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Vocabulary
IDIOMS WITH ANIMALS
OTHERS
- donkey's years = a very long time
- donkey-work = the hard part of a job
- to talk the hind legs off a donkey = to talk a lot
- a scapegoat = chivo expiatorio
- a red herring = something that attracts people's attention
- to have a frog in one's throat = to have a phlem
- to have seen the lions = to have a lot of experience, to have seen everything
- to come out of one's shell = to become less shy
- to learn/say something parrot-fashion = to learn/say sth by heart, from memory
- a white elephant = possession that is useless and expensive to maintain
- to be a busy bee = to enjoy being busy or active
- to have a bee in one's bonnet (about something) = to be obsessed, mad with something
- to have bats in the belfry = to be eccentric or insane
- monkey business/tricks = dishonest or bad behaviour
- brass monkey weather = very cold weather
- to make a monkey out of somebody = to make somebody look stupid
- to have ants in one's pants = to be very restless
- to be mad as a March hare = to be completely mad
- to be packed like sardines = estar como sardinas enlatadas
- to shed crocodile tears = llorar lágrimas de cocodrilo
- to be like a bear with a sore head = be rude, in a bad mood
We thank Marcela Bitetto (from Buenos Aires, Argentina) for her suggestion.
Exercise
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