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idcategoryidiomdescription
2501 Animals Lame duck If something or someone is a lame duck, they are in trouble.
2502 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.
2503 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.)
2504 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.
2505 Animals Like a bat out of hell This expression means extremely quickly.
2506 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.
2507 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.
2508 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.
2509 Animals Like a cat on hot bricks If someone is like a cat on hot bricks, they are very nervous or excited.
2510 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.
2511 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.
2512 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.
2513 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.
2514 Animals Like a hawk If you watch something or someone like a hawk, you observe very closely and carefully.
2515 Animals Like a headless chicken If someone rushes about like a headless chicken, they move very fast all over the place, usually without thinking.
2516 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.
2517 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.
2518 Animals Like lambs to the slaughter If somebody does something unpleasant without any resistance, they go like lambs to the slaughter.
2519 Animals Lion's share The lions share of something is the biggest or best part.
2520 Animals Live high off the hog If you are living high off the hog, you are living lavishly.
2521 Animals Loan shark A loan shark lends money at very high rates of interest.
2522 Animals Lock horns When people lock horns, they argue or fight about something.
2523 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.
2524 Animals Lone wolf A lone wolf is a person who prefers to do things on their own or without help from other people.
2525 Animals Look what the cat dragged in This idiom is used when someone arrives somewhere looking a mess or flustered and bothered.
2526 Animals Lord love a duck An exclamation used when nothing else will fit. Often fitting when one is stunned or dismayed.
2527 Animals Love me, love my dog If you love someone, you should accept everything about them and the people they like.
2528 Animals Lower than a snake's belly Someone or something that is lower than a snakes belly is of a very low moral standing.
2529 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.
2530 Animals Mad as a badger If someone is as mad as a badger, they are crazy.
2531 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.
2532 Animals Mad as a hornet (USA) If someone is as mad as a hornet, they are very angry indeed.
2533 Animals Mad as a March hare Someone who is excitable and unpredictable is as mad as a March hare.
2534 Animals Mad as a wet hen If someone is as mad as a wet hen, they are extremely angry.
2535 Animals Make a monkey of someone If you make a monkey of someone, you make them look foolish.
2536 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.
2537 Animals Mess with a bull, you get the horns If you do something stupid or dangerous, you can get hurt.
2538 Animals Monkey business If children get up to monkey business, they are behaving naughtily or mischievously. This is the same as monkeying around.
2539 Animals Monkey see, monkey do This idiom means that children will learn their behaviour by copying what they see happening around them.
2540 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.
2541 Animals My dogs are barking (USA) When someone says this, they mean that their feet are hurting.
2542 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.
2543 Animals Neither fish nor fowl Something or someone that is neither fish nor fowl doesnt really fit into any one group.
2544 Animals Night owl A night owl is someone who goes to bed very late.
2545 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.
2546 Animals No spring chicken If someone is no spring chicken, they are not young.
2547 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.
2548 Animals Not give a monkey's (UK) If you couldnt give a monkeys about something, you dont care at all about it.
2549 Animals Not hurt a fly Somebody who would not hurt a fly is not aggressive.
2550 Animals On the hoof If you decide something on the hoof, you do it without planning, responding to events as they happen.
2551 Animals On the wallaby track (AU) In Australian English, if youre on the wallaby track, you are unemployed.
2552 Animals On your high horse When someone is on their high horse, they are being inflexible, arrogant and will not make any compromises.
2553 Animals One swallow does not make a summer This means that one good or positive event does not mean that everything is all right.
2554 Animals One-trick pony A one-trick pony is someone who does one thing well, but has limited skills in other areas.
2555 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.
2556 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.
2557 Animals Paper tiger A paper tiger is a person, country, institution, etc, that looks powerful, but is actually weak.
2558 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.
2559 Animals Pecking order The pecking order is the order of importance or rank.
2560 Animals Pet peeve A pet peeve is something that irritates an individual greatly.
2561 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.
2562 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.
2563 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)
2564 Animals Play possum To pretend to be dead or sleeping. His younger sister jumped on him because she knew he was just playing possum.
2565 Animals Proud as a peacock Someone who is as proud as a peacock is excessively proud.
2566 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.
2567 Animals Pup's chance A pups chance is no chance.
2568 Animals Puppy love Puppy love is love between two very young people.
2569 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.
2570 Animals Putting the cart before the horse When you put the cart before the horse, you are doing something the wrong way round.
2571 Animals Queen bee The queen bee is a woman who holds the most important position in a place.
2572 Animals Queer fish (UK) A strange person is a queer fish.
2573 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.
2574 Animals Quiet as a mouse If someones as quiet as a mouse, they make absolutely no noise.
2575 Animals Raining cats and dogs When it is raining cats and dogs, it is raining very heavily.
2576 Animals Rat race The rat race is the ruthless, competitive struggle for success in work, etc.
2577 Animals Red herring If something is a distraction from the real issues, it is a red herring.
2578 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.)
2579 Animals Sacred cow Something that is a sacred cow is held in such respect that it cannot be criticised or attacked.
2580 Animals Salty dog A salty dog is an experienced sailor.
2581 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.
2582 Animals Separate the sheep from the goats If you separate the sheep from the goats, you sort out the good from the bad.
2583 Animals Shaggy dog story A shaggy dog story is a joke which is a long story with a silly end.
2584 Animals Shanks's pony (UK) If you go somewhere by Shankss pony, you walk there.
2585 Animals Shooting fish in a barrel If something is like shooting fish in a barrel, it is so easy that success is guaranteed.
2586 Animals Short horse soon curried A convenient and superficial explanation that is normally unconvincing is a short horse soon curried.
2587 Animals Sick as a dog If somebodys as sick as a dog, they throw up (=vomit) violently.
2588 Animals Sick as a parrot If someones sick as a parrot about something, they are unhappy, disappointed or depressed about it.
2589 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.
2590 Animals Sitting duck A sitting duck is something or someone that is easy to criticise or target.
2591 Animals Sleep well- don't let the bedbugs bite This is a way of wishing someone a good nights sleep.
2592 Animals Slowly, slowly catchy monkey This means that eventually you will achieve your goal.
2593 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.
2594 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.
2595 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.
2596 Animals Smell a rat If you smell a rat, you know instinctively that something is wrong or that someone is lying to you.
2597 Animals Snake in the grass Someone who is a snake in the grass betrays you even though you have trusted them.
2598 Animals Snake oil Advice or medicine which is of no use.
2599 Animals Snake oil salesperson A person who promotes something that doesnt work, is selling snake oil.
2600 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.

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