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Animal Idioms

All of these idioms have animals in them...

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a little bird told me

a scaredy cat

its raining cats and dogs

its a dog-eat-dog w orld

to have a cow

seems a little fishy to me

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1. Wow! It's raining cats and dogs today, and I forgot my umbrella!
a)
I forgot my umbrella today.
b)

It's raining heavily.

c)

Cats and dogs are falling from the sky.

YES!

2. When I told my mom I would be home around 2 am, she had a cow!
a)
My mom was really upset.
b)

My mom bought a baby cow.

c)

My mom is really strange.

YES!

3. Jean: How did you know it was my birthday today?

Susan: Oh, a little birdie told me!
a)
Jean told Susan it was her birthday.
b)

Susan told Jean it was her birthday.

c)

An unnamed person told Susan about Jeans birthday.

YES!

4. Frank: Why didnt your brother ride the roller coaster with us?
Sam: Oh, hes such a scaredy cat! He wont ride on any fast rides.
a)
Sams brother didnt go to the roller coaster.
b)

Sams brother is afraid to ride the roller coaster.

c)

Sams brother is a cat.

YES!

5. When the telephone salesman told me I could buy some concert tickets
for only $10.00 if I gave him my credit card number, it seemed a little fishy
to me, so I hung up the phone.
a)
I thought he was dishonest and I felt suspicious of him.
b)

I thought he smelled like a fish and I didnt like that.

c)

I thought he was playing a joke.

YES!

6. I never learned how to use a computer, so I lost my job to a new

employee. Its a dog-eat-dog world.
a)
People treat each other like dogs.
b)

Only the best will keep their jobs.

c)

Dogs are eating dogs at the office.

YES!

7. This is a suspicious situation.

a)
It's fishy.

b)

It's raining cats and dogs.

c)

Its a dog-eat-dog world.

YES!

8. My sister got really upset when I drank the last of the milk.
a)
She's a scaredy-cat.
b)

She had a cow.

c)

A little birdie told me.

YES!

9. It's raining and raining and raining!

a)
Its a dog-eat-dog world.
b)

It's a scaredy-cat.

c)

It's raining cats and dogs.

YES!

10. The best always win.

a)
A little birdie told me.
b)

Its a dog-eat-dog world.

c)

It's fishy.
YES!

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