Animal idioms

[Huda-M]

The cat that got the canary/the cream:


If someone looks like the cat that got the cream, they annoy other people by looking very pleased with themselves because of something good that they have done


Of course Mark got a glowing report so he was sitting there grinning like the cat that got the cream.

 

[Mad-ox]

The cat that got the canary/the cream:


If someone looks like the cat that got the cream, they annoy other people by looking very pleased with themselves because of something good that they have done


Of course Mark got a glowing report so he was sitting there grinning like the cat that got the cream.

 

[Nannou]

The cat that got the canary/the cream:


If someone looks like the cat that got the cream, they annoy other people by looking very pleased with themselves because of something good that they have done


Of course Mark got a glowing report so he was sitting there grinning like the cat that got the cream.

As clean as a hound's tooth
very clean

 

[Mad-ox]

hello everybody,:-D



as wet as a drowned rat=very wet :roll:

best wishes,

Madox

 

[nedira]

Until the cows come home.

For a very long time.

 

[Nannou]

have a cow : to become very angry and upset about something.

 

[nedira]

cat nap:

A short sleep taken during the day.

 

[Mad-ox]

cat nap:

A short sleep taken during the day.

I am taking a cat nap! :-D

Madox

 

[Mad-ox]

rat on (someone)=to report someone's bad behavior to someone

e.g.


The little girl have ratted on her boyfriend at home.

 

[Huda-M]

To make a mountain out of a molehill - to exaggerate a problem

 

[Huda-M]

To have butterflies: to feel nervous

 

[RonBee]

To have butterflies: to feel nervous

Especially: butterflies in the stomach. (Don't ask me how they get in there. ;-))

 

[Sohrab Khan]

a dog's breakfast/dinner = a thing that has been done badly

Synonym: MESS

 

[fight23]

funny meaning

 

[fight23]

:lol: :roll:​

rain like cats and dogs.
是倾盆大雨的意思。​

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哈哈 下雨 像猫和狗一样

 

[hasnuri]

i've read somewhere but i don't know the meaning of this idiom

like a canary in a coalmine.

will somebody explain?thanks

 

[RonBee]

i've read somewhere but i don't know the meaning of this idiom

like a canary in a coalmine.

will somebody explain?thanks

There's a Wikipedia that explains this one. (It's not an idiom.)

Animal sentinels - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



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[forfantast]

cannot stop laughing...

 

[RonBee]

There's a Wikipedia that explains this one. (It's not an idiom.)

Animal sentinels - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



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Somebody left out a word.
;-)

 

[Mad-ox]

hello everybody,

you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear=something that you say which means you cannot make a good quality product using bad quality materials

!

Best WISHES
and HAPPY NEW YEAR!


Madox