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Old 07-Oct-2007, 18:50
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"Wolf in sheep's clothing"

Meaning:Someone who pretend to be good, but really is bad or have bad intention.
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"Wolf in sheep's clothing"

Meaning:Someone who pretend to be good, but really is bad or have bad intention.
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someone who pretends to be good but really is bad or has bad intentions

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"There is something fishy about his story." (He is probably lying.)

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There´s something fishy about his story. He looks like a wolf in sheep´s clothing to me.
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Do you have an idiom on Rooster? English is not my mother toungue. Please help.
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Do you have an idiom on Rooster? English is not my mother toungue. Please help.



I have found only this:

your/the chickens come home to roost= after a long time you experience the unpleasant effects of something bad or stupid that you have done in the past

eg. For years he avoided paying tax. But now his chickens have come home to roost and he's got a tax bill of 30000 pounds

chickens have come home to roost:

I hope it helps,

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Do you have an idiom on Rooster? English is not my mother toungue. Please help.


rooster is synonymous with cock

Idioms with cock:

a cock and bull story = a story, excuse or explanation that is so unlikely that no one believes it

eg. I asked him about his job and he gave me some cock and bull story about being so rich he did not need to work.


PS: Tristran Shandy by Laurence Stern is a cock and bull story

cock an ear/eye ay something/somebody = look or listen to something/somebody carefully and with a lot of attention

cock an ear to something:

cock a snook at somebody/something= do or say something that shows your lack of respect for something/somebody, especially when you cannot be punished for this

eg. She cocked a snook at her teachers by going to school with her hair dyed purple.

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to rule the roost: to dominate or govern a group


The hens rule the roost when it comes to sex


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as calm as a toad in the sun= very calm and content

eg. The girl was as calm as a toad in the sun during the speech contest.

toad : brrrrrrrrrrrr..................................... .Ugly isn't it?


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The unlucky groundhog:


Popandau ghinionist / Animatii Video Mix.ro - video, muzica, filme, filmulete haioase, funny

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I could eat a horse = be extremely hungry

Get a horse - this is kind of a dated one; said when someone's driving an old wreck of a car.

Useless as teats on a bull = completely useless
actually, "get a horse" is an expression used to urge on a 'slowpoke' or someone walking or travelling at a slow pace.
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