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Animal Idioms

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Cat nap

A short sleep

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Chicken out

To decide not to do something out of fear (usually just before)

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Copy cat

A person who does the same thing as someone else

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Eager beaver

A person who is excited about doing certain work

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Fishy

odd, suspicious

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Have a cow

Get extremely upset (often over something minor)

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Hold your horses

Wait and be patient

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Let the cat out of the bag

Reveal a secret

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(a) little bird told me

I heard something (usually secretive or unknown) from someone (not named)

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Make a beeline

Go straight for something

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Monkey see, monkey do

Silly/unintelligent people tend to copy each other's actions

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Pig out

Eat a lot of something

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Raining cats and dogs

Raining heavily

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Smell a rat

Begin to suspect trickery etc

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Straight from the horse's mouth

Directly from the original source

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Take the bull by the horns

Face a challenge or danger boldly

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