butterflies in my stomach while I was being kissed for the very first time. Since then, I' ve got ants in my pants to kiss again.

54. Often I have butterflies in my stomach when I speak in a public place. It is hard and my hands become colds, my voice become trembles.

55. I get butterflies when I face to talk with English people.

56. If alien exists, he might be knee-high to a grasshopper. But if I find out alien, I have ants in my pants and can't speak him because I have butterflies in my stomach.

57. I have ants in my pants when I wait for next video.

58. I have to take a TOELF test tomorrow. And now, I have butterflies in my stomach when I think about it. As I see my friend passed the course easily, I feel knee-high to a grasshopper.

59. I have butterflies flying in my stomach when I am talking with the guy who I very like.

60. In the village I entered a dark cave deserted .I've got butterflies flying in my stomach while I was walking in the gate of cave. I was knee-high to a grasshopper in that time. I

had scary and imagination feelings it's like I had ants in my pants. I could not walk outside the cave or walk into it.

61. I have ants in my pants when I know I can go to Australia for summer vacation.

62. I've got a little boy. Actually he has knee-high to a grasshopper. I had butterflies in my stomach when he went to school for first time because he is very small, you know. But he had ants in his pants. He couldn’t wait.

63. They make other feel as they have butterfly in their stomach and have ants in their pants by asking them in some kind of interview.

64. When I was just knee-high to a grasshopper, many things and events could give me ants in my pants. And now, no more ants in my pants, the ants left because my green years are gone.

65. I have butterflies in my stomach when I meet new people because I do not know how to speak with them.

66. I have butterflies flying in my stomach when I have to speak in English in public.

67. I have butterflies flying in my stomach when I need to write in English or speak in English.

68. I have to speak I have butterflies flying in my stomach. It becomes impossible for me to say a word.

69. I've got butterflies flying in my stomach since I thought I was going to write this note.

70. I had butterflies flying in my stomach after posting my first paragraph in this site after learning few of the horse idioms. It won't be true if I say I was just a knee-high to a grasshopper that time. However I had ants in my pants when my paragraph appeared the next day.

71. During my high school days I used to visit my grandmother’s house every weekend. I had an acquaintance with a boy who lived in that vicinity. He was knee-high to a grasshopper that time. I got a mixed feeling when I met him after a gap of 20 years in my work place. I had butterfly flying in my stomach and also ants in my pants when I met him. I still cannot believe the time has passed so quickly.

72. I had butterflies in my stomach when I talked to a foreign tourist in English for first time but after conversation I had ants in my pants and I was over the moon because I was able to communicate with a native speaker.

73. When I was only knee-high to a grasshopper, I entered for a speech contest. And at that time, I had very few experiences and had butterflies in my stomach before my presentation. However, fortunately, I finally won the contest and had ants in my pants to receive my prize.

74. I always have butterflies in my stomach when I have to cope with a new situation such as my first job interview. I was very nervous, I felt knee-high to a grasshopper. But how exciting it was once I got the job I wanted. I got ants in my pants and I can't help

myself talking about that new job. But afterwards, it was my first working day and I had butterflies in my stomach again.

75. I had terrible butterflies in my stomach before the speech. But there is nowhere to escape. Finally it's my turn.

76. I remember back in my school years that I used to have butterflies in my stomach each time we moved out. That usually meant having to change school and submitting me to the cruelty of my adolescent peers who, by the way, always seemed to have ants in their pants. As I have always been knee-high to a grasshopper my new mates would not believe that I was part of their class and while the boys would try to get money from those who wanted to see me, the girls would immediately adopted me as the class' official mascot.

77. I was looking for a film from 1957 called 'The Seventh Seal', and oh dear, I really had butterflies in my stomach because I couldn’t find it in anywhere. However, a friend of mine recommended me a site where I could find the film, and even better, for a very good price. Since then, I’ve got ants in my pants, just because I can’t wait for the film delivery.

78. Have a date with the boy I like.. That gives me butterflies in my stomach!!!

79. The fact that life's all about making choices and nothing else gives me butterflies in my stomach. It's ironical though that I, knee-high to a grasshopper had ants in my pants while heading towards making the worst choice in my entire life!

80. I can't stand waiting till the next video, I've ants in my pants, so that make me crazy if the next video will going to published after a long time because I'm going to have butterflies in my stomach.

81. I always used to have butterflies in my stomach when I speak English, but know I always feel so excited and get ants in my pants after starting using this wonderful website.

82. I always got butterflies in my stomach when I am off to speak, but after a while, if everything goes well, then I’ve got ants in my pants, feel very excited and confident. Man! I stand tall (despite being knee-high to a grasshopper).

83. My name is Ratiba married since 11 years and I have a son named after my father Yahia he is 10 years old but he seems to be only 6 years old he is knee-high to a grasshopper but he is very intelligent and active boy. Every day when he goes to school I have butterflies in my stomach because some naughty boys at school laugh at him. His father and I have promised him to go next week to Paris in vacation since that Yahia has ants in his pants.

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Monkey1. To monkey around : To behave in a silly or careless way.

I bet you’ve never been taught by a monkey before.

[CAM] Monkey about/around (with sth) (phrasal verb INFORMAL DISAPPROVING): to behave, or to use or move things, in a silly and careless way.The children were bored and started monkeying around.

[MW] Monkey around or Brit monkey about (phrasal verb; informal)

1. To do things that are not useful or serious: to waste time.We just monkeyed around [=fooled around, messed around] all afternoon.A young scientist monkeying around in the lab

2. Monkey around/about with (something) informal

a. To use or do (something) in a way to is not very serious.He enjoys monkeying around with [=fooling around with] his car’s engine.

b. To handle or play with (something) in a careless or foolish way.You shouldn’t be monkeying around with dangerous chemicals.

[OXF]

2. Monkey business : Bad or dishonest behaviourAre you eating now?! Enough of this monkey business!

[CAM] Monkey business (noun): behaviour which is not acceptable or is dishonest. The teacher suspected that there had been some monkey business going on in the class.

[MW] Monkey business (noun; noncount; informal)

1. Playful tricks or jokes.Our teacher warned us not to try any monkey business while she was out of the room.

2. Illegal or improper activity or behaviourPolitical monkey business

[OXF] Monkey business (noun; uncountable; informal): dishonest or silly behaviour.There’s been some monkey business going on here.

3. To make a monkey out of someone : Someone look stupidDon’t worry; I’m not trying to make a monkey out of you.

[CAM] Make a monkey out of sb: to make someone appear stupid.

[MW] Make a monkey out of (informal): to cause (someone) to look very foolish: to make a fool out of (someone)I’m going to let that salesman make a monkey out of me!

[OXF] Make a monkey (out) of someone: to make someone seem stupid.

Horse idioms from CAM

1. Grease monkey (noun; C; mainly US old-fashioned slang): someone whose job is repairing car or aircraft engines.

2. Not give a monkey’s (UK slang): if you don’t/couldn’t give a monkey’s about something, you are not at all worried by it.“Chrissie won’t like it.” “I don’t give a monkey’s.”

Horse idioms from MW

3. A monkey on your back : a problem that you cannot easily get rid of or solve: a problem or situation that makes you unhappy and that lasts for a long time.His drug addiction has been a monkey on his back for years.He finally got the monkey off his back and kicked his drug addiction.After many years of disappointment, she finally got the monkey off her back by winning the championship.

4. More fun than a barrel (full) of monkeys (US, informal + somewhat old-fashioned): very funny and enjoyable.The ads say the movie will be more fun than a barrel of monkeys.

5. Not give a monkey’s (Brit, informal): to not care at all about something.I don’t give a monkey’s about their problems!

6. Grease monkey (noun, plural Grease monkeys; count; informal): a person who repair machines (such as car engines): MECHANIC Grease monkey is usually considered an insulting word.

7. Monkey with (phrasal verb)Monkey with (something) (informal): to handle or play with (something) in a careless way: to monkey around with (something).I told you not to monkey with [=fool with] the lawn mower.

Horse idioms from OXF

8. Grease monkey (noun; informal; synonym: MECHANIC): an offensive or humorous word for a person whose job is repairing cars.

1. Do you like to monkey around? Or perhaps you've been up to some monkey business.

2. She simply refused to pay back her debts, making up all sorts of false excuses. I don't understand why she has to make a monkey out of herself. Anyway, what is it if not monkey business if someone doesn't keep to an arrangement? I hate her monkeying around whenever this subject is raised.

3. Wooo! I'm very tired. I cannot stand on my feet, 'cos I monkeyed around playing together with my daughters.

4. My husband likes to monkey round his daughter who is knee high to a grasshopper, but eventually she cries.

5. I was monkey around one raining day to wait for car washing but no one attended me, so I kept waiting.

6. He sounded like I was there to make a monkey out of them....

7. I'm so busy and I don't want to spend my time on monkeying around like anyone. But sometimes to relax I make a monkey out of anybody or make them laugh.

8. Sometimes I like to monkey around with my lovely daughter, but I don't make monkey business in my working career.

9. Sometimes Teacher looks like monkeying around. Now "The Teacher" has won the award I believe no one will make a monkey out of him for his funny performance.

10. Wow, I thought it's a monkey business but it's not, I thought you are monkeying around but find out I'm makeing monkey out of myself.

11. Some politicians in my country, and on the face of the world, are in monkey business.

12. Well, the way you monkey around are very interesting. So, I will stop doing monkey business and learn English seriously.

13. It is impossible to avoid doing to monkey around when I am playing with my 2 years old daughter, what is more... sometimes both, my wife and daughter make a monkey out of me about my walking way.

14. I dare say there's a monkey business going on in the Venezuelan government!

15. I'm looking forward to watching you at the palace monkeying around.

16. We really don't like to behave in a silly or careless way or to monkey around, do we ? And dishonest behaviour or can called monkey business is truly bad but some people done when run a business. Making someone looks stupid or to make a monkey out of someone is also a bad behaviour, I think, it can make someone isolated. I advise all not to do it.

17. Sometimes I monkey around with my students. Some of them confessed they did monkey business and made a monkey of me.

18. The president of the USA, George Bush and the ex PM of Britain, Tony Blair did a monkey business by attacking Iraq and made a monkey out of us. They really did a monkey business. Am I right?

19. The delivery man was hurry yesterday and he gave me the wrong mails, so I called to the office to report that mistake. And when the delivery came back I told him stop to be hurry because you are been monkey around.

20. To make a monkey out of somebody is such a monkey business that making people feel annoyed, so we should avoid doing such thing.

21. I meet some people that have behaviour like monkey business, they are dishonest people.

22. When I saw your video, I felt like you were making monkey out of me.

23. I like monkey, but I do not like monkey business.

24. When our boss expects me to does some monkey business, I always try to avoid it. For this purpose I even make a monkey out of him sometimes, though it's not fair. To relax after work I like to monkey around.

25. I am teacher at primary school, the students monkey around the school and I am fed up with this monkey business around the school.

26. My little sister likes to monkey around, she often makes a monkey out of others, so none of us like her.

27. Some of peoples and governments make a monkey out of my country. The donkey suicide bomber is a real monkey business. In the same time American troops have monkeyed around.

28. I think that I am not one to monkey around and I don't get up to any monkey business.

29. In China, many people made a monkey out of other on the first April.

30. Ours politicians make a monkey out of us. It's monkey business.

31. When I was young, my mother told me. "Stop monkeying around with everyone you meet! Now I tell my boss stop to monkey business, but when I tell him this if there are a lot of people he smiles and tries to make a monkey out of me.

32. I like to monkey around whenever I'm in a bad mood.

33. In my country, as in many others, the first of April is a special day called April Fools' Day. On this special day you do April Fools' jokes to make a monkey out of someone. Even the journalists in the newspaper try to make a monkey out of you and it is up to you to recognise the monkey business.

34. This video makes me find the importance of monkeying around, however I hate someone make a monkey out of me of course.

35. I used to monkey around downtown with friends before discovering this learning way. By the time I decided to be more concentrated with my English, I made a monkey out of this monkey business with friends.

36. In some country sometimes taxi drivers monkey around and children make a monkey out of someone when crossing street.

37. I'm a teacher and sometimes my students are monkey around when I arrive at my classroom. If they insist to continue their monkey business, I need to punish them. I can't let them make a monkey out me.

38. In Italy, but I think everywhere we like to elect nice politician who make monkey around and make monkey business. We really love this so, in this way, the politicians make monkey out of us!

39. Making a monkey out of my unfavourite teacher is my delight. Of course he always asks me to stop monkeying around but only when pig can fly! That monkey business really makes me at ease.

40. Thank you Teacher, you have monkeyed around professionally. I remember when I monkeyed around and broke the TV as a result, I don't want to tell what my Dad has done to me, he thought that I've made a monkey out of him.

41. He told me "you are monkeying around" cos you have got 78 years old therefore your mind didn`t accept a new language. As he was always jealous I found out that he is trying to making a monkey out of me. I replied please stop monkey business didn't you know this idiom that says "it would be better to learn from early stage of your life until death.

42. When I’m naughty my mum calls me a monkey. I’m always monkeying around.

43. Hello teacher! I have a friend whom I like very much, he is a funny guy and he often monkeys around. Unfortunately, the monkey business of a mate disturbs us because she always makes a monkey out of other people.

44. Oh yes, for sure I like monkeying around a lot, for example, I watch the videos of The Teacher a lot. Oh no, I'm making monkeys out of the interesting and intelligent man and myself. That's just a joke, some monkey business.

45. I have a friend, she is a nice person, but her face always looks very serious so usually I do not make joke with her very much, sometimes I feel her that makes a monkey out of me.

46. I once made a monkey out of one of my friend when I was at high school.

47. When I was a little girl, I was very naughty. When I was bored at home, I began to monkey around. I even did some monkey business at class such as making a monkey out of my desk mate.

48. Hello Teacher! These idioms reminds me my school days, we had a couple naughty boys in our class, they were used to monkey business in the class, making monkey out of other students, those two monkeys are still around me.

49. When I taught 'Monkey business' idiom to my daughter, after few minutes, she asked me to stop this monkey business. I told that I am not making monkey out of her.

Pig

1. Pigs might fly : when someone says something that you think will never happen.

“Pigs might fly”, which is what my friends said when I told them I was going to become a rock star.

[CAM] Pigs might fly (humorous saying): said when you think that there is no chance at all of something happening.“I’ll have finished it by tomorrow.” “And pigs might fly!”

[MW] Pigs might fly (Brit, informal): said as a response to something that seems unlikely to happen.“This time I think he’ll ask me to marry him!” “Yeah, and pigs might fly.”When pigs fly (US, informal): used to say that you think that something will never happen.The train station will be renovated when pigs fly. [=it will never be renovated]

[OXF] When pigs fly (ironic, saying): used to show that you do not believe something will ever happen.“With any luck, we’ll be finished tomorrow.” “Yeah, when pigs fly!”

2. This place is a pigsty : we can say that a very dirty or untidy place is a pigsty.Ah, my students’ flat. This place is a pigsty. This place is a pigsty. Quite disgusting!

[CAM] Pigsty (noun; C; US also pigpen): the building and closed area where pigs are kept; a dirty or untidy place.Your bedroom’s a pigsty!

[MW] Pigsty (noun; plural pigsties; count)

1. A place where pigs are kept – called also (US) pigpen, sty

2. Informal: a dirty or messy placeHis room was a pigsty. – called also (US) pigpen, sty

[OXF] Pigpen (noun; also pigsty; plural pigsties):

1. Countable: a small building or a closed-in area where pigs are kept.

2. Singular; informal: a very dirty or messy place.Honestly, this room’s a pigpen!

3. To make a pig’s ear of something : if someone does something very badly we can say he made a pig’s ear of it.He made a pig’s ear of that.What’s that? You say I’ve made a pig’s ear of this lesson? I don’t know... I work so hard and never get any thanks.

[CAM] Make a pig’s ear of sth (UK informal): to do something badly, wrongly or awkwardly.He’s made a real pig’s ear of that bookcase he was supposed to be making.

[MW] Make a pig’s ear (out) of (Brit, informal): to do or manage something badly.He has made a pig’s ear of his re-election campaign.

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Pig idioms from CAM

4. A pig in a poke : something that you buy or accept without first seeing if or finding out whether it is good.

5. Pig out (phrasal verb informal): to eat a lot or too much.We pigged out on all the lovely cake and pastries.

6. Make a pig of yourself (disapproving): to eat too much.They made complete pigs of themselves at the dinner.

Pig idioms from MW

7. A pig in a poke (old-fashioned): something usually of poor quality that someone tries to persuade you to buy or accept when you do not know much about it.If you buy a used car without testing it, you’re buying a pig in a poke.

8. In a pig’s eye (US slang): used to express strong disagreement.You want me to apologize to him? In a pig’s eye! [=never]

9. Piggy in the middle also pig in the middle (Brit, informal): someone who is brought into an argument between two people or groups.They’re arguing again, and I’m piggy in the middle.

10. Pig out (phrasal verb; informal): to eat a lot of food at one timeI pigged out at the picnic. – Often + on: The boys pigged out on pizza.

Pig idioms from OXF

11. (Buy) a pig in a poke : if you buy a pig in a poke, you buy something without seeing it or knowing if it is a good enough.Buying from a catalogue can mean buying a pig in a poke.

12. Pig out (on something) (informal): to eat too much food

They pigged out on pizza.

1. Have you ever made a pig’s ear of something?

2. You would not make a pig's ear of using English with the help of BBC learning English.

3. My dad often complaints that our rooms are pigsties. I wonder if he is serious. Could my room could be cleaner and tidier... pigs might fly.

4. I am a Translator, one day I have translated an English text into Arabic I literary rendered the phrase "pigs might fly" to the Arabic equivalent, but when I entered to the BBC internet Site and watched this video about I realized that I made a pigs ear of my translation.

5. What a fantastic lesson! With this online assistance, I will definitely not make a pig's ear of improving English.

6. Could the world have no crime? Pigs might fly!

7. Thank You Very Much to inform us. I have made a pig's ear of daily chores; our house is a pigsty now. I wish I could clean up the mess. Forget it! Pigs might fly.

8. When I was a child, many times I visited my friend’s houses and their bedrooms really were pigsties (I hope that has changed). One time, a friend decided to clean his bedroom and while he was using the vacuum cleaner under his bed he sucked some papers which were the history homework and tore them. Definitely, he made a pig’s ear of cleaning his bedroom. Imagine how untidy was it?

9. My house is a pigsty as I don't keep it clean. Well, if I could keep my house clean, surely, pigs could fly.

10. I'm a student. During last few years I made a pig's ear of my studying. Pressures from professors and myself were enormous, and I forgot to enjoy the learning itself.

11. Have you been afraid that you made a pig's ear of this lesson? No, you haven't! I tell again your lessons are really helpful to me and many other people.

12. Do you want to become a skier (a person who skis)? -Pigs might fly! But don't despair! You are an excellent teacher! See you soon!

13. Personally, I'd say "The Teacher" does an excellent job; no way does he make a pig's ear of teaching English online. "Never buy a PIG in a poke"--- This wise old saying simply advises us to make sure the things that we're going to buy are in good condition.

14. My friends said that if I can learn English well pigs might fly!

15. There is a lot of violence here in Colombia all the people want peace but pig’s might fly, Colombia isn’t bad place, the people is nice and intelligent and all want be better every single day. For the teacher I recommend you that clean your pigsty flat, thanks.

16. If I'll learn English, pigs might fly...Very interesting lessons! Thanks.

17. Every time, when I feed my son he is moving around and makes everywhere messy, I wish he does not move too much until I finish feeding him but pigs might fly. Our Earth is very important for us, so we should do our best to keep it clean. If we do not, soon it will get grimy & become a pigsty.

18. Once, I did tutoring as a part time job and taught a very lazy student math. He was bad at not only math but also cleaning his room. One day, his room was a mess again, so I said "this place's a pigsty. You never tidy up. If you do, pigs might fly!" He was fed up and snarled, "ever since you taught me, my math grade hasn't got better at all. You're making a pig's ear of teaching".

19. I am glad we are all studying online without even paying school fees and I can promise our teacher that I will never make a pigs ear of my lessons. My friend's house was a pigsty yesterday but I got him a woman who is a housekeeper and to my surprise she had the whole flat tidied in half an hour. Thanks a lot teacher for hard, bye bye.

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Strike while iron is hot: to take advantage of an opportunity as soon as it exists, in case the opportunity goes away and does not return He doesn’t often make such offers – I’d strike while the iron is hot if I were you.

Beauty is only skin deep (saying): said to emphasize that a person’s character is more important than how they look

It’s no use crying over spilt milk (saying): said to emphasize that it is not useful feeling sorry about something which has already happened It’s no use crying over spilt milk – he’s spent all the money, and there’s nothing you can do about it.

Hats off to sb (old-fashioned): said to praise and thank someone for doing something helpful Hats off to Connie for finding such a splendid venue (the place where a public event or meeting happens) for a party!

I am monkeying with my thoughts to come up with something a little naughty.Naughty (adjective – bad behave)- When children are naughty, or their behaviour is naughty, they behave badly or do not do what they are told to do.

Now that’s naughty – you mustn’t throw food on the floor!Our boss treats us all like naughty schoolchildren.

- Used slightly humorously to describe an adult who has behaved badly or an adult’s bad action. “I’m afraid I borrowed your car without asking.” “Yes, that was very naughty of you – I

needed it at the weekend!”

It's quirky but also meaningful.Quirky (adjective): unusual in an attractive and interesting way. He was tall and had a quirky, off-beat sense of humour.

Beat off (phrasal verb US OFFENSIVE): to masturbate

I am fed up with this monkey business around the school.Fed up (adjective; after verb – informal): bored, annoyed or disappointed, especially by something that you have experienced for too long I’m fed up with my job.

He got fed up with all the travelling he had to do.

As is widely alleged, Japanese (including me) is less emotionally expressive than other country people.Alleged (UK adjective; US formal): said or thought by some people to be the stated bad or illegal thing, although you have no proof It took 15 years for the alleged criminals (: people thought to be criminals) to prove

their innocence.

That monkey business really makes me at ease.Ease (verb I or T = make less): to make or become less severe, difficult, unpleasant, painful, etc.

To ease the problem of overcrowding, new prisons will be built.These pills should ease the pain.After the arrival of the United Nations soldiers, tension in the area began to ease.

If you don't bribe some key persons, then you'll have very little chance to get promoted.Bribe (verb T): to try to make someone do something for you by giving them money, presents or something else that they want

He bribed immigration officials and entered the country illegally.(+ to infinitive) They bribed the waiter to find them a better table.

The programme is crème de la crème.The crème de la crème (noun): the best people in a group or the best type of a particular thing

She was hoping to attract the crème de la crème of the art world to her exhibition.

I was afraid my mom gave my favourite beverage to him.Beverage (noun; formal): a drink of any type

Hot beverages include tea, coffee and hot chocolate.We do not sell alcoholic beverages.

I was over the moon because I was able to communicate with a native speaker.Be over the moon: to be very pleasedShe was over the moon about/with her new bike.

[CAM] Eagle eye (noun) [C usually singular]: if someone has an eagle eye, they notice everything, even very small details.We sat down and started the exam under the eagle eye of the teacher.Eagle-eyed (adjective) My eagle-eyed mother noticed that some cakes had gone missing.

A Little Bird told me that having an eagle's eye view is much better than having a bird's eye view.[MW] Eagle eye (noun)

1. Eagle eyes [plural]: eyes that watch or look carefully and see or notice many things.Watching with eagle eyes = students working under the eagle eyes of the teacher.

2. [count]: an usually good ability to see or notice things.An editor with an eagle eye = an editor with eagle eyes.

3. [singular]: close watchThe guard kept an eagle eye on the prisoner. [The guard watched the prisoner very closely].An eagle-eyed (adjective) [more eagle-eyed; most eagle-eyed]An eagle-eyed [=sharp-eyed] proof-reader.

[OXF] Eagle eye (noun; usually singular): If someone has an eagle eye, they watch things carefully and are good at noticing things.Nothing escaped our teacher’s eagle eye.Eagle-eyed (adjective)An eagle-eyed tourist found the suspicious package.

My partner is so headstrong.[CAM] Headstrong (adjective): very determined to do what you want without listening to

other.She was a headstrong child, always getting into trouble.

[MW] Headstrong (adjective) [more headstrong; most headstrong]: not willing to do what other people want: very stubborn.The child is very headstrong. He is known for his headstrong behaviour.

[OXF] Headstrong (adjective) (disapproving): a headstrong person is determined to do things their own way and refuse to listen to advice.

Well, my brother is a bookworm.[CAM] Bookworm (noun) (informal): a person who reads a lot.[MW] Bookworm (noun) [plural: bookworms] [count]: a person who likes to read books and

who spend a lot of time reading and studying.She was always a bookworm when she was a kid.

[OXF] Bookworm (noun): a person who likes reading very much.

He's daunting![CAM] Daunting (adjective): making you feel slightly frightened or worried about your ability

to achieve something.In spite of unification, the country was still faced with the daunting prospect of overcoming four decades of division.

[MW] Daunting (adjective) [more daunting; most daunting] somewhat formal: tending to make people afraid or less confident; very difficult to do or deal with.A daunting [=intimidating, overwhelming] task.Few things are more daunting than having to speak in front of a large crowd.Shakespeare’s plays can be daunting for a young reader.

[OXF] Daunting (adjective) [synonym Intimidating]She has the daunting task of cooking for 20 people every day.Starting a new job can be a daunting prospect.

Truly, there isn't enough room to swing a cat in this hustle bustle city.[CAM] Hustle (noun): hustle and bustle: all the noise and activity.

I love the hustle and bustle of the marketplace.Bustle (verb): to do things in a hurried and busy way.Thora bustled about the flat, getting everything ready.

[MW] Hustle (noun) [plural: hustles]1. [noncount]

A: energetic activity.I enjoy the hustle and bustle of the city.B: chiefly US: effort and energy in playing a sport.The fans admire him for his hustle.

2. [count] informal: a dishonest plant for getting money.She’s always trying some king of hustle [scam] on the street.

Bustle (verb) [bustles; bustled; bustling)[no obj]1: to move or go in a busy or hurried way.She bustled around the kitchen getting ready for dinner guests.2: to have a lot of busy activity – often + withThe pier is always bustling with people.

[OXF] Hustle (verb)1 [transitive]Hustle someone + adverb/preposition: to make someone move quickly by pushing them in a rough and aggressive way.He grabbed her arm and hustled her out of the room.I was hustled into a waiting car.

2 [transitive]Hustle someone (into something): to force someone to make a decision before they are ready or sure.All the family felt that Stephen had been hustled into the engagement by Claire.3 [transitive, intransitive]Hustle (something): (informal) to sell or obtain something, often illegally.To hustle dope.They survive by hustling on the streets.4 [intransitive]: (informal) to act in an aggressive way or with a lot of energy.5 [intransitive]: to work as a prostitute.Hustle (noun)1 [uncountable]: busy noisy activity of a lot of people in one place.We escaped from the hustle and bustle of the city for the weekend.2 [uncountable]: quick movement that uses a lot of energy and effort.He forced a turnover with his hustle, diving after a loose ball.3 [countable]: (informal) a way of getting money that that is not honest.He’s tried every kind of hustle, from selling shoddy goods to dishonest gambling schemes.Bustle (verb): [intransitive, transitive]: to move around in a busy way or to hurry someone in a particular direction.+ adverb/prepositionShe bustled around in the kitchen.Bustle someone + adverb/prepositionThe nurse bustled us out of the room.Bustle (noun) 1 [uncountable] busy and noisy activityThe hustle and bustle of city life.2 [countable]: a frame that was worn under a skirt by women in the past in order to hold the skirt out at the back.

When we came there, wet from the rain, squelching through the mud, what did we found?[CAM] Squelch (verb): [I usually + adverb or preposition]: to make a sucking sound like the

one produced when you are walking on soft wet ground.He got out of the car and squelched through the mud to open the gate.

[MW] Squelch (verb) squelches; squelched; squelching[+ obj] US: to stop (something) from continuing by doing or saying something.A statement was made to squelch (= squash, scotch, quash] the rumours.Police squelched (=quelled) the protest.The protest was squelched by police.

[OXF] Squelch (verb) 1 [intransitive] [+ adverb/preposition]: to make a wet sucking sound.The mud squelched as I walked through it.Her wet shoes squelched at every step.We squelched across the muddy field.2 [transitive]: squelch something: to stop something from growing, increasing, or developing. Synonym = squashTo squelch a rumour/strike/fire.Squelch (noun) [usually singular]He pulled his foot out of the mud with a squelch.Squelchy (adjective)Squelchy ground.

[CAM] Pig (noun; animal; C)

US also HOG: a large pink, brown or black farm animal with short legs and a curved tail, kept for its meat.The meal produced from a pig is called pork, bacon or ham.A pig farm

Pig (noun; unpleasant person; C)

1. Informal: a person who is unpleasant and difficult to deal with.He was an absolute pig to her.He’ s a real pig of man.

2. Offensive: a police officer

Be a pig to do/play, etc. (UK, informal) to be very difficult or unpleasant to do/play, etc.It’s a beautiful piece of music but it’s a pig to play.

Pig (noun; eats too much; C; informal): a person who eats too much.You greedy pig! You’re not having another chocolate biscuit!

Pig iron (noun; U): a type of iron which is not pure.

Male chauvinist (pig) (noun; C; disapproving): a man who believes that women are naturally less important, intelligent or able than men, and so does not treat men and women equally.

Guinea pig (noun; animal; C): a small animal covered in fur with rounded ears, short legs and no tail, which is often kept as a pet by children.

Guinea pig (noun, test; C): a person used in a scientific test, usually to discover the effect of a drug on humans.They’re asking for students to be guinea pigs in their research into the common cold.

[MW] Pig (noun)1. (Count): an animal that has a fat body with short legs, a small tail, and a wide nose

and that is raised on a farm or lives in the wild.

2. (Count; informal + disapproving)

a. Someone who eat a lot of food especially at one time.The kids eat like pigs. [=the kids eat a lot]I made a pig of myself at dinner. [I ate too much at dinner]

b. Someone who selfishly wants or takes more than other people.A greedy pig

c. Someone who is unpleasant or offensive.Don’t be a pig. Say “excuse me” after you burp.The live like pigs. [=they live in a dirty environment]He is a sexist pig. = He is a male chauvinist pig. [=he is a man who thinks women are not equal to men]

3. (Count; slang; offensive): Police officer

4. (Singular; Brit, Informal): something that is very difficult or unpleasant - + ofI had a pig of a day at work. [=I had a very difficult day at work]

[OFX] Pig (noun; also hog): an animal with pink, black, or brown skin, short legs, a broad nose, and a short tail which curls around itself. Pigs are kept on farms for their meat (called Pork) or live in the wild.

A pig farmerPigs were grunting and squealing in the yard.

Boar (noun; plural boar or boars):

1. (Also called wild boar) a wild pig.

2. A male pig that has not been castrated

Guinea Pig (noun):

1. A small animal with short ears and no tail, often kept as a pet.

2. A person used in medical or other experiments.

Students in fifty schools will be acting as guinea pigs for these new teaching methods.

Piglet (noun): a young pig.

Sow (noun): a female pig.

Swine (noun; plural swine):

1. Swine (plural) (old use or technical) pigs

A herd of swine

Swine fever (=disease of a pigs)

Idiom: cast, throw, etc. Pearls before swine: to give or offer valuable things to people who do not understand their value.