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Animal idioms

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  • Barking up the wrong tree
    Looking in the wrong place. Accusing the wrong person
  • cat's got your tongue
    someone who is surprised and can't talk
  • black sheep
    A person who is considered a disgrace to a particular group, usually a family
  • get the lion's share
    take the big piece
  • have bigger fish to fry
    to have more important things to do
  • to be a chicken
    to be afraid
  • quiet as a mouse
    very quiet
  • birds of a feather
    two people that have the same interest and/or character
  • busy as a bee
    very busy
  • Let the cat out of the bag
    To share information that was a secret
  • when pigs fly
    something that will never happen
  • a bull in a china shop
    someone who is very clumsy
  • Could eat a horse
    you are very hungry
  • the elephant in the room
    a problem that everyone knows but doesn't want to talk about.
  • night owl
    a person who stays up and is active late into the night
  • the early bird
    a person who gets up very early in the morning
  • cat nap
    a short sleep
  • cry wolf
    give alarm without occasion; give a false alarm
  • Raining cats and dogs!
    Raining very hard