Animal idioms

[Huda-M]

I'd like a piece of the Swiss cheese.... If the cow doesn't mind!
I love cheese!

 

[Huda-M]

buy a pig in a poke

- to buy something without seeing it or knowing if it will be satisfactory

You can buy the used computer but it will be like buying a pig in a poke if you do not look at it first.

 

[Huda-M]

call the dogs off

- to stop threatening/chasing/hounding someone

The police decided to call the dogs off and stop hunting for the man.

 

[Huda-M]

curiosity killed the cat

- being too nosy may lead a person into trouble

"You should not worry about what your friend is doing. Remember, curiosity killed the cat."

 

[Mad-ox]

curiosity killed the cat

- being too nosy may lead a person into trouble

"You should not worry about what your friend is doing. Remember, curiosity killed the cat."

 

[Huda-M]

Hahaha!

BUT...........

Poor kitty....

 

[Huda-M]

have bats in one's belfry

- to be a little bit crazy

I think that our neighbor has bats in her belfry.

 

[Huda-M]

have a whale of a time

- to have an exciting and interesting time

We had a whale of a time at the party last night.

 

[Huda-M]

hoof it

- to walk or run (a hoof is the foot of a horse/sheep/cow etc.)

I decided to hoof it when I came downtown this morning.

 

[Huda-M]

I've decided to be more colorful/colourful nowadays.

 

[Huda-M]

horse sense

- common sense, practical thinking

The boy does not have much horse sense and sometimes he makes the wrong decision.

 

[Huda-M]

in the doghouse

- in disgrace or disfavor, in trouble

The man is in the doghouse with his wife because he came home late last night.

 

[Huda-M]

Hahaha!

 

[TheOneNOnly]

I like this in the doghouse one! Thanks!

 

[Huda-M]

;-)

 

[Huda-M]

dog in the manger

- someone who prevents others from doing what they themselves do not want to do (in Aesop's Fables a dog that cannot eat hay lays in the hayrack and prevents the other animals from eating the hay)

My friend always acts like a dog in the manger and often tries to prevent us from enjoying ourselves.

 

[Huda-M]

a dumb bunny

- a stupid or gullible person

"He really is a dumb bunny. I cannot believe that he does such stupid things."

 

[Huda-M]

a fraidy-cat

- someone who is easily frightened (usually used by children)

The little boy called his friend a fraidy-cat because his friend would not climb the tree.

 

[Huda-M]

get on one`s high horse

- to behave with arrogance

My friend is always getting on her high horse and telling people what to do.

 

[Huda-M]

in a pig`s eye

- unlikely, not so, never

In a pig`s eye will my friend be able to save enough money to go to Mexico for the winter.