Animal idioms

[Veron1]

I think you can see Madox's pic guys:-D

I.A;-)

 

[Mad-ox]

:hi:

cold turkey= the unpleasant state that drug addicts experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug, or a way of treating addicts that makes them experience this state

eg. The worst time was when he was going cold turkey.

cold turkey:

Madox

 

[Veron1]

Hi Madox
Thanks for the new idiom
I just want to know something
Do we use this idiom only in this context that is ( drug addict)?

Thank you

I.A;-)

 

[Mad-ox]

Hi Madox
Thanks for the new idiom
I just want to know something
Do we use this idiom only in this context that is ( drug addict)?

Thank you

I.A;-)

Hi Veron,

I do not know other meaning of COLD TURKEY. There might be other meanings, too. Why do you ask? Have you heard about other meaning than than one I gave?

Madox

 

[Veron1]

Hi Veron,

I do not know other meaning of COLD TURKEY. There might be other meanings, too. Why do you ask? Have you heard about other meaning than than one I gave?

Madox

Hi
Not at all
As I have said it is a new idiom to me
I googled it now and I found that the only context is what you have suggested.

Cold turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thank you again for this idiom:up:

I.A;-)

 

[DivingDeep]

Hi Veron,

I do not know other meaning of COLD TURKEY. There might be other meanings, too. Why do you ask? Have you heard about other meaning than than one I gave?

Madox

Cold turkey
the unpleasant state that drug ADDICTS experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug; a way of treating drug ADDICTS that makes them experience this state
cold turkey adverb: I quit smoking cold turkey. [Oxford Dic.]

 

[Veron1]

Cold turkey
the unpleasant state that drug ADDICTS experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug; a way of treating drug ADDICTS that makes them experience this state
cold turkey adverb: I quit smoking cold turkey. [Oxford Dic.]

Thank you my friend
I appreciate your help

I.A;-)

 

[Fleur de mort]

Hi Mad-ox. What a unique job man. This my idiom:​

a barking dog never bites​

Someone who makes threats all the time, seldom carries out the threats.
Source: Bertram, Anne (Bowl of Cherries)​

 

[blouen]

Some barking dogs do bite, you know.

I´d rather say it as : Barking dogs seldom bite

 

[Mad-ox]

:hi:

be bitten by the bug= have a sudden strong interest in or enthusiasm for something

eg.
My father was never really interested in going abroad until she went to America last year. Now he's been bitten by the bug and hates staying at home.

be bitten by the bug:

Madox

 

[dieegub]

"Wolf in sheep's clothing"

Meaning:Someone who pretend to be good, but really is bad or have bad intention.

 

[RonBee]

"Wolf in sheep's clothing"

Meaning:Someone who pretend to be good, but really is bad or have bad intention.

Say:

someone who pretends to be good but really is bad or has bad intentions

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"There is something fishy about his story." (He is probably lying.)

~R

 

[blouen]

There´s something fishy about his story. He looks like a wolf in sheep´s clothing to me.

 

[RoosterVn]

Do you have an idiom on Rooster? English is not my mother toungue. Please help.

 

[Mad-ox]

Do you have an idiom on Rooster? English is not my mother toungue. Please help.

:hi:

I have found only this:

your/the chickens come home to roost= after a long time you experience the unpleasant effects of something bad or stupid that you have done in the past

eg. For years he avoided paying tax. But now his chickens have come home to roost and he's got a tax bill of 30000 pounds

chickens have come home to roost:

I hope it helps,

Madox

 

[Mad-ox]

Do you have an idiom on Rooster? English is not my mother toungue. Please help.

:hi:

rooster is synonymous with cock

Idioms with cock:

a cock and bull story = a story, excuse or explanation that is so unlikely that no one believes it

eg. I asked him about his job and he gave me some cock and bull story about being so rich he did not need to work.


PS: Tristran Shandy by Laurence Stern is a cock and bull story

cock an ear/eye ay something/somebody = look or listen to something/somebody carefully and with a lot of attention

cock an ear to something:

cock a snook at somebody/something= do or say something that shows your lack of respect for something/somebody, especially when you cannot be punished for this

eg. She cocked a snook at her teachers by going to school with her hair dyed purple.

Madox

 

[Veron1]

to rule the roost: to dominate or govern a group

The hens rule the roost when it comes to sex


I.A;-)

 

[Mad-ox]

:hi:

as calm as a toad in the sun= very calm and content

eg. The girl was as calm as a toad in the sun during the speech contest.

toad :

brrrrrrrrrrrr......................................Ugly isn't it?


Madox

 

[Teia]

The unlucky groundhog:


Popandau ghinionist / Animatii Video Mix.ro - video, muzica, filme, filmulete haioase, funny

 

[gdunbar1]

I could eat a horse = be extremely hungry

Get a horse - this is kind of a dated one; said when someone's driving an old wreck of a car.

Useless as teats on a bull = completely useless

actually, "get a horse" is an expression used to urge on a 'slowpoke' or someone walking or travelling at a slow pace.