Animal Idioms
Here's a list of sayings that have something to do with animals:
*drunk* as a newt *drunk* as a rat A barking dog never bites A beehive of activity A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush A can of worms A cat can look at a king A cat has nine lives A charley horse A c**k-and-bull story A dark horse A different kettle of fish A dog in the manger A dog’s breakfast A dog’s life A feather in your cap A fly in the ointment A fly on the wall A frog in your throat A good egg A horse of another colour A kettle of fish A leopard can’t change its spots A little bird told me A memory like an elephant A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse A one-horse town A sacred cow A shaggy dog story A sitting duck A snail’s pace A snake in the grass A whale of a time A white elephant A wolf in sheep’s clothing A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle All fuss and feathers All his/ her geese are swans An elephant never forgets Ants in your pants Are you a man or a mouse? As awkward as a cow on roller skates As gruff as a bear As innocent as a lamb As mad as a hornet As merry as a cricket As plain as the hump on a camel’s back As poor as a church mouse As red as a lobster As snug as a bug in a rug As the crow flies As weak as a kitten Back the wrong horse Barking up the wrong tree Bet on a lame rooster Better fish to fry Big dog Big fish in a small puddle Bigger fish to fry Biggest fish in the pond Bird brained Birds of a feather flock together Birds-eye view Bitten by the bug Black sheep of the family Bleed like a stuck pig Blind as a bat Book worm Brass monkey Brave as a lion Bug-eyed Bull-headed Busy as a beaver Busy as a bee Butterflies in your stomach Call off the dogs Can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear Card shark Cash cow Cast pearls before the swine Cat and mouse game Cat call Cat got your tongue Catching flies Catnap Chicken feed Chicken feed Chicken out Clam up Clam up Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass money Cold fish Cold turkey Cook your goose Cook your goose Cool cat Copycat Counting sheep Cow juice Crazy as a fox Crazy as a June bug Crocodile tears Crooked as a dog’s hind leg Crow’s nest Cry wolf Curiosity killed the cat Dead as a dodo Dead duck Dirty rat Dog days of summer Dog eat dog Dog tired Dog-faced liar Dogged me Don’t bug me Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched Don’t have a cow Don’t have kittens Don’t let the bed bugs bite Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth Don’t put all your eggs in one basket Don’t shut the stable door when the horse has bolted Don’t teach your Grandmother how to suck eggs Donkey’s years Dressed up like a dog’s dinner Drink like a fish Dropping like flies Drunk as a skunk Duck out Duck soup Ducky Dust bunny Eager beaver Eagle eyes Eat like a bird Eat like a horse Eat like a pig Egg on Egg on your face Even the worm will turn Every dog has it’s day Face like a bulldog chewing a wasp Fat as a butcher’s cat Fat cat Fell like a rooster in a hen house Ferret information out of Ferret out Fight like cat and dog Fish in troubled waters Fishing for compliments Fishy Fit as a butcher’s dog Flea market For the birds Foxy Free as a bird Full as a tick Funny as a barrel of monkeys Get a flea in your ear Get on your high horse Get someone’s goat Go and see a man about a dog Go ape Gone to the dogs Gone to the dogs Goose Goose flesh/ goose bumps Got a bee in your bonnet Graceful as a swan Grin like a Cheshire cat Hair of the dog that bit you Happy as a clam Happy as a clam at high tide Happy as a flea in a dog house Happy as a lark Happy as a pig in clover Have a bee in your bonnet Have a canary Have a monkey on your back Have bats in the belfry Hawker Hawk-eyes He who rides the tiger is afraid to dismount Hen party His bark is worse than his bite Hit the bulls-eye Hog the blankets Hogwash Hold your horses Hold your horses Holy cow! Holy mackerel! Hoof it Horse-sense Horsing around How now, Brown Cow? I don’t give a monkey’s what you think I want to speak to the organ-grinder, not the monkey If it ain’t chicken, it’s feathers If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, then it must be a duck If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas In like a lion, out like a lamb In the dog house In the doghouse Into the lions den Kangaroo court Keep the wolf from the door Kick like a mule Kill 2 birds with 1 stone Kill the fatted calf Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs Knee-high to a grasshopper Knock me over with a feather Lame duck Larking about Laugh like a hyena Leap like a salmon Leaping lizards! Let sleeping dogs lie Let the cat out of the bag Life in a fish bowl Like a bat out of hell Like a bear with a sore head Like a bull in a china shop Like a cat on a hot tin roof Like a dog with 2 tails Like a duck to water Like a fish out of water Like a fox guarding the chicken coop Like a lamb to the slaughter Like a moth to a flame Like a rabbit in the headlights Like a red rag to a bull Like bees round honey Like dog’s breath Like ducks in a row Like rats abandoning a sinking ship Like shooting fish in a barrel Like water off a duck’s back Like water off a duck’s back Lion-hearted Loan shark Lone wolf Look at what the cat dragged in Look like a drowned rat Look like the cat that swallowed the canary Look what the cat dragged in Lost your appetite and found a donkey’s Love bug Love me, love my dog Mad as a March hare Mad as a struck snake Make a beeline for Make a beeline for Make a mountain out of a molehill Make a pig’s ear of it Making doe eyes Making sheep eyes Mean as a junk-yard dog Mean as a rattlesnake Meek as a lamb Mole-eyed Monkey business Monkey business Monkey see, monkey do Monkey suit More than one way to skin a cat Mutton dressed as lamb My dogs are barking Naked as a jay bird Neither fish, flesh nor fowl Nest egg No flies on him/ her No flies on him/ her No spring chicken None of your beeswax Not a cat in Hell’s chance Not enough room to swing a cat Old goat Once a snake, always a snake Out fox Ox-eyed Pace like a caged lion Packed in like sardines Pig in a poke Pig out Pigeon-toed Piggy bank Piggyback Pig-headed Play possum Plenty more fish in the sea Prickley as a porcupine Proud as a lion Proud as a peacock Pull a rabbit out of the hat Pull the wool over someone’s eyes Puppy love Put the cart before the horse Quiet as a mouse Rabbit food Raining cats and dogs Rare as hen’s teeth Rat fink Rat on someone Rat race Rats! Red herring Road hog Ruffled feathers Rule the roost Run round like a headless chicken Run with the hare and hunt with the hounds Say boo to a goose Scapegoat Scaredy cat See ya later alligator….In a while crocodile Separate the sheep from the goats Serve as a guinea pig Sick as a dog Sick as a parrot Sing like a bird Skunk egg Sleeping with the fishes Slick as goose grease Slippery as a snake Slippery as an eel Sly as a fox Small fish in a big lake Small fry Smell a rat Smelly as a skunk Smile like a crocodile Sneaky as a fox in a hen house Snore like a pig So hungry I could eat a horse Squirrel something away Stag party Stir up a hornet’s nest Stone the crows Stool pigeon Straight from the horse’s mouth Strong as a lion Strong as an ox Stubborn as a mule Swan song Sweat like a pig Swim like a fish Take the bull by the horns Take the bull by the horns Talk turkey That put the cat among the pigeons That’s horse feathers The bee’s knees The best-laid plans of mice and men The bird has flown The birds and the bees The cat’s meow The cat’s pyjamas The cat’s whiskers The chickens have come home to roost The early bird catches the worm The lion’s share The straw that broke the camel’s back The tail wagging the dog The whole hog The world is your oyster Throw a monkey wrench in the works Throw someone a bone Throw to the lions Throw to the wolves Ticked off Till the cows come home To badger someone To be foxed To be hounded To feather your nest To have a tiger by the tail Top cat Top dog Treat someone like a dog Turn turtle Two shakes of a lamb’s tail Underdog Vain as a peacock Walk on eggshells Watch like a hawk Weasel out Well I’ll be a monkey’s uncle What’s good for the goose is good for the gander When pigs fly While the cat’s away, the mice will play Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free? Why have a dog and bark yourself? Wild goose chase Wild horses couldn’t drag me away Wise as an owl Wolf it down Work like a dog Working like ants Worm your way out of something Wouldn’t hurt a fly Wouldn’t stop a pig in a passageway You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink You can’t teach an old dog new tricks You might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb You’ll catch more flies with honey than with vinegar You’re flogging a dead horse |
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