Animal idioms

[moggy]

To be a "Snake in the grass" = to be devious, sneaky, not to be relied upon

[JACOOL]

Originally Posted by JACOOL

check this out: "the land of bears" refere to a place where people acting aggressively.
O that yard is a land of bears-

CORRECTION: I'm so sorry guys, actually the idiom is "bears-garden". so if you've already memorised it, try to delete the first hprase and memorise this one. thanks

[queenbu]

When the cat is away the mice will play.

When the boss was on holiday nobody seemed to be working. You know how it is, when the cat is away......

[queenbu]

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

If I were you, I'd accept the job. It might not be the best job for you, but a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

[Mad-ox]

hi,

wildcat strike= a strike spontaneously arranged by a group of workers

eg.

There was a wildcat strike at the factory and over 100 people walked off the job.


madox

[çakırpençe]

ı dont know whether this was written or not because ı couldnt check all of the written.
idiom:
"It is raining cats and dogs" means It is raining heavily...
ı think it is a very common idiom in Eng.
if it's not true please confirm!

[CHOMAT]

There is also my bogs are darking. A question of footlose .

[Mad-ox]

a fly in the ointment = a person or thing that stops a situation, activity plan, etc. from being as good or successful as it could be.

eg. We lead a very happy life here. The only fly in the ointment is that there's too much traffic on our road.

[RonBee]

How about:

Kill two birds with one stone.

[Mad-ox]

a leopard can't change its spots= you cannot change someone's basic human nature or bad qualities

e.g. A dictator is unlikely to become a good leader in a democracy. A leopard cannot change its spots.


have a nice day,

Madox