Animal idioms

[Mad-ox]

Originally Posted by RonBee

A: Maybe we should consider Ron for the job.
B: I don't know. He's no spring chicken.
C: Don't worry; our spirit is timeless. ( Madox)

best regards

[pyoung]

A flea in your ear...

In the original sense, the term was used to describe the practice of provoking desire in someone else.

The Dutch used this phrase in the sense of being restless or edgy, presumably because one would be understandably twitchy about a flea in the ear canal.
Over time, the term came to be used in reference to planting suspicions or ideas in someone's mind which could not be ignored.

from wisegeek.com

This last (planting suspicions) is the meaning I am familiar with.


p.

[RonBee]

sitting ducks
sitting duck: Definition from Answers.com

Example:

On Dec. 7, 1941, the American battleships were sitting ducks for the Japanese bombers.

[Mad-ox]

hello,


Exellent MONKEY idioms here: YouTube - The Teacher. Series 1 - Animal idioms. Monkey.

bye for now,
Madox

[pyoung]

hangdog=sad, dejected

After his girlfriend dumped him, he moped around with a hangdog expression for weeks.

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[Mad-ox]

Helloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooo


let the dog see the rabbit= Get out of the way, I can't see what I am looking at! If you need to do something and people are in your way you say "let the dog see the rabbit": let me see what I'm meant to be doing.








Bye bye for now
Madox

[Mad-ox]

Hello again

Here is a new one:

KNEE-HIGH TO A GRASSHOPPER= very young and small

eg.

I haven't seen you since you were a knee-high to a grasshopper!



I hope you like this idiom,
Until the next time,
Good Bye,
Bye Bye,
ta-ta,
so long,
cheerio,

[Mad-ox]

hellooooooooooooooooo,

to have a birdbrain= to have a small brain like the bird; in other words not being intelligent; to be stupid.



e.g.
He could not solve the most simple maths exercises. He has a birdbrain.

here is a comparison between the human and bird brain:

Until the next time
I wish you all the best;
and
bye bye
ta-ta

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by Mad-ox

hellooooooooooooooooo,

to have a birdbrain= to have a small brain like the bird; in other words not being intelligent; to be stupid.

I'm more used to:

You are a birdbrain.

or

He is a birdbrain.

It's an insult, of course, because a birdbrain is a dummy.

[Mad-ox]

to be piggy in the middle=to be a person who is caught between two people or groups who are fighting or arguing


e.g.

Her parents quarrelled a lot, and unfortunately she was always piggy in the middle.





have a nice day
and
don't be a piggy in the middle,
Madox