Idioms With Animals

Idioms with Animals.

WRITTEN EXPRESSION III

Teacher: Caminada Monica
Student: Ibarra, Florencia
May, 31st

Idioms with animals

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Mutton dressed as a lamb:
An older person wearing clothes made for younger people.
Do you think this skirt is too short? I don't want to look like mutton dressed as lamb.

Go to the dogs:
To deteriorate, to become bad
He was a marvellousactor, but his drinking problems caused his career to go to the dogs

Look like something the cat dragged in:
To look tired, worn out or dirty.
You can't possibly go to school like that - you look like something the cat dragged in!

Put on the dog:
To dress in a luxurious and extravagant manner; to try to seem richer or more important than you really are
They really put on the dog infront of their guests.

Go whole-hog:
To do everything possible to look extravagant
Don't go whole hog all the time, you look ridiculous.

A wolf in sheep’s clothing:
A wolf in sheep’s clothing is someone who seems to be a good person but is really a bad person
My next boss, on the surface very warm and charming, proved to be something of a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Dog and pony show:Something you disapproved of because you think it has only been organized to impress you.
Don't you get tired of running through the same old dog and pony show at every trade show?

To get goose pimples/flesh:
To get small raised spots on your skin when you are cold or frightened.

Trojan horse:
Something or somebody that looks normal but hides a negative real intention
Most viruses incomputers are called Trojan horses

A dark horse:
Someone mysterious who doesn’t tell other about himself, but has surprising abilities or qualities.
It's difficult to predict who will win the prize—there are two or three dark horses in the tournament

Somebody is no spring chicken:
Somebody is no longer young.
He must be ten years older than Grace, and she's no spring chicken.

Anugly duckling:
a person/corporation that at first seems unpromising but later becomes admired.
The most successful company was last year's ugly duckling.

An odd fish:
An eccentric person.
Heather looks like and odd fish wearing that yellow hat with a purple flower on it.

As fat as a pig:
Very fat
If I don't stop eating this cake, I'll be fat as a pig!

ARGUMENT

Talk turkey:
If youtalk turkey, you discuss something seriously, usually to do with business and money
Okay, Bob, we have business to discuss. Let's talk turkey.

Play cat and mouse with someone:
To tease or fool someone, to change between different types of behaviour when dealing with someone
The 32-year-old actress spent a large proportion of the week playing cat and mouse with the press.

Dog-eat-dog:Ready or willing to fight and hurt other to get what one wants.
In show business it's dog eat dog - one day you're a star, the next you've been replaced by younger talent.

Fight like cats and dogs:
To argue and fight with someone (usually used for people who know each other)
 We get on very well as adults but as kids we fought like cat and dog.

Flog a dead horse:
To continue fighting abattle that has been won, to continue to argue a point that has been settled.
You're flogging a dead horse trying to persuade Simon to come to Spain with us - he hates going abroad.

A horse of a different colour:
Another matter; something else; something different than the subject that is being discussed.
Gambling is not the same as investing in the stock market. It's a horse of a differentcolour.

To get on one’s hobby horse:
To start talking about something that one likes to discuss.

To duck a subject/question:
To avoid a difficult or unpleasant subject/question.

Lock horns with (someone):
To try to deal with something after it is too late.
The mayor and her deputy locked horns over the plans for the new road.

BEHAVIOUR

As meek/innocent as a lamb:
A very...