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idcategoryidiomdescription
201 Animals Lone wolf A lone wolf is a person who prefers to do things on their own or without help from other people.
202 Animals Look what the cat dragged in This idiom is used when someone arrives somewhere looking a mess or flustered and bothered.
203 Animals Lord love a duck An exclamation used when nothing else will fit. Often fitting when one is stunned or dismayed.
204 Animals Love me, love my dog If you love someone, you should accept everything about them and the people they like.
205 Animals Lower than a snake's belly Someone or something that is lower than a snakes belly is of a very low moral standing.
206 Animals Lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut (USA) If someone or something is lower than a snakes belly in a wagon rut, they are of low moral standing because a snakes belly is low and if the snake is in a wagon rut, it is really low.
207 Animals Mad as a badger If someone is as mad as a badger, they are crazy.
208 Animals Mad as a cut snake (AU) One who is mad as a cut snake has lost all sense of reason, is crazy, out of control.
209 Animals Mad as a hornet (USA) If someone is as mad as a hornet, they are very angry indeed.
210 Animals Mad as a March hare Someone who is excitable and unpredictable is as mad as a March hare.
211 Animals Mad as a wet hen If someone is as mad as a wet hen, they are extremely angry.
212 Animals Make a monkey of someone If you make a monkey of someone, you make them look foolish.
213 Animals Memory like an elephant An elephant never forgets is a saying, so if a person has a memory like an elephant, he or she has a very good memory indeed.
214 Animals Mess with a bull, you get the horns If you do something stupid or dangerous, you can get hurt.
215 Animals Monkey business If children get up to monkey business, they are behaving naughtily or mischievously. This is the same as monkeying around.
216 Animals Monkey see, monkey do This idiom means that children will learn their behaviour by copying what they see happening around them.
217 Animals More than one way to skin a cat When people say that there is more than one way to skin a cat, they mean that there are different ways of achieving the same thing.
218 Animals My dogs are barking (USA) When someone says this, they mean that their feet are hurting.
219 Animals Nature of the beast The basic characteristics of something is the nature of the beast; often used when theres an aspect of something that cannot be changed or that is unpleasant or difficult.
220 Animals Neither fish nor fowl Something or someone that is neither fish nor fowl doesnt really fit into any one group.
221 Animals Night owl A night owl is someone who goes to bed very late.
222 Animals No dog in this fight If you have no dog in a fight, you are not concerned and will not be affected either way by the outcome of something.
223 Animals No spring chicken If someone is no spring chicken, they are not young.
224 Animals Not enough room to swing a cat If a room is very small, you can say that there isnt enough room to swing a cat in it.
225 Animals Not give a monkey's (UK) If you couldnt give a monkeys about something, you dont care at all about it.
226 Animals Not hurt a fly Somebody who would not hurt a fly is not aggressive.
227 Animals On the hoof If you decide something on the hoof, you do it without planning, responding to events as they happen.
228 Animals On the wallaby track (AU) In Australian English, if youre on the wallaby track, you are unemployed.
229 Animals On your high horse When someone is on their high horse, they are being inflexible, arrogant and will not make any compromises.
230 Animals One swallow does not make a summer This means that one good or positive event does not mean that everything is all right.
231 Animals One-trick pony A one-trick pony is someone who does one thing well, but has limited skills in other areas.
232 Animals Opening a can of worms If you open a can of worms, you do something that will cause a lot of problems and is, on balance, probably going to cause more trouble than its worth.
233 Animals Other fish to fry If you have other fish to fry, it doesnt matter if one opportunity fails to materialise as you have plenty of others.
234 Animals Paper tiger A paper tiger is a person, country, institution, etc, that looks powerful, but is actually weak.
235 Animals Parrot fashion If you learn something parrot fashion, you learn it word for word. A parrot is a bird from South America that can talk.
236 Animals Pecking order The pecking order is the order of importance or rank.
237 Animals Pet peeve A pet peeve is something that irritates an individual greatly.
238 Animals Pig in a poke If someone buys a pig in a poke, they buy something without checking the condition it was in, usually finding out later that it was defective.
239 Animals Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered (USA) This idiom is used to express being satisfied with enough, that being greedy or too ambitious will be your ruin.
240 Animals Pigs might fly If you think something will never happen or succeed, you can say that pigs might fly (or pigs can fly and pigs will fly- the idiom is used in many forms)
241 Animals Play possum To pretend to be dead or sleeping. His younger sister jumped on him because she knew he was just playing possum.
242 Animals Proud as a peacock Someone who is as proud as a peacock is excessively proud.
243 Animals Pull a rabbit out of your hat If you pull a rabbit out of a hat, you do something that no one was expecting.
244 Animals Pup's chance A pups chance is no chance.
245 Animals Puppy love Puppy love is love between two very young people.
246 Animals Put lipstick on a pig If people put lipstick on a pig, they make superficial or cosmetic changes, hoping that it will make the product more attractive.
247 Animals Putting the cart before the horse When you put the cart before the horse, you are doing something the wrong way round.
248 Animals Queen bee The queen bee is a woman who holds the most important position in a place.
249 Animals Queer fish (UK) A strange person is a queer fish.
250 Animals Quiet as a cat If somebody is as quiet as a cat they make as little noise as possible and try to be unnoticeable.
251 Animals Quiet as a mouse If someones as quiet as a mouse, they make absolutely no noise.
252 Animals Raining cats and dogs When it is raining cats and dogs, it is raining very heavily.
253 Animals Rat race The rat race is the ruthless, competitive struggle for success in work, etc.
254 Animals Red herring If something is a distraction from the real issues, it is a red herring.
255 Animals Root hog or die poor (USA) Its a expression used in the Southern USA that means that you must look out for yourself as no ones going to do it for you.? (It can be shortened to root hog.? A hog is a pig.)
256 Animals Sacred cow Something that is a sacred cow is held in such respect that it cannot be criticised or attacked.
257 Animals Salty dog A salty dog is an experienced sailor.
258 Animals See which way the cat jumps (AU) If you see which way the cat jumps, you postpone making a decision or acting until you have seen how things are developing.
259 Animals Separate the sheep from the goats If you separate the sheep from the goats, you sort out the good from the bad.
260 Animals Shaggy dog story A shaggy dog story is a joke which is a long story with a silly end.
261 Animals Shanks's pony (UK) If you go somewhere by Shankss pony, you walk there.
262 Animals Shooting fish in a barrel If something is like shooting fish in a barrel, it is so easy that success is guaranteed.
263 Animals Short horse soon curried A convenient and superficial explanation that is normally unconvincing is a short horse soon curried.
264 Animals Sick as a dog If somebodys as sick as a dog, they throw up (=vomit) violently.
265 Animals Sick as a parrot If someones sick as a parrot about something, they are unhappy, disappointed or depressed about it.
266 Animals Sing like a canary If someone sings like a canary, they tell everything they know about a crime or wrongdoing to the police or authorities.
267 Animals Sitting duck A sitting duck is something or someone that is easy to criticise or target.
268 Animals Sleep well- don't let the bedbugs bite This is a way of wishing someone a good nights sleep.
269 Animals Slowly, slowly catchy monkey This means that eventually you will achieve your goal.
270 Animals Sly as a fox Someone who is as sly as a fox is cunning and experienced and can get what they want, often in an underhand way.
271 Animals Small dog, tall weeds This idiom is used to describe someone the speaker does not believe has the ability or resources to handle a task or job.
272 Animals Small fry If someone is small fry, they are unimportant. The term is often used when the police arrest the less important criminals, but are unable to catch the leaders and masterminds.
273 Animals Smell a rat If you smell a rat, you know instinctively that something is wrong or that someone is lying to you.
274 Animals Snake in the grass Someone who is a snake in the grass betrays you even though you have trusted them.
275 Animals Snake oil Advice or medicine which is of no use.
276 Animals Snake oil salesperson A person who promotes something that doesnt work, is selling snake oil.
277 Animals Snipe hunt A snipe hunt is a situation in which someone is tricked into chasing after something that does not exist. The origin comes from a hazing ritual in which someone would be led into the field to catch snipe (an imaginary animal) in a sack while the other hunters pushed the snipe in that direction. The other hunters would in reality leave the hunter there and go on their way.
278 Animals Snug as a bug in a rug If youre as snug as a bug in a rug, you are feeling very comfortable indeed.
279 Animals Sprat to catch a mackerel If you use a sprat to catch a mackerel, you make a small expenditure or take a small risk in the hope of a much greater gain.
280 Animals Stalking horse A stalking horse is a strategy or something used to conceal your intentions.? It is often used where someone put themselves forwards as a candidate to divide opponents or to hide the real candidate.
281 Animals Straw that broke the camel's back The straw that broke the camels back is the problem that made you lose your temper or the problem that finally brought about the collapse of something.
282 Animals Strong as an ox Someone whos exceedingly strong physically is said to be as strong as an ox.
283 Animals Stubborn as a mule Someone who will not listen to other peoples advice and wont change their way of doing things is as stubborn as a mule.
284 Animals Swansong A persons swansong is their final achievement or public appearance.
285 Animals Sweat like a pig If someone is sweating like a pig, they are perspiring (sweating) a lot.
286 Animals Swim with the fishes If someone is swimming with the fishes, they are dead, especially if they have been murdered. Sleep with the fishes is an alternative form.
287 Animals Take the bull by its horns Taking a bull by its horns would be the most direct but also the most dangerous way to try to compete with such an animal. When we use the phrase in everyday talk, we mean that the person we are talking about tackles their problems directly and is not worried about any risks involved.
288 Animals Talk the hind legs off a donkey A person who is excessively or extremely talkative can talk the hind legs off a donkey.
289 Animals Talk turkey When people talk turkey, they discuss something frankly.
290 Animals Tell them where the dog died (USA) If you tell them where the dog died, you strongly and sharply correct someone.
291 Animals The cat's meow If something is the cats meow, its excellent.
292 Animals Their bark is worse than their bite If someones bark is worse than their bite, they get angry and shout and make threats, but dont actually do anything.
293 Animals There are many ways to skin a cat This is an expression meaning there are many different ways of doing the same thing.
294 Animals There's a dead cat on the line This used as a way of telling people that something suspicious is happening.
295 Animals Thousand pound gorilla in the room A thousand pound gorilla in the room is an idiom which can be used to say something is the biggest problem in the relationship between two or more persons or countries.
296 Animals Throw a monkey wrench into the works (USA) If you throw a monkey wrench into the works, you ensure that something fails.
297 Animals Throw pearls to the pigs Someone that throws pearls to pigs is giving someone else something they dont deserve or appreciate. (Throw pearls before pigs and Cast pearls before swine are also used.)
298 Animals Throw someone to the wolves If someone is thrown to the wolves, they are abandoned and have to face trouble without any support.
299 Animals Till the cows come home This idioms means for a very long time. (Until the cows come home is also used.)
300 Animals To be dog cheap If somethings dog cheap, it is very cheap indeed.

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