Animal idioms

[Mad-ox]

when pigs fly/pigs might fly= used when you don't believe sth will ever happen


eg. You might get into the football team if you practise hard. Yes, and pigs might fly!

when pigs fly:

Madox

 

[Mad-ox]

hi,

To make a mountain out of a molehill = to exaggerate a problem; to make a small or unimportant problem seem much more serious than it really is.

eg. It's not such a big problem! You are making a mountain out of a molehill!

Picture of a molehill:

or

Madox

 

[Mad-ox]

the donkey work = the hard, boring parts of a job

eg. Why it is always me who has to do the donkey work? :-D

donkey work:

Madox

 

[Mad-ox]

hi,

the birds and the bees = the basic fact about sex and reproduction as told to children

eg. Now that Mark is eleven, isn't it time you told him about the birds and bees?


the birds and the bees:

Madox

 

[blouen]

have bats in one's belfry - to have crazy ideas

If you think you can row across the ocean in that boat, you have bats in your belfry.

 

[Veron1]

Hi

Forgive me if this idiom has been already posted

like a chicken with its head cut off- ​

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in a hysterical manner;
in a frenzy; in a very nervous way​

EXAMPLE ​

1: Ken was late for work, and he couldn't find his car keys. He
was running around his apartment like a chicken with its head cut off.​

EXAMPLE ​

2: Patricia ran around the school looking for her lost backpack​

like a chicken with its head cut off.​

NOTE: ​

This idiom is usually used with the phrase "to run around" as in
the above examples.​

I.A;-)

 

[Mad-ox]

Hi
Forgive me if this idiom has been already posted

hi,

God forbid! There is no need to ask for forgiveness. These idioms are not very easy to be learned. That's why revision is always come in hand. REPETITION IS THE MOTHER OF SKILL. We are not making an idiom conquest about who is the most original, but we are trying to study and learn together these idioms. So do not bother if an idiom has already been posted.

Madox

 

[Mad-ox]

hi,

ugly duckling = a person or thing that at first does not seem attractive or likely to succed but that later becomes successful or much admired.

eg. He's got the looks of a film star now, but he was a real ugly duckling as a child.

ugly duckling:

Madox

 

[Mad-ox]

:hi:

neither fish nor fowl = neither one thing or another


eg. Graduate teaching assitants are neither fish nor fowl. ( neither student nor teacher)


neither fish nor fowl:

Madox

 

[Mad-ox]

:hi:

parrot-fashion = to learn, repeat something without understanding the meaning

eg. When we were at school we used to learn history parrot-fashion; all i can remember now is the dates.


parrot-fashion:

Madox

 

[Veron1]

"It's a dog eat dog world."

Meaning: It is a ruthlessly competitive world.

I.A

 

[Veron1]

hi again,:-D

"a horse af another colour" this idiom is synonymous with "another pair of shoes" and there meaning " quite a different matter"

eg. You should have told be that it is about your brother and not about your step mother! That's a horse of another colour.

madox

Could you give me another example, please?

Thanks in advance

I.A;-)

 

[Veron1]

:hi: again,

"as snug as a bug in a rug" = safe, confortable

Have a nice day!

Could you give me an example, please?


I.A;-)

 

[Veron1]

till the cows come home

Meaning: for a very long time

dogged determination

Meaning: Stubbornly or tenaciously persevere

Mad as a box of frogs

chaotic, mentally unstable

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander - everyone should be treated the same way

Could you give me examples for these idioms?

Thanks in advance

I.A;-)

 

[RonBee]

Re:

till the cows come home.

'Till the cows come home
Till the cows come home: Information from Answers.com
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[Veron1]

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I.A;-)

 

[Teia]

when pigs fly/pigs might fly= used when you don't believe sth will ever happen


eg. You might get into the football team if you practise hard. Yes, and pigs might fly!

when pigs fly:

Madox

Hi!:lol:

I can say that pig`s already flown for me! I`ve got a car!!

 

[Veron1]

Hi!:lol:

I can say that pig`s already flown for me! I`ve got a car!!

Congratulations!!!!!

 

[Teia]

Congratulations!!!!!

Thank you Veron. I like your replies on this post, as well!:up:

 

[Teia]

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I.A;-)

Very good, indeed. I like it!