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Sun Aug 21, 2011 11:49 am
Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:38 pm
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