Printable Handout: Idioms- Animals

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Instructions: Choose the correct answer.

Q1 - If you have a lot of work to do, you are as busy as a ____.

bat
beaver
bull
dog

Q2 - If someone ruins their plans, they cook their ____.

chicken
beaver
goose
cuckoo

Q3 - Hot summer days are ____ days.

goose
dog
cat
bull

Q4 - If you haven't seen someone for ____ years, you haven't seen them for a very long time.

bull's
donkey's
beaver's
frog's

Q5 - A big ____ is an important person.

dog
donkey
fish
chicken

Q6 - If someone cries ____ tears, they pretend to be upset.

wolf
cuckoo
crow
crocodile

Q7 - If you work like a ____, you work very hard.

bull
dog
cuckoo
crow

Q8 - The shortest distance between two places is as the ____ flies.

cuckoo
crow
butterfly
bird

Q9 - If you solve two problems with a single ac tion, you kill two ____ with one stone.

geese
crows
birds
cuckoos

Q10 - A person who is a mystery is a dark ____.

bull
horse
ox
dog

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