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1 Animals A little bird told me If someone doesn't want to say where they got some information from, they can say that a little bird told them.
2 Animals Albatross around your neck An albatross around, or round, your neck is a problem resulting from something you did that stops you from being successful.
3 Animals All bark and no bite When someone talks tough but really isn't, they are all bark and no bite.
4 Animals Angry as a bear If someone is as angry as a bear, they are very angry.('Angry as a bear with a sore foot' is also used.)
5 Animals Angry as a bull If someone is as angry as a bull, they are very angry.
6 Animals Ants in your pants If someone has ants in their pants, they are agitated or excited about something and can't keep still.
7 Animals As mad as a wrongly shot hog (USA) If someone is as mad as a wrongly shot hog, they are very angry. (Same as, Angry as a bear or Angry as a bull).
8 Animals As rare as hen's teeth (USA) Something that is rare as hens teeth is very rare or non-existent.
9 Animals As the crow flies This idiom is used to describe the shortest possible distance between two places.
10 Animals At a snail's pace If something moves at a snails pace, it moves very slowly.
11 Animals Back the wrong horse If you back the wrong horse, you give your support to the losing side in something.
12 Animals Bats in the belfry Someone with bats in the belfry is crazy or eccentric.
13 Animals Be on the pig's back If youre on the pigs back, youre happy / content / in fine form.
14 Animals Bear market A bear market is a period when investors are pessimistic and expect financial losses so are more likely to sell than to buy shares.
15 Animals Beard the lion in his own den If you confront a powerful or dangerous rival on their territory, you are bearding the lion in his own den.
16 Animals Beating a dead horse (USA) If someone is trying to convince people to do or feel something without any hope of succeeding, theyre beating a dead horse. This is used when someone is trying to raise interest in an issue that no-one supports anymore; beating a dead horse will not make it do any more work.
17 Animals Bee in your bonnet If someone is very excited about something, they have a bee in their bonnet.
18 Animals Bee's Knees If something is the bees knees, it's outstanding or the best in its class.
19 Animals Beeline for If you make a beeline for a place, you head there directly.
20 Animals Bell the cat To bell the cat is to perform a difficult or impossible task.
21 Animals Bend someone's ear To bend someones ear is to talk to someone about something for a long-enough period that it becomes tiresome for the listener.
22 Animals Between you and me and the cat's whiskers This idiom is used when telling someone something that you want them to keep secret.
23 Animals Big fish An important person in a company or an organisation is a big fish.
24 Animals Big fish in a small pond A big fish in a small pond is an important person in a small place or organisation.
25 Animals Bigger fish to fry If you arent interested in something because it isnt important to you and there are more important things for you to do, you have bigger fish to fry.
26 Animals Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush is a proverb meaning that it is better to have something that is certain than take a risk to get more, where you might lose everything.
27 Animals Bird's eye view If you have a birds eye view of something, you can see it perfectly clearly.
28 Animals Bird-brain Someone who has a bird-brain, or is bird-brained, is stupid.
29 Animals Birds and the bees If a child is taught about the birds and the bees, they are taught about sex.
30 Animals Birds of a feather flock together This idiom means that people with similar interests will stick together.
31 Animals Blind as a bat If you are in total darkness and cant see anything at all, you are as blind as a bat.
32 Animals Brass monkey If it's brass monkey weather, or cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, it is extremely cold.
33 Animals Break the back of the beast If you break the back of the beast, you accomplish a challenge.
34 Animals Bull in a China shop If someone behaves like a bull in a China shop, they are clumsy when they should be careful.
35 Animals Bull market A bull market is a period when investors are optimistic and there are expectations?that good financial results will continue.
36 Animals Bull session If you have a bull session, you have an informal group discussion about something.
37 Animals Bull-headed If youre a bull-headed, youre stubborn or inflexible.
38 Animals Busy as a beaver If youre as busy as a beaver, youre very busy indeed.
39 Animals Busy as a bee If you are as busy as a bee, you are very busy indeed.
40 Animals Butterflies in your stomach The nervous feeling before something important or stressful is known as butterflies in your stomach.
41 Animals By a whisker If you do something by a whisker, you only just manage to do it and come very near indeed to failing.
42 Animals Calf lick A calf lick is the weird parting in your fringe where your hair grows in a different direction, usually to one side.
43 Animals Call the dogs off If someone calls off their dogs, they stop attacking or criticising someone.
44 Animals Can of worms If an action can create serious problems, it is opening a can of worms.
45 Animals Canary in a coal mine (UK) A canary in a coal mine is an early warning of danger.
46 Animals Cast pearls before swine If you cast pearls before swine, you offer something of value to someone who doesnt appreciate it- swine are pigs.
47 Animals Cast sheep's eyes at If you cast sheeps eyes at at someone, you look lovingly or with longing at them.
48 Animals Cat among the pigeons If something or someone puts, or sets or lets, the cat among the pigeons, they create a disturbance and cause trouble.
49 Animals Cat and dog life If people lead a cat and dog life, they are always arguing.
50 Animals Cat fur and kitty britches (USA) When I used to ask my grandma what was for dinner, she would say cat fur and kitty britches. This was her Ozark way of telling me that I would get what she cooked. (Ozark is a region in the center of the United States)
51 Animals Cat got your tongue? If someone asks if the cat has got your tongue, they want to know why you are not speaking when they think you should.
52 Animals Cat nap If you have a short sleep during the day, you are cat napping.
53 Animals Cat's lick (Scot) A cats lick is a very quick wash.
54 Animals Cat's pajamas (USA) Something that is the cats pajamas is excellent.
55 Animals Cat's whiskers Something excellent is the cats whiskers.
56 Animals Change horses in midstream If people change horses in midstream, they change plans or leaders when they are in the middle of something, even though it may be very risky to do so.
57 Animals Chickenfeed If something is small or unimportant, especially money, it is chickenfeed.
58 Animals Close the stable door after the horse has bolted If people try to fix something after the problem has occurred, they are trying to close the stable door after the horse has bolted. Close the barn door after the horse has bolted is alternative, often used in American English.
59 Animals Cloud cuckoo land If someone has ideas or plans that are completely unrealistic, they are living on cloud cuckoo land.
60 Animals Cock and bull story A cock and bull story is a lie someone tells that is completely unbelievable.
61 Animals Cock in the henhouse This is used to describe a male in an all-female environment.
62 Animals Cock of the walk A man who is excessively confident and thinks hes better than other people is the cock of the walk.
63 Animals Cold fish A cold fish is a person who doesnt show how they feel.
64 Animals Cold turkey If someone suddenly stops taking drugs, instead of slowly cutting down, they do cold turkey.
65 Animals Come out of your shell If someone comes out of their shell, they stop being shy and withdrawn and become more friendly and sociable.
66 Animals Constitution of an ox If someone has the constitution of an ox, they are less affected than most people by things like tiredness, illness, alcohol, etc.
67 Animals Cook someone's goose If you cook someones goose, you ruin their plans.
68 Animals Cool as a cat To act fine when you a actually scared or nervous
69 Animals Coon's age (USA) A very long time, as in I havent seen her in a coons age!
70 Animals Could eat a horse If you are very hungry, you could eat a horse.
71 Animals Count sheep If people cannot sleep, they are advised to count sheep mentally.
72 Animals Creature comforts If a person said "I hate camping. I dont like giving up my creature comforts." the person would be referring, in particular, to the comfortable things he/she would have at home but not when camping. At home, for example, he/she would have complete shelter from the weather, a television, a nice comfortable warm bed, the ability to take a warm bath or shower, comfortable lounge chairs to relax in and so on. The person doesnt like giving up the material and psychological benefits of his/her normal life.
73 Animals Crocodile tears If someone cries crocodile tears, they pretend to be upset or affected by something.
74 Animals Crooked as a dog's hind leg Someone who is very dishonest is as crooked as a dogs hind leg.
75 Animals Cry wolf If someone cries wolf, they raise a false alarm or a prank about something.
76 Animals Cuckoo in the nest Is an issue or a problem, etc, is a cuckoo in the nest, it grows quickly and crowds out everything else.
77 Animals Curiosity killed the cat As cats are naturally curious animals, we use this expression to suggest to people that excessive curiosity is not necessarily a good thing, especially where it is not their business.
78 Animals Cute as a bug (USA) If something is as cute as a bug, it is sweet and endearing.
79 Animals Dark horse If someone is a dark horse, they are a bit of a mystery.
80 Animals Dead as a dodo If somethings dead as a dodo, it is lifeless and dull. The dodo was a bird that lived the island of Mauritius. It couldnt fly and was hunted to extinction.
81 Animals Dead duck If something is a dead duck, it is a failure.
82 Animals Deer in the headlights When one is caught offguard and needs to make a decision, but cannot react quickly.
83 Animals Dinosaur A dinosaur is a person who is thought to be too old for their position.
84 Animals Dirty dog A dirty dog is an untrustworthy person.
85 Animals Dog and pony show (USA) A dog and pony show is a presentation or some marketing that has lots of style, but no real content.
86 Animals Dog days Dog days are very hot summer days.
87 Animals Dog eat dog In a dog eat dog world, there is intense competition and rivalry, where everybody thinks only of himself or herself.
88 Animals Dog in the manger (UK) If someone acts like a dog in the manger, they dont want other people to have or enjoy things that are useless to them.
89 Animals Dog tired If you are dog tired, you are exhausted.
90 Animals Dog's dinner Something that is a dogs dinner is a real mess.
91 Animals Dog's life If some has a dogs life, they have a very unfortunate and wretched life.
92 Animals Dog-eared If a book is dog-eared, it is in bad condition, with torn pages, etc.
93 Animals Doggy bag If you ask for a doggy bag in a restaurant, they will pack the food you havent eaten for you to take home.
94 Animals Don't catch your chickens before they're hatched This means that you should wait until you know whether something has produced the results you desire, rather than acting beforehand. (Dont count your chickens until theyve hatched is an alternative.)
95 Animals Don't look a gift horse in the mouth This means that if you are given something, a present or a chance, you should not waste it by being too critical or examining it too closely.
96 Animals Donkey work Donkey work is any hard, boring work or task.
97 Animals Donkey's years This idiom means a very long time.
98 Animals Drink like a fish If someone drinks like a fish, they drink far too much alcohol.
99 Animals Drop like flies This means that something is disappearing very quickly. For example, if you said people were dropping like flies, it would mean that they were dying off, quitting or giving up something rapidly.
100 Animals Drunker than a peach orchard boar (USA) Southern US expression - Very drunk, as when a boar would eat fermented peaches that have fallen from the tree.

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