Animal idioms

[Mad-ox]

as poor as a church mouse = to be very poor

e.g

When we first got married, we were as poor as church mouse.




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[RonBee]

Get off your high horse!

high horse - Definitions from Dictionary.com
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[Teia]

drink like a fish

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[UNESL]

Good evening everyone,
Today evening I have an easy idiom to participate which is "dark soup" means that sth is easy.
Ex: Maths is normally a dark soup unlike the life.

See you next :)

[Mad-ox]

hi,

to flog/beat a dead horse = waste your effort br trying to do something that is no longer possible


eg.

Mike is flogging a dead horse trying to organize the theatre trip. It's quite obvious that nobody is interested.




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[Mad-ox]

be a lone wolf= someone who does not mix socially with other people

e.g.

Hermia never liked to work with others. She is a lone wolf.







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[Mad-ox]

to be a party animal = someone who loves parties and socialising

e.g.

Peter is a party animal; he is glad to go to any party he is invited to.






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[Sveringe]

Check this one,
take the bull by the horns = to face a difficult or dangerous situation squarely and bravely

sorry if someone already put this one, didnt read all yet

[Mad-ox]

Originally Posted by Sveringe

Check this one,
take the bull by the horns = to face a difficult or dangerous situation squarely and bravely

sorry if someone already put this one, didnt read all yet

hi,

It's a nice idiom. I like it and don't worry if it was already posted. The idea is to learn these idioms and use them in everyday life, and the best way of doing this is repetition: Repetition is the mother of skill.


Madox

[Mad-ox]

hello,

Here's another one:


act/play the goat (informal ) = to behave in a silly way, sometimes in order to make people laugh.


e.g.
Insecure and lonely,he resorted to acting the goat to get people's attention.






Madox