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Old 01-Nov-2006, 22:54
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Default Re: Animal idioms

"I've got a mouth like the bottom of a budgie's cage."
(budgie = budgerigar = parrakeet)

also

"I've got a mouth like a monkey's armpit."

both mean "I've got a foul taste in my mouth."


"tight as a badger's a*s*/*r*e" = very mean with money

These are very informal. I wouldn't advise using them in an exam or a job interview.
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