IDIOMS WITH ANIMALS 2

A person who drinks like a fish is a heavy

Drink like a fish
drinker or one who drinks a lot.
A person who has other fish to fry, has more
Have other fish to fry
important things to do.
To say this means that that there are many
There are (plenty of) other fish in the sea other people just as good as the one
somebody failed to get.
If you have goose pimples, you are so cold or
Have goose pimples so afraid that your skin is temporarily raised
into little lumps.
This term refers to a very young and small
Knee-high to a grasshopper
child.
People who are used as guinea pigs are
Guinea pig people on whom new methods, treatment or
ideas are tested.
If you get on your high horse, you start
Get on your high horse behaving in a haughty manner, as though you
should be treated with more respect.
When someone is as quiet as a mouse, they
(as) quiet as a mouse
make no noise at all.
If someone is as stubborn as a mule, they are
As stubborn as a mule very obstinate and unwilling to listen to reason
or change their mind.
This expression refers to a middle-aged or
older woman trying to look younger than her
Mutton dressed as lamb
age by dressing in clothes designed for
youngerpeople.
This expression means that you are free and
The world is your oyster able to enjoy the pleasures and opportunities
that life has to offer.
A person who is as proud as a peacock is
Proud as a peacock
extremely proud.
This term means to immediately and
completely stop an addictive substance, a
Cold turkey
regular activity or a behavioural pattern,
instead of ending it gradually.
To say "...and pigs might fly expresses
Pigs might fly
disbelief, or the idea that miracles might
(also: when pigs have wings/fly)
happen but are extremely unlikely.

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH THE

IDIOMS ABOVE:

1. Look how tall you are! Last time I saw you,

you were __________________
2. The burglar was ________________ as he moved around the house.
3. She left college feeling that the _________________.
4. I was so scared that I had ___________________ all through the
film!
5. I cannot waste more time with this trivial discussions. I have
__________________.
6. He _________________ when he was asked to produce his
membership card, totally indignant that they had not recognised him.
7. I'm nervous if Joe drives when we go out because he
___________________.
8. His friends advised him to accept the offer, but you know Jack -
____________________.
9. The candidate we chose refused the job? Never mind -
______________________!
10.My grandmother buying a computer? ... Yeah,
__________________!
11. When his son won first prize, Bill was
_________________________.
12. When Dave decided to stop smoking, he did it
_________________ on January 1st.
13. The style doesn't suit her at all - it has a ____________________
effect.
SOLUTIONS:

14. Look how tall you are! Last time I saw you,
you were knee-high to a grasshopper!
15.The burglar was as quiet as a mouse as he moved around the house.
16. She left college feeling that the world was her oyster.
17.I was so scared that I had goose pimples all through the film!
18.I cannot waste more time with this trivial discussions. I have other
fish to fry.
19. He got on his high horse when he was asked to show his
membership card.
20.I'm nervous if Joe drives when we go out because he drinks like a
fish!
21. His friends advised him to accept the offer, but you know Jack -
he's as stubborn as a mule!
22.The candidate we chose refused the job? Never mind - there are
other
fish in the sea!
23.My grandmother buying a computer? ... Yeah, and pigs might fly!
24. When his son won first prize, Bill was as proud as a peacock.
25. When Dave decided to stop smoking, he did it cold turkey on
January 1st.
26. The style doesn't suit her at all - it has a 'mutton dressed as lamb'
effect.