Animal idioms

[Huda-M]

nice.

 

[Mad-ox]

a beehive of activity= a busy place, a room full of working people

For instance, we might say our house was a beehive of activity if our whole family was helping us clean.

Madox

 

[Huda-M]

Who was the queen then??

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[Huda-M]

As awkward as a cow on roller skates!!

--very awkward

--The little girl was as awkward as a cow on roller skates when she first began riding her bicycle.

 

[Huda-M]

until the cows come home

- until very late, for a long time

We can talk until the cows come home this weekend.

 

[Huda-M]

one's bark is worse than one's bite

- one's words are worse than one's actions

You should not worry about her. Her bark is worse than her bite and she is really a very nice person.

 

[Huda-M]

to hound (someone)

- to pursue/chase someone, to harass someone

The manager is always hounding the younger members of her staff to make sure that they work hard.

 

[Mad-ox]

Who was the queen then??

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lol :-D

 

[Huda-M]

) Hehehe

 

[GZeshan]

Thanks all of you, these are nice ones.

I have one as well:

change horses in midstream


- to make new plans or choose a new leader in an activity that has already begun

They have decided to change lawyers but I told them that they should not change horses in midstream.

 

[GZeshan]

And this one:

cry wolf

- to give a false alarm, to warn of a danger that is not there

The man is crying wolf. There is no danger that the electrical system will cause a fire.

Haha, a popular picture for a popular idiom...

 

[Huda-M]

Thanks for these, Gzeshan!

 

[Huda-M]

horse around

- to play around (in a rough way)

The teacher told the children not to horse around while they were getting ready for class.



And I have seen only Horse-shit which is a slang, meaning nonsense.

Maybe Mad-ox can tell you better....

 

[Huda-M]

a horse of a different color

- something totally separate and different

Changing locations is a horse of a different color. It was never mentioned in any of our meetings.

 

[Huda-M]

look a gift horse in the mouth

- to complain if a gift is not perfect

The girl should not look a gift horse in the mouth and should be happy that she received a present from her friends.

 

[Huda-M]

monkey around with (someone or something)- to play with or waste time with someone or something

The father and son spent the morning monkeying around with the old radio.



It means much the same as Horse around.

 

[Huda-M]

Hahaha!!
But we won't call it wasting, I think it would be more enjoying!

 

[Huda-M]

Coz the monkey in the pic is really enjoying, so could we!

 

[Huda-M]

the best-laid plans of mice and men

- the best thought-out plans that anyone can make

The best-laid plans of mice and men could not prevent the problems that we had with our travel plans.


Mice and men give me a strange kind of feeling.....

 

[TheOneNOnly]

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