lunes, 10 de diciembre de 2018

Animal Idioms

1-) Two shakes of a lamb´s tail: Very quickly 



If you don´t return in two skakes of a lamb´s tail I will tell your supervisor.

2-) A leopard cannot change (its) spots



My mom said, this chihuahua dog is different but I know that a leopard cannot change its spots.

3-) A lambs to the slaughter

That baby is a lambs to the slaughter.

4-) Rat race: A fierce struggle for success, especially in one's career or business



My father work is a rat race. He and his coworkers make competitions daily.

5-) Smelling a rat: Suspect that something is wrong.


6-) Go to the whole hog

She has been the best student at school. Now she would like to enter a private high school I think She goes to the whole hog.

7-) Wolf something down


8-) Stop the monkey business 


9-) The boy who cried wolf


Pay no attention. She's just crying wolf again. Don't cry wolf too often. No one will come.

10-) As strong as ox

11-) As busy as a beaver


12-) As sly as a fox

The policeman was as sly as a fox, he caught the thief.

13-) A bull in a china shop

14-) Scared as a rabbit


15-) A cash cow




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