animal idioms
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ANIMAL IDIOMS
Pig-headed
Not taking advice, stubborn
A bookworm
Someone who reads a lot
Making almost no noise, being shy and not talking much
Not able to see well because of very bad eyesight
As blind as a bat
chicken
Afraid, scared
To talk turkey
To talk openly and directly
A copycat
A person who wants to do the same thing as other people
An early bird
The first person to be somewhere, a person who gets
out of bed early
To work like a dog
To work very hard
Let sleeping dogs lie
You shouldn’t disturb a situation as it would result in trouble and
complications
To eat a lot
Let the cat out of the bag
Disclose a secret
A fish out of water
Someone who is in a situation they are unsuited to
Hold your horses
Hold on, be patient
Kill two birds with one stone
Achieve two objectives with a single effort
Smell a ratTo know instinctively that something is wrong or that someone is lying to you.
Take the bull by the horns
To tackle a problem directly, without worrying about the
risks involved.
Like a bull in a china shop
Behaving clumsily when you should be careful
A cock and bull story
A lie someone tells that is completely unbelievable
Packed like sardines
When a place is very crowded, without enough
space
The black sheep
Someone who does not fit into a group or family because their behaviour is not good enough
Straight from the horse’s mouth
From the highest authority, the best source of information
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