Animal idioms

[RonBee]

hi room,
I just have one idiom as; let the cat out of the bag.

How do you think about this idiom?
Give the comment for that:up:

"Let the cat out of the bag" is quite common and means to divulge a secret.

 

[Mad-ox]

hello everybody, :hi:



like a fish needs a bicycle=If someone needs something like a Fish Needs a Bicycle, they do not need it at all.

This was originally a feminist slogan and the complete slogan is the following: A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.


bye bye,
:cheers:
Madox

 

[Mad-ox]

:hi:hello everybody


as proud as a peacock= someone who is very proud, excessively proud :rainbow1:

Yesterday, we played cards and my friend won. He was as proud as a peacock.




bye bye,
:up:
Madox

 

[RonBee]

Here's one:
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the dog in the manger
The Dog in the Manger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Here are some images:

dog in the manger - Google Images

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[Mad-ox]

hello everybody!



to play ducks and drakes with
or
to make ducks and drakes of = to handle recklessly

e.g.
He played ducks and drakes with his fortune.

bye bye,
Madox

 

[Mad-ox]

hello everybody,

here is a new one:

as industrious as a beaver= industrious or zeleous character

have a nice day,

bye bye,

Madox

 

[RonBee]

hello everybody,

here is a new one:

as industrious as a beaver= industrious or zeleous character

have a nice day,

bye bye,

Madox

That's got to be related to as busy as a beaver.

 

[Huda-M]

Ive got two:

Its raining cats and dogs--There is very heavy rain

Black sheep--an odd or disreputable member of a group, esp. a family.

 

[Huda-M]

And these:
To tell that to the horse marines--something very increditable.

A darlk horse--an unexpected winner

A cock-and-bull story--a lie, an imaginary account

To go to the dogs--to go to ruins

I have many more as well.

 

[Huda-M]

Like I said, I have some more, and i'll be happy enough to share with everyoneHere goes:

A wild goose chase-a hopless adventure:-?
Animal spirits-physicall exhileration
Beard the lion-oppose a man to his face:shock:
Bird of passage-one who has no settled home:-|
Birds of a feather-people of same thought (It is actually from a proverb, in my opinion, that Birds of a feather, flock together!);-)

OK, Maybe these are enough for now.... Some more later!:up:

 

[Mad-ox]

Beard the lion-oppose a man to his face:shock:

Thanks Huda-M,

Additional information regarding this idiom:
beard the lion in his own den=to approach, oppose a powerful or an influential or feared person, as in a place where that person has the advantage

 

[Huda-M]

Thanks, Mad-ox.

Some where I have heard beard the lion, somewhere along with in his own den , whereas somewhere with in his den.

 

[Mad-ox]

make a beeline for someone or something=to move quickly and directly towards a particular person or thing



e.g.

Madox arrived at about six and made a beeline for the sandwiches.

bye bye,
Madox

 

[Huda-M]

Hehe, thats a nice one, Mad-ox!

 

[Huda-M]

Hi, I have some here:

A fish out of water: feel uncomfortable e.g a true scholar is like a fish out of water when he is away from his library.

A jail bird: a hardened criminal, who goes to jail repeatedly.

 

[Huda-M]

And these:::~~

Bull's eye: the central most part of the target;-)

Cat's paw: a person used as a tool:-|

 

[Huda-M]

And this one- one of my favourites::~~

Crocodile Tears: Fake weeping

;-)

 

[Huda-M]

Take a look at this one:

as crooked as a dog's hind leg


- dishonest
The politician is as crooked as a dog's hind leg and everybody dislikes him.

 

[Huda-M]

And this one too:

as conceited as a barber's cat

- very conceited, vain

My friend became as conceited as a barber's cat after she won the award at school.

 

[TheOneNOnly]

I have one-

Cat got your tongue? - someone cannot speak because of shyness.