Animal idioms

[RonBee]

There is more than one way to skin a cat.

[RonBee]

mad as a wet hen

(I guess hens don't like to get wet.)

[Mad-ox]

hello everybody,

[Mad-ox]

hello,

float like a butterfly = to move in an agile fashion



bye bye

[Melisa85]

you haven't got a cat in hell's chance - you will not succeed in what you are trying to do

if you are in a flap - it means that you are very excited


is someone is as sick as a parrot - it means that they are extremely disappointed.

[Mad-ox]

hello,


in a pig's eye=Used to say that you think that something is not at all true or that something will definitely not happen.

e.g.
Apparently this is the best hotel in town. 'In a pig's eye it is!'




bye bye

[gawad]

ants in one's
pants
unable to sit still or remain calm out of
nervousness or excitement
Lisa had ants in her pants the day before her interview.

[gawad]

have a cow
get extremely upset (often over something minor)
My teacher had a cow when she realized nobody had done the homework.

[gawad]

kill two birds with one stone
get two things done at once
If you pick the groceries up when you drop George off for his shift, you will kill two birds with one stone.

[gawad]

rat race
fierce, competitive struggle for power, position etc
I'm ready to leave this rat race and retire in Mexico.