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idcategoryidiomdescription
101 Animals Duck to water If you take to something like a duck to water, you find when you start that you have a natural affinity for it.
102 Animals Ducks in a row (USA) If you have your ducks in a row, you are well-organized.
103 Animals Eager beaver A person who is extremely keen is an eager beaver.
104 Animals Eagle eyes Someone who has eagle eyes sees everything; no detail is too small.
105 Animals Early bird catches the worm The early bird catches the worm means that if you start something early, you stand a better chance of success.
106 Animals Eat crow (USA) If you eat crow, you have to admit that you were wrong about something.
107 Animals Eat like a bird If someone eats like a bird, they eat very little.
108 Animals Eat like a horse Someone who eats like a horse, eats a lot.
109 Animals Eat like a pig If some eats like a pig, they either eat too much or they have bad table manners.
110 Animals Elephant in the room An elephant in the room is a problem that everyone knows very well but no one talks about because it is taboo, embarrassing, etc.
111 Animals Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while This expression means that even if people are ineffective or misguided, sometimes they can still be correct just by being lucky.
112 Animals Even the dogs in the street know (Irish) This idiom is used frequently in Ireland, and means something is so obvious that even the dogs in the street know it.
113 Animals Every ass likes to hear himself bray This means that people like the sound of their own voice.
114 Animals Every dog has its day This idiom means that everyone gets their moment to shine.
115 Animals Fat cat A fat cat is a person who makes a lot of money and enjoys a privileged position in society.
116 Animals Feather your own nest If someone feathers their own nest, they use their position or job for personal gain.
117 Animals Feathers fly When people are fighting or arguing angrily, we can say that feathers are flying.
118 Animals Fish or cut bait (USA) This idiom is used when you want to tell someone that it is time to take action.
119 Animals Fish out of water If you are placed in a situation that is completely new to you and confuses you, you are like a fish out of water.
120 Animals Fishy If there is something fishy about someone or something, there is something suspicious; a feeling that there is something wrong, though it isnt clear what it is.
121 Animals Fit as a butcher's dog Someone whos very healthy, fit or physically attractive is as fit as a butchers dog.
122 Animals Flat out like a lizard drinking (AU) An Australian idiom meaning extremely busy, which is a word play which humorously mixes two meanings of the term flat out.
123 Animals Flogging a dead horse (UK) If someone is trying to convince people to do or feel something without any hope of succeeding, theyre flogging 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.
124 Animals Fly in the ointment A fly in the ointment is something that spoils or prevents complete enjoyment of something.
125 Animals Fly on the wall If you are able to see and hear events as they happen, you are a fly on the wall.
126 Animals Fly the coop When children leave home to live away from their parents, they fly the coop.
127 Animals For donkey's years (UK) If people have done something, usually without much if any change, for an awfully long time, they can be said to have done it for donkeys years.
128 Animals For the birds If something is worthless or ridiculous, it is for the birds.
129 Animals From the horse's mouth If you hear something from the horses mouth, you hear it directly from the person concerned or responsible.
130 Animals Full as a tick If you are as full as a tick, you have eaten too much.
131 Animals Get a sheepskin Getting a sheepskin (or your sheepskin) means getting a degree or diploma.  (Sheepskin refers to the parchment that a degree is printed on-  parchment comes from sheepskin.)
132 Animals Get the monkey off your back If you get the monkey off your back, you pass on a problem to someone else.
133 Animals Get your ducks in a row If you get your ducks in a row, you organise yourself and your life.
134 Animals Get your feathers in a bunch If you get your feathers in a bunch, you get upset or angry about something.
135 Animals Get your goat If something gets your goat, it annoys you.
136 Animals Give a dog a bad name A person who is generally known to have been guilty of some offence will always be suspected to be the author of all similar types of offence. Once someone has gained a bad reputation, it is very difficult to lose it.
137 Animals Glory hound A glory hound is a person seeking popularity, fame and glory.
138 Animals Go tell it to birds This is used when someone says something that is not credible or is a lie.
139 Animals Go the whole hog If you go the whole hog, you do something completely or to its limits.
140 Animals Gone fishing If someone has gone fishing, they are not very aware of what is happening around them.
141 Animals Gone to the dogs If something has gone to the dogs, it has gone badly wrong and lost all the good things it had.
142 Animals Grab the bull by its horns If you grab (take) the bull by its horns, you deal head-on and directly with a problem.
143 Animals Grease monkey A grease monkey is an idiomatic term for a mechanic.
144 Animals Grin like a Cheshire cat If someone has a very wide smile, they have a grin like a Cheshire cat.
145 Animals Guinea-pig If you are a guinea-pig, you take part in an experiment of some sort and are used in the testing.
146 Animals Hair of the dog If someone has a hair of the dog, they have an alcoholic drink as a way of getting rid of a hangover, the unpleasant effects of having drunk too much alcohol the night before. It is commonly used as a way of excusing having a drink early on in the day.
147 Animals Hangdog expression A hangdog expression is one where the persons showing their emotions very clearly, maybe a little too clearly for your liking. Its that mixture of misery and self-pity that is similar to a dog when its trying to get something it wants but darent take without permission.
148 Animals Hanged for a sheep as a lamb This is an expression meaning that if you are going to get into trouble for doing something, then you ought to stop worrying and should try to get everything you can before you get caught.
149 Animals Hay is for horses This idiom is used as a way of telling children not to say the word hey as in hey you or hey there.
150 Animals Healthy as a horse If youre as healthy as a horse, youre very healthy.
151 Animals Herding cats If you have to try to co-ordinate a very difficult situation, where people want to do very different things, you are herding cats.
152 Animals High on the hog To live in great comfort with lots of money.
153 Animals Hive of worker bees A hive of worker bees is a group of people working actively and cooperatively. Example: The classroom was a hive of worker bees.
154 Animals Hold your horses If someone tells you to hold your horses, you are doing something too fast and they would like you to slow down.
155 Animals Hornets' nest A hornets nest is a violent situation or one with a lot of dispute. (If you create the problem, you stir up a hornets nest.)
156 Animals Horse of a different color (USA) If something is a horse of a different color, its a different matter or separate issue altogether.
157 Animals Horse trading Horse trading is an idiom used to describe negotiations, especially where these are difficult and involve a lot of compromise.
158 Animals Hungry as a bear If you are hungry as a bear, it means that you are really hungry.
159 Animals I'll be a monkey's uncle Ill be a monkeys uncle is used as an expression of surprise.
160 Animals If wishes were horses, beggars would ride This means that wishing for something or wanting it is not the same as getting or having it.
161 Animals If you fly with the crows, you get shot with the crows If you wish to be associated with a particular high risk and/or high profile situation and benefit from the rewards of that association, you have to accept the consequences if things go wrong - you cannot dissociate yourself.
162 Animals If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas This means that if you become involved with bad company, there will be negative consequences.
163 Animals In a dog's age I you havent done something in a dogs age, you havent done it for a very long time.
164 Animals In donkey's years I havent seen her in donkeys years. - This means for a very long time.
165 Animals In the catbird seat (USA) If someone is in the catbird seat, they are in an advantageous or superior position.
166 Animals In the doghouse If someone is in the doghouse, they are in disgrace and very unpopular at the moment.
167 Animals It's not the size of the dog in fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog Usually refering to a small dog attacking a larger animal, this means that fierceness is not necessarily a matter of physical size, but rather mental/psychological attitude.
168 Animals Juggle frogs If you are juggling frogs, you are trying to do something very difficult.
169 Animals Jump the shark Said of a salient point in a television show or other activity at which the popularity thereof begins to wane: The Flintstones jumped the shark when a man from outer space came to visit them. The expression derives from an episode of the television sitcom Happy Days in which Fonzie, clad in leather jacket and on water skis, jumps over a shark. That episode was widely seen as the beginning of the end for the formerly popular series.
170 Animals Kangaroo court When people take the law into their own hands and form courts that are not legal, these are known as kangaroo court.
171 Animals Keep the wolf at bay If you keep the wolf at bay, you make enough money to avoid going hungry or falling heavily into debt.
172 Animals Keep the wolf from the door If you keep the wolf from the door, you have enough money for food and the basic essentials.
173 Animals Kettle of fish A pretty or fine kettle of fish is a difficult problem or situation.
174 Animals Kill the fatted calf If you kill the fatted calf, you have a celebration, usually to welcome someone whos been away a long time.
175 Animals Kill the goose that lays the golden egg If you kill the goose that lays the golden egg, you ruin something that is very profitable.
176 Animals Kill two birds with one stone When you kill two birds with one stone, you resolve two difficulties or matters with a single action.
177 Animals Know a hawk from a handsaw If someone knows a hawk from a handsaw, they are able to distinguish things and assess them.
178 Animals Lame duck If something or someone is a lame duck, they are in trouble.
179 Animals Lap dog A lap dog is a person who is eager to please another at the expense of his or her own needs in order to maintain a position of privilege or favor.
180 Animals Leopard can't change its spots This idiom means that people cannot change basic aspects of their character, especially negative ones. ("A leopard doesnt change its spots" is also used.)
181 Animals Let sleeping dogs lie If someone is told to let sleeping dogs lie, it means that they shouldnt disturb a situation as it would result in trouble or complications.
182 Animals Like a bat out of hell This expression means extremely quickly.
183 Animals Like a beached whale Once a whale is on a beach, it cannot get back into the easily, so if you are completely stuck somewhere and cant get away, you are stranded like a beached whale.
184 Animals Like a bear with a sore head (UK) If someones like a bear with a sore head, they complain a lot and are unhappy about something.
185 Animals Like a bull at a gate If you tackle a job very quickly, without any real thought about what you are doing, you are going at it like a bull at a gate.
186 Animals Like a cat on hot bricks If someone is like a cat on hot bricks, they are very nervous or excited.
187 Animals Like a cat that got the cream If someone looks very pleased with themselves and happy, they look like a cat that got the cream.
188 Animals Like a duck to water If someone has a natural talent for something and enjoys it, they take to it like a duck to water.
189 Animals Like a fish needs a bicycle If someone needs something like a Fish Needs a Bicycle, they do not need it at all, originally a feminist slogan: A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.
190 Animals Like a fish out of water If someone feels like a fish out of water, they are very uncomfortable in the situation they are in.
191 Animals Like a hawk If you watch something or someone like a hawk, you observe very closely and carefully.
192 Animals Like a headless chicken If someone rushes about like a headless chicken, they move very fast all over the place, usually without thinking.
193 Animals Like a moth to a flame Something that is like a moth to a flame is attracted to something that is deadly or dangerous.
194 Animals Like a rat deserting a sinking ship If people leave a company because they know that its about to have serious problems, or turn their back on a person about to be in a similar situation, they are said to be like rats deserting a sinking ship.
195 Animals Like lambs to the slaughter If somebody does something unpleasant without any resistance, they go like lambs to the slaughter.
196 Animals Lion's share The lions share of something is the biggest or best part.
197 Animals Live high off the hog If you are living high off the hog, you are living lavishly.
198 Animals Loan shark A loan shark lends money at very high rates of interest.
199 Animals Lock horns When people lock horns, they argue or fight about something.
200 Animals Lock the stable door after the horse has bolted If someone takes action too late, they do this; there is no reason to lock an empty stable.

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