Animal idioms

[Hortence]

Hi,

Here is another one: To buy a pig in a poke.

When you are so anxious to get something that you are ready to buy it without seeing it.

Am I right?

Salut!

 

[Mad-ox]

Hi,

Here is another one: To buy a pig in a poke.

When you are so anxious to get something that you are ready to buy it without seeing it.

Am I right?

Salut!

Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

or in other words:

"Salut, si tie!"

:hi:

 

[Hortence]

To put the cart before the horses.

Do you know the meaning of this one: To go on a wild goose chase?

Salut, si tie!

 

[Hortence]

To put the cart before the horses.

Do you know the meaning of this one: To go on a wild goose chase?

Salut, si tie!

Hi,

If you expend a lot of energy to get something that is unlikely you get.

I take this idiom from this sentence:

"Trying to gather that amount in such a short period is like going on a wild goose chase."

Bye now!

 

[Mad-ox]

:hi:

As Happy As a Pig in Muck= happy, delighted


School is over. He is as happy as a pig in a muck.

bye for now,
Madox

 

[wace]

For those who love cats:

'A cat may look at a king' = all people are equal , irrespective of their social backgrounds
ex. :'His arrogant manner with his staff is highly objectionable; he should remember that a cat may look at a king.
'Like something the cat brought in' = dishevelled/ untidy
ex. : 'After trudging home across the moors, we looked like something the cat brought in'
'Not enough room to swing a cat' = cramped for space
ex. :' Our new kitchen is tiny, with not enough room to swing a cat'
'Which way the cat jumps' = probable outcome, dependent on preceding events.
ex.:' I don't know whether I can have enough time off work to take a holiday this year; I must wait and see which way the cat jumps.
'Put the cat among the pigeons' = (deliberately) cause an uproar
ex.: 'Lucy told Simon's wife where he was on Saturday and that really put the cat among the pigeons.

Hope you enjoyed them.

 

[Hortence]

For those who love cats:

'A cat may look at a king' = all people are equal , irrespective of their social backgrounds
ex. :'His arrogant manner with his staff is highly objectionable; he should remember that a cat may look at a king.

Hi,

We have the same saying in French, but, instead of a cat, it's a dog, and instead of a king, it's a bishop.

"Un chien regarde bien un évêque!" (A dog may look at a bishop).

Bye!

 

[wace]

It's a small world, even for idioms, isn't it, Hortence?

 

[Hortence]

Yes, indeed.:-D

 

[Hortence]

For those who love cats:

'A cat may look at a king' = all people are equal , irrespective of their social backgrounds
ex. :'His arrogant manner with his staff is highly objectionable; he should remember that a cat may look at a king.
'Like something the cat brought in' = dishevelled/ untidy
ex. : 'After trudging home across the moors, we looked like something the cat brought in'
'Not enough room to swing a cat' = cramped for space
ex. :' Our new kitchen is tiny, with not enough room to swing a cat'
'Which way the cat jumps' = probable outcome, dependent on preceding events.
ex.:' I don't know whether I can have enough time off work to take a holiday this year; I must wait and see which way the cat jumps.
'Put the cat among the pigeons' = (deliberately) cause an uproar
ex.: 'Lucy told Simon's wife where he was on Saturday and that really put the cat among the pigeons.

Hope you enjoyed them.

Here is another one about cat (I love cats!)

To think one is the cat's whiskers is to have a high opinion of oneself, to be vain.

Ex: He thinks he is the cat's whiskers since he won at the lottery.

 

[wace]

More idioms connected with cats.....

LIKE A CAT ON HOT BRICKS: fidgety, restless, uneasy
'Keep still, Emily, you're like a cat on hot bricks!'
RUN AROUND LIKE A SCALDED CAT: bustle/run around busily (often unnecessarily)
'Fiona is always running around like a scalded cat yet she seems to
get very little done.'
(or alternatively : run around like a headless chicken)
BELL THE CAT: risk a confrontation with an opponent for the common good.
'Everybody was unhappy the new rates of pay and so I decided to bell the cat and take it up with the boss.'

Miaow

 

[wace]

More idioms connected with cats.....

LIKE A CAT ON HOT BRICKS: fidgety, restless, uneasy
'Keep still, Emily, you're like a cat on hot bricks!'
RUN AROUND LIKE A SCALDED CAT: bustle/run around busily (often unnecessarily)
'Fiona is always running around like a scalded cat yet she seems to
get very little done.'
(or alternatively : run around like a headless chicken)
BELL THE CAT: risk a confrontation with an opponent for the common good.
'Everybody was unhappy with the new rates of pay and so I decided to bell the cat and take it up with the boss.'

Miaow

 

[Hortence]

More idioms connected with cats.....

LIKE A CAT ON HOT BRICKS: fidgety, restless, uneasy
'Keep still, Emily, you're like a cat on hot bricks!'
RUN AROUND LIKE A SCALDED CAT: bustle/run around busily (often unnecessarily)
'Fiona is always running around like a scalded cat yet she seems to
get very little done.'
(or alternatively : run around like a headless chicken)
BELL THE CAT: risk a confrontation with an opponent for the common good.
'Everybody was unhappy with the new rates of pay and so I decided to bell the cat and take it up with the boss.'

Miaow

<^..^>

 

[Mad-ox]

BIG ENOUGH TO SHADE AN ELEPHANT= very big

e.g.

My house is big enough to shade an elephant.

 

[RonBee]

For those who love cats:

'A cat may look at a king' = all people are equal , irrespective of their social backgrounds
ex. :'His arrogant manner with his staff is highly objectionable; he should remember that a cat may look at a king.
'Like something the cat brought in' = dishevelled/ untidy
ex. : 'After trudging home across the moors, we looked like something the cat brought in'
'Not enough room to swing a cat' = cramped for space
ex. :' Our new kitchen is tiny, with not enough room to swing a cat'
'Which way the cat jumps' = probable outcome, dependent on preceding events.
ex.:' I don't know whether I can have enough time off work to take a holiday this year; I must wait and see which way the cat jumps.
'Put the cat among the pigeons' = (deliberately) cause an uproar
ex.: 'Lucy told Simon's wife where he was on Saturday and that really put the cat among the pigeons.

Hope you enjoyed them.

Interesting! I had never heard of the last two before, but the last one ("Put the cat among the pigeons") seems like a natural English language idiom.

(It's possible that the last two are used more often in the UK than the USA.)

 

[Mad-ox]

hello everybody

put a bug in someone 's ear = give somebody a hint about something or to tell a secret.

for instance, Who told you I need a new computer? Your sister put a bug in my ear.

In this case the idiom PUT A BUG IN ONE'S EAR is synonymous with A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME!

best regards,

Madox

 

[Hortence]

Hi, here another one:

To be like pigs in clover.

"Thanks to a huge inheritance, he's living like a pig in clover."

This is said from somebody who lives very comfortably and carefree.

Have a nice day!

 

[gacon]

hi room,
I just have one idiom as; let the cat out of the bag.

How do you think about this idiom?
Give the comment for that:up:

 

[gacon]

interesting but very difficult

 

[mfwills]

'Not enough room to swing a cat' = cramped for space

Forget having enough room to swing a cat. Even more cramped is "Not enough room to curse a cat without getting a mouthful of hair."

LIKE A CAT ON HOT BRICKS: fidgety, restless, uneasy

I have honestly never heard that one. The more common in my experience is "cat on a hot tin roof." My question: was this was a common expression before Tennessee Williams, or did he make it up?