Animal Idioms, verbs, adjectives and phrasals | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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hold your horses

wait and be patient

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horse around

play roughly

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get the lion's share

get the greatest percentage

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in the dog house

in trouble with another person

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kill two birds with one stone

get two things done at once

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let the cat out of the bag

reveal a secret

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monkey see, monkey do

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

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nest egg

money saved for the future

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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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rat race

fierce, competitive struggle for power, position etc

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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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until the cows come home

for a very long time

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clam up

become quiet suddenly

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