" IDIOMS "

[سيرين]

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[سيرين]

Animal idioms

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Monkey

To monkey around; Monkey business; To make a monkey out of someone.

      

Bee

Busy as a bee; The bee's knees; To have a bee in your bonnet.

      

Dog

To be in the dog house; The hair of the dog; To make a dog's dinner of something.
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Insect

Knee-high to a grasshopper; Butterflies in your stomach; Ants in your pants.

      

Cat

There isn't enough room to swing a cat; To let the cat out of the bag; To put the cat among the pigeons.

      

Pig

Pigs might fly; This place is a pigsty; To make a pig's ear of something
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Bird

Birdbrain; To have a bird's eye view; A little bird told me

      

Horse

To eat like a horse; Straight from the horse's mouth; To flog a dead horse

      

Fish

There's something fishy about this; A big fish in a small pond; A fish out of water.

[M. Samhar AlAbiad]

HI All
Explanation for some idioms:

To Monkey Around: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

Monkey business: mischievous, suspect, dishonest, or meddlesome behaviour or acts

Make a monkey of somone: to make someone look foolish

Busy as a bee: very busy

Bee's knee: an excellent or ideally suitable person or thing

have a bee in your bonnet: a single idea or a thought that remains in one's mind; an obsession

to be in the dog's house: means that someone is angry about something you did (or didn't do).

the hair of the dog: an alcoholic drink supposed to cure a hangover

make a dog's dinner of something: a poor job; a mess; "they made a real dog's breakfast of that job"

knee high to a grasshopper: to be very young

butterflies in stomach: to be very nervous

ants in pants: nervousness and agitation

no room to swing a cat: An awkwardly small, confined space

cat out of the bag: Disclose a secret

put the cat among the pigeons: to do something that causes problems or trouble, or stirr a situation

pigs might fly: A humourous/sarcastic remark, used to indicate the unlikeliness of some event or to mock the credulity of others; for example, "I might make a start on papering the back bedroom tomorrow". "Yes, and pigs might fly".

the place is a pigsty: very untidy, dirty and messy place

make a pig's ear of something: to do something very badly

birdbrain: A person regarded as silly or stupid.

bird's eye view - a situation or topic as if viewed from an altitude or distance

Regards

[Safwat]

 
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