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English File C1. 9A Animal Idioms

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  • Wait till you receive the money from the bank. Don't count your ___ before they ___.
    chickens/hatch
  • I felt like a ___ water in my new school.
    fish out of
  • Don't worry, his bark is ___. He's really a friendly man when you get to know him.
    worse than his bite
  • My brother grabbed the ___ of the pizza.
    lion's share
  • I am tired of doing the ___ while my workmates get all the fun and creative tasks.
    donkey work
  • She doesn't care. Criticism falls off her like water off a ___.
    duck back
  • She's a ___. I didn't know she'd written a novel.
    dark horse
  • He smelt ___ when his wife said she didn't want to go on a vacation with him.
    a rat
  • He lost the fight and went home ___ between his legs.
    with his tail
  • Cycling to work kills ___ with ___.
    two birds/one stone