Animal idioms

[Hortence]

Hi,

Here is another one: To buy a pig in a poke.

When you are so anxious to get something that you are ready to buy it without seeing it.

Am I right?

Salut!

[Mad-ox]

Originally Posted by Hortence

Hi,

Here is another one: To buy a pig in a poke.

When you are so anxious to get something that you are ready to buy it without seeing it.

Am I right?

Salut!

Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

or in other words:

"Salut, si tie!"

[Hortence]

To put the cart before the horses.

Do you know the meaning of this one: To go on a wild goose chase?

Salut, si tie!

[Hortence]

Originally Posted by Hortence

To put the cart before the horses.

Do you know the meaning of this one: To go on a wild goose chase?

Salut, si tie!

Hi,

If you expend a lot of energy to get something that is unlikely you get.

I take this idiom from this sentence:

"Trying to gather that amount in such a short period is like going on a wild goose chase."

Bye now!

[Mad-ox]

As Happy As a Pig in Muck= happy, delighted


School is over. He is as happy as a pig in a muck.







bye for now,
Madox

[wace]

For those who love cats:

'A cat may look at a king' = all people are equal , irrespective of their social backgrounds
ex. :'His arrogant manner with his staff is highly objectionable; he should remember that a cat may look at a king.
'Like something the cat brought in' = dishevelled/ untidy
ex. : 'After trudging home across the moors, we looked like something the cat brought in'
'Not enough room to swing a cat' = cramped for space
ex. :' Our new kitchen is tiny, with not enough room to swing a cat'
'Which way the cat jumps' = probable outcome, dependent on preceding events.
ex.:' I don't know whether I can have enough time off work to take a holiday this year; I must wait and see which way the cat jumps.
'Put the cat among the pigeons' = (deliberately) cause an uproar
ex.: 'Lucy told Simon's wife where he was on Saturday and that really put the cat among the pigeons.

Hope you enjoyed them.

[Hortence]

Originally Posted by wace

For those who love cats:

'A cat may look at a king' = all people are equal , irrespective of their social backgrounds
ex. :'His arrogant manner with his staff is highly objectionable; he should remember that a cat may look at a king.

Hi,

We have the same saying in French, but, instead of a cat, it's a dog, and instead of a king, it's a bishop.

"Un chien regarde bien un évêque!" (A dog may look at a bishop).

Bye!

[wace]

It's a small world, even for idioms, isn't it, Hortence?

[Hortence]

Yes, indeed.

[Hortence]

Originally Posted by wace

For those who love cats:

'A cat may look at a king' = all people are equal , irrespective of their social backgrounds
ex. :'His arrogant manner with his staff is highly objectionable; he should remember that a cat may look at a king.
'Like something the cat brought in' = dishevelled/ untidy
ex. : 'After trudging home across the moors, we looked like something the cat brought in'
'Not enough room to swing a cat' = cramped for space
ex. :' Our new kitchen is tiny, with not enough room to swing a cat'
'Which way the cat jumps' = probable outcome, dependent on preceding events.
ex.:' I don't know whether I can have enough time off work to take a holiday this year; I must wait and see which way the cat jumps.
'Put the cat among the pigeons' = (deliberately) cause an uproar
ex.: 'Lucy told Simon's wife where he was on Saturday and that really put the cat among the pigeons.

Hope you enjoyed them.

Here is another one about cat (I love cats!)

To think one is the cat's whiskers is to have a high opinion of oneself, to be vain.

Ex: He thinks he is the cat's whiskers since he won at the lottery.