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Bird
How did you know he was leaving? Oh, lets just say a little bird
told me.
[MW]
[OXF] A little bird/birdie told me: (informal) used to say that someone told
you something but you do not want to say who it was.
Bird idioms from CAM
4. A bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush) (saying): said when you
recognise that you should not risk losing something you already have
by trying to get something you think might be better.
5. (As) free as a bird: completely free to do as you want.
6. Birds of a feather flock together (saying): said about people who have
similar characters or interests, especially ones of which you
disapprove, and who often spend time with each other.
7. Be (strictly) for the birds (US informal): to be stupid or not important.
8. Kill two birds with one stone: to succeed in achieving two things in a
single action.
I killed two birds with one stone and picked the kids up on the way to
the station.
9. The birds and the bees (humorous): the basic facts about sex and
reproduction.
Shes only six, but she already knows about the birds and the bees.
10.The early bird catches the worm (saying): said to advise someone
that they will win an advantage if they do something immediately or
before anyone else does it.
Bird idioms from MW
11.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush: expression a bird in the
hand is worth two in the bush means that it is better to hold onto
something you have than to risk losing it by trying to get something
better.
12.(As) free as a bird: completely free.
After he left school he felt as free as a bird.
13.Birds of a feather flock together: the expression birds of a feather
flock together means that people who are alike tend to do things
together.
14.For the birds (informal): worthless or ridiculous.
This town is for the birds.
15.Give (someone) the bird (informal)
not the psychologist well I no longer think that I want to bring a big
greeting to everybody especially to Diego from Venezuela and all of
those from Colombia and to everybody Keep on practice.
39.Yes, I've known many birdbrains in my life. However, a little bird told
me that I must be quite peaceful with them. Being peaceful and as
comprehensible as possible is the best way to deal with them.
40.I used to teach English to boys and girls who study at the high school,
they are either lazy or birdbrain, because I repeat the lesson time
after time but they don`t understand I lost my temper. Thought, I
wonder if the birdbrain is me, I don't know! I hope I am not! Well, on
the other hand, as far as I remember a little bird told me, ok I don't let
on who told me something terrible, as I earlier commented, that little
bird told me my best friend said that I was a birdbrain, because
anybody understood what I taught them. But, as I have a bird's eye
view I realize that the real person that said that was the very little
bird that told me that I was a birdbrain. Well I told her that the real
birdbrain was herself, that she was a daft and a mug! Well that is all
from me.
41.In Japan, most of politicians are birdbrain.
42.A little bird told me I have to stop learning three languages at the
same time, or my brain will explode and I will be a birdbrain too.
43.A little bird told me, you were having problems.
44.A little bird told me that I had wasted my time to have argument with
such a bird-brained person. He meant she, the manager, was really a
birdbrain in the situation of the meeting. At her position, she must
have a bird's eye view over the matter discussed but all her ideas and
her point of view caused us almost disappointed.
45.A little bird told me that, you were flirting with a girl in the street. Mrs.
Susan repeated the lecture many times, however John was a
birdbrain.
46.My grandfather is intelligent and smart but totally birdbrain in
languages, I advise him this website in order he could brush up her
English. I have some ideas where you can have a bird`s eye view of
our city, one place is TV tower and other is a marvellous cafe on the
top of the hotel. A little bird told me that you are very suspicious.
47.Sorry, I forgot to write the name of my country. I hope I am not a
birdbrain as making this mistake.
48.I want to be intelligent too, not a birdbrain.
49.Do you know who is that boy sitting besides Chloe?
Well, he is Brian and he is a very nice guy who is kind, knowledgeable
and has a bird's eye view on everything.
Oh, really? I thought he had a birdbrain when he was in primary
school.
Well, I think he changes a lot after studying in the university. And you
know what? He and Chole just start going out last month.
Wow.. how do you know?
A little bird told me.
50.A little bird told me that the teacher shall never be called birdbrain.
51.Ive a birdbrain to the languages, but I know that I should
development an Einstein Brain.
52.Sometimes I must admit that I am a little birdbrain. I always forget
what I should and cannot remember what just happened. I hope I
could have a bird's eye view. It maybe needs lots of social
experience. A little bird told me if I try my best, anything is possible!
53.I haven't completely understood the lesson. Do I have a birdbrain? A
little bird told me it is better I study more!
54.A little bird told me that I should check the BBC Learning English
website each week for interesting idioms. Then I won't feel like a
birdbrain when people use these expressions.
55.A little bird told me that a birdbrain never has a bird's eye view.
56.I usually say "a little bird told me something". When I want to claim to
my daughter in order to avoid she knows my wife has told me about
the topic.
57.A little bird told me that the teacher will continue teaching and
helping us to improve our English skill. I hope so!
58.I'm not stupid and have a bird's eye view; the teacher was a birdbrain
and should have been fired. Later, a little bird told me that she'd
picked up a fight with the headmaster.
59."Oh bird-brained buddy, where have you been?""Greenland.""Who
told you that?""A bird, of course."
60.Don't you be a birdbrain person? Look at the sky and see, how
beautiful is to fly. If you have a bird eye view, you'll see how amazing
it is. A little bird told me that you are about to open all your cages and
doors and let the bird leave.
61.I thought myself having a bird's eye view without paying attention to
what my parents said. A little bird told me one of my friends that I had
considered myself birdbrain.
62.A little bird told me that my girlfriend didnt believe you guys posted
my comment on this page, on the horses edition. She thinks I am too
bird-brained for that, can somebody help me?
63.I used to climb up to the top of the hills at weekend or in holiday, and
have a bird's eye view of our village.
64.A little bird told me that you have bought a new nice house in the
countryside, you can have a bird's eye view from its windows the
landscape is terrific. In fact you are lucky, the bird said my cousin is a
birdbrain too because he sold you such nice house so cheap.
65.Your mother is very disappointed with you. A little bird told her, that
you were caught cheating in the math test yesterday. Besides that,
this little bird also told her that the teacher, who has birds eye view,
said you are a birdbrain, because everybody knows that is nigh on
impossible to cheat in his tests.
66.Well, a little bird told me that my best friend is thinking of getting
married to a blond girl whose intellectual reputation is not good. In
fact, they say shes bird-brained, poor thing! However, apparently she
is loaded. So as you can see this friend of mine has a birds eye view!
Could she be PH? I dont know ask the little bird!
67.A little bird told me that you two love birds are getting your own little
love nest.
68.It's good to have a bird`s eye to see that the best people in the world
should have a birdbrain, so they can discriminate good from bad and
act by themselves without waiting from others to tell them what they
can do. Never say a little bird told me, but you just notice that you
have to be a good human being first of all.
69.I think the teacher has a bird's eye view!
Cat
1. There isnt enough room to swing a cat: if room or space is very small.
We live together in this house. Small, isnt it? Not much room for
Tinkles and me. In fact there isnt enough room to swing a cat.
[CAM] Theres no/not enough room to swing a cat (saying): said about a
place or space that is very small.
[MW]
[OXF] No room to swing a cat (informal): when someone says theres no
room to swing a cat, they mean that a room is very small and that
there is not enough space.
2. To let the cat out of the bag: if someone lets a secret be known,
especially by mistake.
Ive got something to tell you... Its a bit of a secret. Tinkles? Tinkles?
Oh, so you know my little secret already... Who let the cat out of the
bag?
[CAM] Let the cat out of the bag: to allow a secret to be known, usually
without intending to.
I was trying to keep the party a secret, but Mel went and let the cat
out of the bag.
[MW] Let the cat out of the bag: to reveal a secret.
We wanted the party to be a surprise, but he let the cat out of the
bag.
[OXF] Let the cat out of the bag: to tell a secret carelessly or by mistake.
I wanted it to be a surprise, but my sister let the cat out of the bag.
3. To put the cat among the pigeons: If theres something which causes
trouble or makes people very angry.
Like when I told my students Id spent the whole year preparing them
for the wrong exam. That put the cat among the pigeons. Ah, they
hated me so much, ha, ha, silly me.
[CAM] Put/Set the cat among the pigeons (UK): to say or do something that
causes trouble or makes a lot of people very angry.
[MW]
[OXF]
Cat idioms from CAM
4. Has the cat got your tongue? (Informal): something you say to
someone when you are annoyed because they will not speak.
Whats the matter? Has the cat got your tongue?
5. Curiosity killed the cat (saying): said to warn someone not to ask too
many questions about something.
6. Fight like cat and dog (informal): to argue violently all the time.
As kids we used to fight like cat and dog.
7. Look like something the cat brought/dragged in (informal): to look
very untidy and dirty.
8. Rain cats and dogs: to rain very heavily.
Dont forget to take your umbrella its raining cats and dogs out
there.
9. Be the cats whiskers (UK old-fashioned): to be better than everyone
else.
10.Like a cat on a hot tin roof (UK old-fashioned like a cat on hot bricks):
describes someone who is in a state of extreme nervous worry.
11.Play cat and mouse: to try to defeat someone by tricking them into
making a mistake so that you have an advantage over them.
The 32-year-old actress spent a large proportion of the week playing
cat and mouse with the press.
12.While the cats away, the mice will play (saying): said when the
person who is in charge of a place is not there, and the people there
behave badly.
Cat idioms from MW
13.Cat got your tongue? (Informal): used to ask someone why he or she
is not saying anything.
Youve been unusually quiet tonight, she said. Whats the matter?
Cat got your tongue?
14.Curiosity killed the cat: the expression curiosity killed the cat is used
to warn people that too much curiosity can be dangerous.
15.Fight like cats and dogs (chiefly US) or Brit fight like cat and dog:
(informal): to fight or argue a lot or in a very forceful and angry way.
A married couple who are always fighting like cats and dogs.
16.Like something the cat brought/dragged/drug in: if you look or feel
like something the cat brought/dragged/drug in, you are very dirty or
untidy.
I need to take a shower I look like something the cat dragged in.
17.Like the cat that ate/got/swallowed the canary (US) or Brit like the cat
that got the cream: used to say that someone looks very proud or
satisfied about something he or she has done.
After pointing out his teachers mistake, he smiled like the cat that
ate the canary.
18.Look what the cat dragged in! (Informal): used to call attention to
someone who has entered the room or area.
19.Rain cats and dogs (informal): to rain very hard.
20.The cats meow (US) or the cats pajamas or Brit the cats whiskers
(old-fashioned + informal): used to say that someone or something is
very appealing.
That car is the cats meow. [= I really like that car].
Going to the movies was the cats pajamas when I was a kid.
21.Catlike (adjective) a catlike appearance; a catlike movements.
Cat idioms from OXF
22.Be the cats meow/pajamas (informal): to be the best thing, person,
idea, etc.
He really thinks hes the cats meow (=he has a high opinion of
himself).
23.Be raining cats and dogs (informal): to be raining heavily.
24.(Has the) cat got your tongue? (Informal): said to someone, especially
a child, who stays silent when expected to speak, for example after
being asked a question.
Whats the matter? Cat got your tongue?
25.Curiosity killed the cat (saying): used to tell someone not to ask
questions or try to find out about things that do not concern them.
26.Like a cat on a hot tin roof: very nervous
She was like a cat on a hot tin roof before her driving test.
27.Like the cat that got/ate/swallowed the canary: very pleased with
yourself. Synonym SMUG.
She looked like a cat that got the canary she was almost purring
with pleasure.
28.Look like something the cat brought/dragged in (informal) (of a
person): to look dirty and messy.
29.Play (a game of) cat and mouse with someone / Play a cat-and-mouse
game with someone: to play a cruel game with someone in your
power by changing your behaviour very often, so that they become
nervous and do not know what to expect.
He thought the police were playing some elaborate game of cat and
mouse and waiting to trap him.
30.Theres more than one way to skin a cat (saying, humorous): there
are many different ways to achieve something.
31.When the cats away the mice will play (saying): people enjoy
themselves more and behave with greater freedom when the person
in charge of them is not there.
1. Have you ever let the cat out of the bag? Or perhaps youve put a cat
among the pigeons.
2. Well, it is a very useful program for the English learners. Helpful for
teachers too. We are working in a small office. There is not enough
room to swing a cat here. Yet I have to keep some precious
documents secretly. But do you know about Mr. Nadir! I am afraid he
will let the cat out of the bag. That would really put the cat among the
pigeons.
3. Hello intelligent man, "when I was teenager I had a small room and
too many stuffs. There wasn't enough room to swing a cat but I tried
so hard to organize it".
4. When I Travelled by bus on my last vacations, I went to the toilet...and
of course there isn't enough room to swing a cat, I had to open the
window because I couldn't breathe.
5. Whenever I take an airplane, there isn't enough room to swing a cat.
If the flight time is over 5 hours, it's exactly same as hell.
Everybody who watched our presentation could feel our relationship
was so bad. My teacher who made the pairs put a cat among the
pigeons.
6. Currently I live in a flat in which there isn't enough room to swing a
cat the room is only for one person to stay in. During summer, I nailed
the wall to hang up my picture I made a noisy sound that it put the
cat among pigeons. I think I'm a secret man, my friends trust me that
I'll never let the cat out of the bag.
7. Well, my brother is a bookworm. His room is full of books that there
isn't enough room to swing a cat. He wears as thick glasses as up to...
a centimetre or so! Oh, he has just doneee... Opps! I almost let the
cat out of the bag. That'll put the cat among the pigeons. He's
daunting!
8. Probably it makes sense whenever I travel by car with my wife and
two tots (fortunately I haven't got a pet) and, obviously, the boot car
is not enough for the kids stuff (toys and whatsoever), what makes
me put some pieces of luggage inside the car and, as a conclusion
there isn't enough room to swing a cat.
9. He begged her to keep the secret and not to open her mouth. But
later, when she was talking to a friend of hers, she was wrung till she
let the cat out of the bag, which set the cat among the pigeons.
10.Housing can be a real source of worry. In almost every major city the
world over, houses and apartments are so small there isn't enough
room to swing a cat. One instance of this is what happened to a friend
and me.
What disillusion we crashed into! When we got to the premises, the
cat was let out of the bag. It was a tiny sardine box that barely held
the two of us upright. As you may well suppose, this was enough to
set the cat among the pigeons!
11.I had to be in a long queue in a post office for buying some stamps. It
was the first time to go to the post office. After a while I got my turn
and asked the post office worker to buy them. But the staff only said
"No, you have to go to the next window."Yes, I put a cat among the
pigeons. Why are all public affairs never flexible? I could watch the
shelf which has stamps and post cards between the windows. And
they didn't show any advertisement about two windows for mails and
stamps.
12.I remember when I told my ex-boyfriend that I wanted to break up
with him that really set the cat among the pigeons. I friend of mine
set the cat among the pigeons when she told her parents she wanted
to drop out of college.
13.Hi everybody- About the first question, as far as I can remember, no I
have never let the cat out of the bag, but my little brother did let the
cat out of the bag with a secret I told him. The secret was he listened
my conversation with a boy on the phone, we agreed to see us each
other but it was a secret between he and I, but I didn't realise he was
keeping his ear to the ground, I asked him to keep it under his head
but He was full he told my mother the secret by mistake, he really let
the cat out of the bag.
14.'To put a cat among the pigeons' that expression reminds my last
campus life which is worst. When English Phonetics class, I told
professor that 'Our team didn't practise singing a song'. Well, I have
Asperger's disorder which is the High-functioning autism, a lack of
emotion and the poor relationships so I didn't realise that kind of
action is putting a cat among the pigeons. Especially team leader who
is older than a year angered to me and completely broken the
relationship.
15.Truly, there isn't enough room to swing a cat in this hustle bustle city,
especially during the working hour in the morning where buses and
trains are full with people. Have you ever experienced standing inside
a bus full of people with their sweat's smell and another mix smell?
The dangerous parts come when somebody releases their gas waste
and people are looking to each other searching for the criminal, it's
just like putting the cat among the pigeon. Any idea to let the cat out
of the bag?
16.I am studying in the high school and when I do not do my homework
it puts the cat among pigeons.
17.We have a very nice teacher as well as you sir. We've passed more
than 10terms with him so far. But unfortunately, because of personal
reason, he is going to leave our institute next month. So we decided
to have a party in last session and give him gift. We were going to
surprise him, but one of the students lets the cat out of the bag, by
asking him "if you had a choice what would you prefer as a gift?
18.I told my close friend about the boy I liked in class and asked her to
keep secret about this. But unfortunately, she let the cat out of the
bag by telling to his sister. She didn't know that Anne is his sister.
19.I'm living in a very small flat. There isn't enough room to swing a cat.
By the way I invited some friends because I wanted put the cat
among the pigeons. But silly me, I let the cat out of the bag by telling
my sister about my plot at the phone. They heard me.
20.Bok brought his girl friend home, and his girl friend was rude .She
really put the cat among the pigeons and made us so angry.
21.Before couple of days my house was full of relatives and friends so
there isn't enough room to swing a cat but we were very happy.
22.Last week I went to a hotel with my friends. The hotel was full of
crowed. My friend told me "Hey there is no room to swing a cat".
Fortunately we got a table. While eating the food I pretended like my
boss this led me to let the cat out of bag because unfortunately my
boss was sitting on the table next to us. By mistake I put the cat
among the pigeons and that cost me lot.
23.Jane locked herself in a tiny room. It was as small as there was no
space to swing a cat. She lay in bed crying because nobody had
picked her from school. It made her really angry. Later, her brother
got home and let the cat out of the bag when he told her that he had
hang out with his girlfriend instead of picking her.
24.I lived in dormitory. A small room for 3 peoples. Really there wasn't
enough room to swing a cat.
25.There was no enough space to swing a cat in the drawing room, I
realised it after drawing our new house plan yesterday. I let the cat
out of the bag by informing this to client and I also put a cat among
the pigeons when I told this to my wife.
26.Once my friend and I were going to visit a very famous 14th century
Monastery here in Russia and see its wall paintings. We called to a
small hotel located near the Monastery, and as it sounded pretty nice,
we booked a first-class room in it. And when we came there, wet from
the rain, squelching though the mud, what did we found? Just a little
room with a TV and a small table and a bed, and there wasn't really
enough room to swing a cat! The Monastery was great but the room...
Well, we were a couple with a good sense of humour, we "appreciated
a joke", and we will never go there again!
27.Police arrested thieves few days back and put them in different small
rooms where there wasn't enough room to swing a cat but none of
them spoke so one of the polices lied to them and actually put a cat
among the pigeons and at last made one of them to let the cat out of
the bag.
28.Few days ago, It was my birthday on 30 July. When I got to my English
class, in one Institute of my city, all my classmates knew that it was
my birthday. The teacher had let the cat out of the bag.
29.Hong Kong is a modern and cosmopolitan city, a small island as well.
A considering number of people live in cramped flats. How small?
There isn't enough room to swing a cat. There is no wonder that
people seldom invite friends to be home. Oh, I am not intentional to
let the cat out of bag, just tell you to understand them, my foreigner
friends.
30.Recently, in Japan, there are big problems for elderly people because
of missing records of payment for the pension. It's really put the cat
among the pigeons. A person who works in the Social Insurance
Agency let the cat out of the bag.
31.One of my friends has bought a flat recently. Although there isn't
enough room to swing a cat, the flat is very cosy indeed, and she's so
happy to have her own place now.
32.WOW Garfield is my favourite cat. And I have indeed let the cat out of
the bag when I revealed a secret of mine. Well during rains there is a
stray cat that jumps on my grill, how silly as there is really no place to
swing a cat there but the cat manages to curl and go to sleep when it
rains cats and dogs.
33.When I was in Japan my flat was only 15 square meters. There was
not enough room to swing a cat. Oh my God, I just let the cat out of
the bag about my experience in Japan.
34.I will hold a party next weekend, and the people I'm going to invite
had been working in the same company for three years or so. But one
person is beyond the invitation list because I don't like him, and I
think most others have the same idea as me. I hope nobody will let
the cat out of the bag!
35.I remember when one of my pals let the cat out of the bag and told
me that my boyfriend was dating with my best friend while I was ill in
bed - that really put the cat among the pigeons.
36.You are not a teacher!!! You are devil!!! How could you treat like that
with the sweet cat??? I beg you, no, I order you - never swing a cat
again. Thanks god you've got a small house and there isn't enough
room to swing a cat! I'm indignant over your attitude towards the
poor animal! That really put the cat among the pigeons.
37.These are a very good idioms, but I wonder why we can't download
that interesting videos ...that's not a right thing, anyway, that's like to
put the cat among the pigeons I'd like to tell you something, the
teacher is adorable.* Assia what did you say?!!!!!!!!you let the cat out
of the bag!
38.My friend put a cat among the pigeons when she told a female friend
that she was pregnant ("congratulations", the first one said!)...but the
second had only put on weight!
39.My best friend lives in a flat where there isn't enough room to swing
the cat! So, his girlfriend decided to throw away his favourite sofa in
order to make the flat bigger. It had to be a surprise for him. But I
made a mistake, a very silly one I let the cat out of the bag and put
the cat among the pigeons... I felt like a cat on hot bricks! But
fortunately I could make them peace!
Dog
10.Put on the dog (US informal): to act as if you are more important than
you are.
11.Rain cats and dogs: to rain very heavily.
Dont forget to take your umbrella its raining cats and dogs out
there.
12.Tail wagging the dog: when a large group has to do something to
satisfy a small group.
13.You cant teach an old dog new tricks (saying): said to mean that it is
very difficult to teach someone new skills or to change their habits or
character.
14.Dog-eat-dog (disapproving): describes a situation in which people will
do anything to be successful, even if what they do harms other
people.
Its a dog-eat-dog world out there.
15.A dog in the manger: someone who keeps something that they do not
want in order to prevent someone else from getting it.
Dog idioms from MW
16.A dogs life: a difficult, boring, and unhappy life.
Everyone knows its a dogs life in this business.
17.(As) sick as a dog (informal): very sick.
Im sick as a dog.
18.Dog and pony show US, usually disapproving: a very fancy and
elaborate event that is done to sell something, to impress people, etc.
The sales presentation was a real dog and pony show.
19.Every dog has his/its day (informal): used to say that every person
has a successful moment in life.
20.Go to the dogs (informal): to become ruined: to change to a much
worse condition.
Our favourite restaurant has gone to the dogs lately.
The economy is going to the dogs.
21.In a dogs age or in a coons age (US), informal: in very long time
We havent seen them in a coons age.
22.Let sleeping dogs lie: to ignore a problem because trying to deal with
it could cause an even more difficult situation.
I thought about bringing up my concerns but decided instead to let
sleeping dogs lie.
23.Put on the dog (US, informal + old-fashioned): to pretend that you are
very stylish or rich.
They really put on the dog for their daughters wedding.
to pass the exam easily and with my some friends I drank several
bottle of beers, subsequently I woke up in my friends house without
any memory, and then I realized that I played hockey for my exam,
finally that semester I was in the dog house.
29.Two years ago one night I was in my cousins home. That night we
drunk a lot of alcohol and I smoked several cigarettes. Two or three
later till morning I was in the dog house. When I went to bed for
sleeping every time that I closed my eyes I felt that everything turned
around my head and this forced me to open my eyes.
30.Sorry - can't let this pass without a little correction - the full
expression is - "The hair of the dog that bit you" - ie. You were bitten
by the alcohol "dog" last night - now you take a little more of the
same "dog" to overcome the effects this morning.
31.The Teacher Says: Thanks for your full explanation, John. That's true,
the full expression is "The hair of the dog that bit you". However, to
make it shorter most people simply say "The hair of the dog".
32.Hi, professor and thanks for that lovely lesson. One night during an
exam period I was very busy and tired memorising my lessons and
preparing myself for the next day exam that I slept on my desk, the
next day (the day of the exam) I woke up very late 30 minutes before
the start of the exam put up the clothes I could find and I rushed out
of my house, Running like a mad looking for a taxi, but unfortunately I
couldnt find. I had no choice but take the bus It seemed to me at that
time that it went at a sale's pace. I arrived at my college that day,
Half an hour late and the teacher didn't accept to let me in; and I can
tell you I was really in the dog house. I cried and wept but she didn't
let me in. Today I do not regret that day because after looking at the
questions of the exam afterwards I realised I could have made a dog's
dinner of it.
33.Sometime, I am in the dog house. Especially when I must balance the
work and time for my girlfriend. What can I do?
34.Sarah never get drunk, so she never need the hair of the dog.
However, she made a dogs dinner of the final exam last week. That's
because she went to the wrong place. She blamed the dog days of
summer. And I only hope that she wouldn't be in the dog house when
her father found it out.
35.I'm in the dog house now. I overslept last night and lost my friend's
party. Anyway, I tried to talk to her today, and explain what had
happened, but she didn't want to hear me and I think I should wait
more to give the reason why I miss her party. I've just made a dogs
dinner of everything!
36.Mum asked me to iron dad's shirt for an urgent appointment and I
made a dog's dinner out of it, I ended up in the dog house for burning
it a bit. After that I decided to relax a bit and woke up with a terrible
hangover, I guess the best remedy would have been the hair of the
dog.
46.Last week ,I thought, I like to be in the dog house because I forgot the
time to meet my friends at coffee shop so that made them to wait for
me for a long time. Later, they phoned me to go there to meet
them ,when I went to there ,I saw my friends face are not good that
day ,after the meeting finished , I also felt bad for a while , I think,
next time, I do not do again.
47.Well, I'm sober and I don't need the hair of the dog but nevertheless I
can very quickly be in the dog house with my very talent in making a
dog's dinner of my rendez-vous!
48.I was in a concert last night, it was awesome, after that I and my
friends went to a bar. We were drinking beer and listening to rock and
roll all night. The morning after I woke up terrible thirsty and I said "I
need the hair of the dog urgently".
49.I remember something about my uncle. When my uncle was 17 years
old, was the best student of the high school, but once he was to a
party the night before 18th Septembers parade (in Chile). So, the
next day he needed the hair of the dog, and the most terrible was
that he wanted disappear in that moment, and suddenly a teacher
said him that he had to stay in front of all the students carrying the
flag. It really was terrible for him, because he almost couldn't walk
and he had to walk in front of the mayor. It was very embarrassing for
him, and the next day he was in the dog house. Then the headmaster
suspended him for many days for it was funny but for him it was
terrible.
50.Last week I forgot something very important!!!...I forgot my father`s
birthday and I was in the doghouse but my mother did not forget it
and she decided to do a wonderful cake, but when she was preparing
it she made a dogs dinner of it because the cake was not so good...
I'm sorry daddy!
51.When I was 13 years old and my mother sent me to pay the bills, I
forgot it and I spent the money buying other things like, candies,
potatoes chips etc. She sent me for a long time to the dog house.
52.I was in the dog house last term. I did not passed a course and my
parents wanted kill me... it was awful
53.I am in the dog house, I tried many time to cook well but my husband
never eat at home he said my cooking is tasteless. Today he is
inviting his mother to dinner so I asked my sister to help me at
preparing couscous. At dinner my husband could not stop eating it
was a delicious dish. When I went to the kitchen to bring some drinks
I heard his mother gossiping in my back with my husband she said
that for once I did not made a dogs dinner of this invitation so I was
so angry I drunk all bottles of wine then asked her to go out of my
houses.
54.Yesterday, my mum asked me if I could buy some fruits and
vegetables and I said yes...So, I went to the Supermarket, but I made
a mistake and I bought meat, I made a dog's dinner of it, because I
got confused. So, when I got back at home, my mother told me that I
was in the dog house.
55.When I was fourteen I went to a party without permission, So my
father came and pulled my hair. Then I was really in the dog house.
56.A long time ago when we were children, a classmate of mine was in
the dog house because she had stolen 5 thousand pesos from
professor's bag...for a couple of weeks she was really unpopular.
57.Hi intelligent your idioms are great. I woke up late today and I missed
my college bus, tomorrow I would be in the dog house.
Fish
1. Theres something fishy about this: we can say that strange or
suspicious situation is fishy.
Actually, there is something fishy about this... I only got this job
because my brothers the boss!
[CAM] Fishy (adjective; dishonest): (informal): seeming dishonest or false.
Theres something fishy going on here.
[MW] Fishy (adjective):
1. Of or relating to fish; especially: tasting or smelling like a fish.
A fishy odor/taste.
2. Informal: causing doubt or suspicion: likely to be bad, untrue,
dishonest, etc.
That story sounds/smells fishy [=suspicious, dubious] to me.
Theres something fishy about that guy.
[OXF] Fishy (adjective) fishier, fishiest
1. (Informal) that makes you suspicious because it seems dishonest.
Synonym SUSPICIOUS
Theres something fishy going on here.
2. Smelling or tasting like a fish.
Whats that fishy smell?
2. A big fish in a small pond: we can say that someone whos important
or powerful but only in a small organization.
[CAM] Be a big fish in a small pond: to have a lot of influence only over a
small area.
[MW] A big fish in a small pond (chiefly US) or Brit a big fish in a little pond:
a person who is very well known or important in a small group of
people but who is not known or important outside that group.
In school he was a big fish in a small pond, but once he moved to the
city he was just another struggling actor.
[OXF] A big fish (in a small pond): an important person (in a small
community)
3. A fish out of water: be very, very unhappy and uncomfortable
because hes in an unfamiliar place.
Like me in the discotheque. Im a fish out of water!
[CAM] Be like a fish out of water: to feel awkward because you are in a
situation which you have not experienced before or because your are
very different from the people around you.
[MW] A fish out of water: a person who is in a place or situation that seems
unnatural or uncomfortable.
Hes a small-town boy who feels like a fish out of water here in the
big city.
[OXF] A fish out of water: a person who feels uncomfortable or awkward
because he or she is in surroundings that are not familiar.
Fish idioms from CAM
4. Drink like a fish (informal): to drink too much alcohol.
5. There are plenty more fish in the sea: used to say that there many
other people or possibilities, especially when one person or thing has
been unsuitable or unsuccessful.
Dont cry over Pierre there are plenty more fish in the sea!
6. Have bigger/other fish to fry (informal): to have something more
important to do.
7. Be neither fish nor fowl: like one thing in some ways and like another
thing in other ways.
8. An odd/queer fish (mainly UK old-fashioned): a strange person.
9. Cold fish (noun): someone who seems unfriendly and who does not
share their feelings.
10.A pretty/fine kettle of fish (old-fashioned): a very difficult and
annoying situation.
Fish idioms from MW
11.Drink like a fish: someone who drinks like a fish regularly drinks too
much alcohol.
When he was younger he used to drink like a fish.
12.Fish in the sea (informal): used to say that there are many more
people available for a romantic relationship.
I know youre sad because you and your boyfriend broke up, but hes
not the only fish in the sea.
Youre right. There are many/plenty more fish in the sea.
13.Fish to fry (informal): things to do or deal with.
Well have to address that problem tomorrow. Right now weve got
other/bigger fish to fry. [= weve got other/bigger problems that we
need to give our attention to].
14.Neither fish nor fowl: a person or thing that does not belong to a
particular class or category.
The movie is neither fish nor fowl its not really a comedy, but its
too light-hearted to be called a drama.
15.Odd/queer fish: Brit, informal: a strange or unusual person.
Horse
[CAM] Flog a dead horse (UK informal): to waste effort on something that
there is no chance of succeeding at.
He keeps trying to get it published but I think hes flogging a dead
horse.
[MW] Beat a dead horse (chiefly US) or flog a dead horse (informal)
1. To keep talking about a subject that has already been discussed or
decided.
I dont mean to beat a dead horse, but I still dont understand
what happened.
2. To waste time and effort trying to do something that is impossible.
Is it just beating a dead horse to ask for another recount of the
votes?
[OXF] Beat/flog a dead horse (informal): to waste your effort by trying to do
something that is no longer possible.
Horse idioms from CAM
4. Hold your horses (old-fashioned, informal): used to tell someone to
stop and consider carefully their decision or opinion about something.
Just hold your horses, Bill! Lets think about this for a moment.
5. Never look a gift horse in the mouth (saying): said to advise someone
not to refuse something good that is being offered.
6. Put the cart before the horse: to do things in the wrong order.
Arent you putting the cart before the horse by deciding what to wear
for the wedding before youve even been invited to it?
7. Back the wrong horse: to make the wrong decision and support a
person or action that is later unsuccessful.
In all his years as a book publisher, he rarely backed the wrong horse.
8. Charley horse (noun; plural charley horses; US informal): a cramp (=a
sudden painful tightening of a muscle) in your arm or leg.
9. Dark horse (noun; secret; C usually singular): UK a person, who keeps
their interests and ideas secret, especially someone who has a
surprising ability or skill.
Annas such a dark horse I had no idea shes published a novel.
10.Get on your high horse: to start talking angrily about something bad
that someone else has done as if you feel you are better or more
clever than they are.
11.Hobby horse (noun; subject; C): a subject that someone often talks
about, usually for a long time.
Dont mention tax or Bernardll get on his hobby horse again.
32.Rocking horse (noun; plural rocking horses; count): a toy horse that is
attached to rockers and that moves back and forth while a child sits
on it.
33.Sea horse (noun; plural sea horses; count): a small fish that has a
head that looks like a horses head and that swims with its head
above its body and tail.
34.Stalking horse (noun; plural stalking horses; count): someone or
something that is used to hide a true purpose; especially: a candidate
for a political office or position who has no real chance of winning but
is being used by a political party to weaken the support for an
opposing party, to find out if another candidate might be successful,
etc.
35.Trojan Horse (noun; plural Trojan horses)
1. [count] Someone or something that is used to hide what is true or
real in order to trick or harm an enemy.
They may be using the other corporation as a Trojan horse.
2. Computers: a seemingly useful computer program that is actually
designed to harm you computer (such as by destroying data files)
if you use it.
Horse idioms from OXF
36.Be/get on your high horse (informal): to behave in a way that shows
you think you are better than other people.
37.Change/switch horses in midstream: to change to a different or new
activity while you are in the middle of something else; to change from
supporting one person or thing to another.
38.Close, etc. the barn door after the horse has escaped: to try to
prevent or avoid loss or damage when it is already too late to do so.
39.A dark horse: a person taking part in a race, etc. who surprises
everyone by winning.
40.Get off your high horse (informal): to stop behaving in a way that
shows you think you are better than other people.
41.Hold your horses (informal): used to tell someone that they should
wait a moment and not be so excited that they take action without
thinking about it first.
42.A horse of a different colour (informal): a completely different
situation or person from the one previously mentioned.
43.If wishes were horses, beggars would/might ride (old-fashioned,
saying): wishing for something does not make it happen.
Origin: from the story in which the ancient Greeks hid inside a hollow
wooden statue of a horse in order to enter the city of their enemies,
Troy.
1. Do you sometimes feel like you're flogging a dead horse?
2. Recently, I'm always feeling hungry all the time, and every time I feel
I can eat like a horse in the dining room. But always I waste food. It's
a little guilty. I do not believe in anything until I heard straight from
the horse's mouth. Sometimes I cannot make any improvement in my
work; maybe I am flogging a dead horse. But I will try my best to work
hard and keep moving forward.
3. Sometimes, I played a soccer game with my friends. When I played it
yesterday, my friends made sceptical assessment of my soccer skill,
which is straight from the horse's mouth. I was really upset about
what they said. After I went back home, I needed to come up with
idea getting rid of stress and dealing with my temper, and I realized
that eating food like a horse can help me control my temper. By
eating a lot of foods having numerous trans-fat and unnecessary
carbohydrates, I got 10 pound at a time. The problem was that I have
one more game which is real competition with my friends again. I
hope they are not going to think that they flog a dead horse about my
soccer play and weight!
4. Today, in our country, young people are taller and fatter, especially
generation whose were born after 1980s. My young sister belongs to
this generation. She was born in 1993, even though not being born
with a silver spoon in her mouth but that time was an improving living
standard period of our family. She grew up in quite good condition.
She used to eat like a horse. And now, even being 15 years younger
than I am but she seems to be weightier than I. My parents are a bit
anxious about her fatness and keep her in moderation in eating and
drinking. Inherently, Vietnamese is said to be small people but in not
far future we will give out to the world a different appearance.
5. Sometimes I feel Im flogging a dead horse trying to persuade people
to not smoking. Its demonstrated that cigarette produces lung cancer
and it isnt a joke. I`ve already seen some cases in the hospital in
young people and several times Ive heard straight from the horses
mouth in the college and the hospital.
6. The more one eats like a horse, the more he becomes like a horse.
7. Well. With the high cost of the energy I'm trying to save electricity at
home and to make my family join me in that effort. So, I told them all
the time to turn the lights of when they quit a room or avoid having
two TV sets on the same channel in different parts of the house. But
they listen to me; say yes and one minute later forgets my advices.
Sometimes I really feel I'm flogging a dead horse.
8. I'm pregnant and I'm eating for two, in really I'm eating like a horse.
9. I would like to write little short story using the phrase eating like
horse. I was in Somalia high school which was kind far way from
where I live. And I had to stay school bit late after school time at night
time whatsoever I had to eat foot in school at lunch time because I
couldnt be able to go home and eat food at my home like most of my
school mates does I would go home and eat my food at home but
unlucky for me because my home is so far away from the school and
if I go home to eat my food Im sure I will be late from the school and
my school teacher wouldnt appreciate for I did being late and
missing my lesson however. I eat school food in dining hall as I ate my
food I didnt like the school food. After I finish school I went to bus
station and it was so busy so many people where in cue waiting the
bus and I was very hungry I couldnt wait the bus for just how hungry
I was at the end the bus came and I finally get home and I went
straight to preach to get some food I find lots food and I start eating
them on stand I couldnt be bather to set down and eat them on set.
After I finish them I start looking round and looking for other food as I
was wandering around the kitchen I saw my mum sating on corner
staring at me I said what is wrong mama and she answer me nothing I
was just looking at the you eating like horse what make you eat like
that? Because I didnt eat enough food at school mama that is the
reason mama; ok son but dont eat like that just take it easy the food
is not running of you and if you need more just tell me and I get them.
Ok mama I answered as I laughed
10.My mum usually asks me if can I stop eating like a horse.
11.I am admiring the way of teaching that is provided by B.B.C. I have
learnt since 2004 but sometimes I fell like flogging a dead horse but
nowadays it is good and better because we learn straight from the
horse's mouse.
12.If I hadn't heard it straight from the horse's mouth I wouldn't believe
my brother really decided to go on a diet. The guy eats like a horse.
Mom has told him to eat less a thousand times, but she seems to be
flogging a dead horse. I hope he really means it.
13.Once upon a time, a young girl decided to find a better life, far away
from her house. As she was very short and thin, she decided to
change her diet and she started to eat like a horse. The result was
that she became a fat woman who couldn't move any part of her
body. Then, she started another diet to lose weight, but it was like
flogging a dead horse. At the end, she couldn't achieve her dream. I
know this story straight from the horses mouth, because she is my
best friend. Moral: Be yourself and you will achieve your goals!
14.I am doing my best to change the young generation wrong ideas but I
am flogging a dead horse.
15.My doctor recommended me not to eat like a horse, because it is not
good for health, but I am always so tired after work, and it is always
difficult to stop. Once, the doctor said, looking at me, that he felt like
flogging a dead horse. I didn't think it was serious, but yesterday my
girlfriend told me, that our boss is going to give me the sack (a
sudden dismissal from a job). She heard it straight from the horse's
mouth! I must do something maybe I will try a new diet!
16.Hi everyone. Thank you teacher. My first language is Somalia and I'm
learning last two year. I didn't eat more food like horse. I'm so skinny
the people told eat like horse. However I never see real horse but I
watch the TV. I hope one to be came horse rider.
17.That's fabulous. Sometimes when I'm on a diet I feel like flogging a
dead horse, because the more I try stopping eating chocolate, the
more I eat like a horse. I won't forget these expressions.
18.I know she's going to leave her job very soon. I heard that straight
from the horse's mouth.
19.Eating like a horse makes a person dull and lazy. After half and hour of
persuading my friend to come to party, it proved that I was flogging a
dead horse.
20.My friend always says she is on a diet. But how can I tell her it is
useless since she eats like a horse!
21.What a horse and he's wicked. From now on I'm going to eat like a
horse.
22.Sumo wrestlers, once retired, stop eating like a horse. It is like a
caution we hear straight from the horse's mouth.
23.I never ever feel like flogging a dead horse when I have learned from
BBC.
24.Telling my mother-in-law that she's not supposed to eat like a horse is
the same as flogging a dead horse.
25.Everything was terrible and we didnt know exactly what happened in
this room. After hours we saw 2 detectives from NY police department
and got information about dead bodies straight from the horses
mouth.
26.I have the same feeling as you. In my class I feel that I'm flogging a
dead horse. The students don't care about the lecture. They just want
to get out from the class.
27.My roommate has been losing weight for weeks. She eats only fruit,
but I always see her eating like a horse. In fact, I really want to tell
her that we all like the lovely fatty girl she used to be.
28.Finally, I am learning English... straight from the horse's mouth.
29.I found that The Teacher is really funny, so I am trying to find the
archive of The Teachers video by exploring BBC web site and surfing
to every web site in the internet, but it looks like I'm flogging a dead
horse. I can't find it.
30.My girlfriend eats like a horse, but she would tell me about losing her
weight, her determination about diet seems to me like a flogging a
dead horse. I heard it straight from the horse's mouth. Obesity is not
from diet but form gene.
31.Yes, I feel like flogging a dead horse when learning English phrasal
verbs - I forget them immediately! Could you do something about it?
32.I am not a good eater but I sometimes eat like a horse especially
when I come back from the GYM. Now that you have heard it straight
from the Horse's mouth you will always keep something for me
whenever I am coming back from the GYM.
33.Whenever I consider sitting for the IELTS and starting practicing, it
seems to me flogging a dead horse.
34.I have a feeling that I am flogging a dead horse because there is not
enough food and I can't eat like a horse!
35.Eating is one of my favourite hobbies. I really enjoy eating food and
always eat like a horse. Therefore, I've gained a lot of weight.
Someday my husband said "you are too fat, you need to lose some
weight". It was a severe insult that I heard it straight from the horse's
mouth. Now I've decided to quit eating too much even though I know
it's just like flogging a dead horse but I have to try it.
36.I have heard straight from the horses mouth that soon people will get
visited by Martians. I do not worry because Martians will not change
our mentality they will be flogging a dead horse.
37.I'm interested in idioms, especially deep-meaning idioms. My brother
eats three or four bowl of rice every day and now I can say he eat like
a horse. But usually, idioms are various and why don't you put more
idioms about things, animals but have deep-meaning.
38.How funny! Personally, I like it very much. I always eat like a horse at
the delicious meals my wife cooks.
39.When I was a student my mother always told me keep studying hard.
However I wasn't listening to her. I just watched TV after school. Now I
understand why she said that. I can imagine her feeling at that time
and that is to flog a dead horse.
40.Sometimes I work very hard that I skip my lunch. I go back home so
hungry, I eat like a horse. Should I change job? I'm thinking about that
but I'm scared not to find a better job, so I feel like I'm flogging a
dead horse.
41.No, I don't think you are flogging a dead horse when you are teaching
me. And believe me it's said from the horse's mouth. I have no time
now to learn more because I am hungry like a horse.
42.Why do I have to do my homework? I prefer to horse around! Anyway,
my horse sense tells me I could accomplish it in a slightly different
53.My wife eats like a horse. I have been telling her to do regular
exercise and eat less in order to lose weight, but I am flogging a dead
Horse.
54.Unfortunately I work like a horse and eat like a horse too. Due to my
big belly, sometimes I think I'm a pregnant man.
55.This website is wonderful. I really eat like a horse but I never get fat,
that's great. My boyfriend broke up with me I couldn't believe it! But I
heard straight from the horse's mouth. Oh with a new one, however I
sometimes feel like I flogging a dead horse when I'm talking with him
He never listen to me.
56.Some years ago, I used to eat like a horse. But I have had some
education eating habits and now I don't eat like a horse any more.
Now I know how important it is for me to control my eating habits.
Eating like a horse might be dangerous for our health.
57.I teach English to teenagers and with them most of the time I feel like
if I was flogging a dead horse. Even more, I know from the horses
mouths that I am flogging a dead horse. That is why I eat like a horse,
it must be desperation.
58.The more English I try to learn the less I seem to know. It is almost
like flogging a dead horse.
59.My brother eats like a horse. There is no point to change him, it would
be like flogging a dead horse, and he said it himself, because he loves
food. I heard it straight from the horses mouth.
60.At the hotel, my friend XYZ eats always like a horse. I'm not used to
this kind of behaviour in public places. Every times we go, every time
he repeat the same pattern; eating fast and too much like a horse. I
give up telling him, it's like flogging a dead horse. But I heard straight
from the horse's mouth that he can't stop doing it; it's a compulsive
behaviour. Now, I'm a little bit more awesome with this friend.
61.I would like to send a small paragraph using the 'idiom', straight from
the horses mouth, It is always better to get the truth, proper
important information or any knowledge straight from the horses
mouth, so that the info or knowledge will not be misinterpreted or
twisted or misspelt, creating a confusion or misunderstanding
amongst the people concerned.
62.Everybody read some news, I guess. But for me, sometimes when I
read news, I feel like I'm flogging a dead horse. I came from China
and currently in Canada. And my first language is Chinese while the
ubiquitous business language all over the world is apparently English.
I need to blend in with Canadian culture and society. And I must push
ahead my career and life. So I decided long ago that acquiring
proficient English language skills is among my top goals. However,
living in Canada, a country whose main official language is English,
doesn't lead to automatic improvement of English skills. Personal
effort is definitely required and a lot of them are actually required.
57.
Insect
1. Knee-high to a grasshopper: When you want to talk about someone
who is very young or very small.
When I was a little boy I loved insects. In fact I was knee-high to a
grasshopper.
Theyre knee-high to a grasshopper.
[CAM] Be knee-high to a grasshopper (informal humorous): to be very small
or young.
[MW] Knee-high to a grasshopper: since you were very young and small.
[OXF] Knee-high to a grasshopper (informal, humorous): very small; very
young.
2. To have butterflies in your stomach: If youre very nervous about
something you have to do
Ive got that strange feeling in my stomach you get when youre
feeling nervous. Thats how it feels like Ive got butterflies in my
stomach.
[CAM] Have butterflies (in your stomach) (informal): to feel very nervous,
usually about something you are going to do.
I had terrible butterflies before I gave that talk in Venice.
[MW] Butterflies (plural, informal): a nervous feeling in your stomach
Even experienced musicians sometimes get butterflies before a
performance.
I have butterflies in my stomach.
[OXF] Have butterflies (in your stomach) (informal): to have a nervous
feeling in your stomach before doing something.
3. To have ants in your pants: If youre so excited about something that
you cant keep still
Im going to meet my hero, Mr. Bean. Im so excited. Ive got ants in
my pants.
[CAM] Have ants in your pants (old-fashioned humorous): to not be able to
keep still because you are very excited or worried about something.
[MW] Ants in your pants (informal): a strong feeling of wanting to be active
and not wait for something: a feeling of excitement and impatience.
A little kid with ants in her pants
[OXF] Have ants in your pants (informal): to be very excited or impatient
about something and unable to stay still.
1. What gives you butterflies in your stomach? Have you ever had ants
in your pants?
stomach and ants in my pants! Can't wait to go and excited about the
trip and at the same time nervous what will be the outcome of the
first holiday taking place far away from our homeland.
17.Well, I don't know what is happening to me, I have butterflies in my
stomach frequently, I get nervous each time I have to know with
someone, with new people and so on. But I never had ants in my
pants, many men in my country have ants in their pants, I hate that. I
give thanks to God because I am not a knee-high to a grasshopper.
18.I feel like butterflies in my stomach when I met my first love.
19.I remember my childhood very clearly. I was knee-high to a
grasshopper, I liked to drink milk, when my cousin came my home, I
had butterflies in my stomach, because I was afraid my mom gave
my favorite beverage to him.
20.I got ants in my pants when I saw this wonderful teaching of idioms. I
loved butterflies since I was knee-high to a grasshopper but never
taught how difficult it is to have butterflies (really big ones) in my
stomach till when I had an interview to win a place in a university to
continue my studies.
21.When I was knee-high to a grasshopper, I cried when my mother went
out, I wanted to follow her. She didn't like go out with me because
when we arrived to our destination I had ants in my pants to go
home, to say 'Mama, let's go home'. She had butterflies in her
stomach because she wanted to give me a slap.
22.I sent an article and the magazine is going to publish it, the next
week; so I've got ants in my pants. Also, something that always gives
me butterflies in my stomach is to know new people.
23.I have ants in my pants when I read your new idioms! When I was a
knee-high to a grasshopper I used to have butterflies in my stomach
because of dogs!
24.I applied for immigration to Canada so I have ants in my pants as I
cant imagine how is my life will be there. I hope I will have a good
experience there and new friends. Moreover, I have butterflies in my
stomach as I dont know whether this step is the right one for me or
not.
25.I have ants in my pants because I'm starting new course in college
soon and I can't wait.
26.I had ants in my pants when I was first invited home to see my lover's
family. Then ... I had so many butterflies in my stomach as if I was
knee-high to a grasshopper on the first day to Kindergarten.
27.The last idiom edition on insects is so impressive that at the end of it I
have ants in my pants - and cannot still think of a good example.
40.When I was waiting my 1 st date with my boyfriend, I feel I've got ants
in my pants and I feel like I've got butterflies in my stomach coz I
dont know what I must say or I must do.
41.Oh! Always I have butterflies in my stomach when I see a beautiful
woman. Well, though I 20 years man, I am very shy, not as when I am
talking in internet.
42.I felt butterflies flying inside my stomach when I got heavy arguments
with my secret crush in school. It's like ants in my pants of nervous.
43.One day, while I was walking on the street at night, I saw a strange
guy standing against the wall. When he saw me, he pointed a gun on
me. I had butterflies in my stomach. Luckily I was the wrong guy, and
he let me go.
44.I have butterflies in my stomach while commenting first time on the
website. I have ants in my pants to write my opinion about 'The
Teacher'.
45.I have butterflies in my stomach when I need to talk with native
English by phone. When I was knee-high to a grasshopper I used to
watch cartoon and I used to feel ants in my pants.
46.When I have to write something to be assessed by someone, I have
butterflies in my stomach. But as I must do it, here I go.
47.I am still having butterflies in my stomach when talking English!
48.I wish I were knee-high to a grasshopper. I didn't used to have to have
no butterflies in my stomach. Now I don't have ants in my pants as
much as when I was small.
49.I have butterflies in my stomach when I talk to strange person, not as
I talk to a friend.
50.Fantastic idioms!! Since I was knee-high to a grasshopper, whenever
I've spoken in English, I have butterflies in my stomach. Now I am
confident enough to talk in English better. Thanks to BBC learning
English as whenever I receive new email from them, I always have
ants in my pants.
51.Yesterday evening I was dance with my friends and between us there
was a boy knee-high to a grasshopper. We joking laugh toward him
and he, with more and more butterflies in his stomach said: be careful
please, because I have ants in my pants. We stopped joke and asked
him to join with us and together continued to dance.
52.When I was knee-high to a grasshopper December was the most
exciting part of the year. As the days were passing by I had ants in my
pants, waiting for Christmas, and the 25 th in the morning, I wake up
with butterflies in my stomach, imagining what I would find under the
Christmas tree.
84.
Monkey
1. To monkey around: To behave in a silly or careless way.
I bet youve never been taught by a monkey before.
[CAM] Monkey about/around (with sth) (phrasal verb INFORMAL
DISAPPROVING): to behave, or to use or move things, in a silly and
careless way.
The children were bored and started monkeying around.
[MW] Monkey around or Brit monkey about (phrasal verb; informal)
1. To do things that are not useful or serious: to waste time.
We just monkeyed around [=fooled around, messed around] all
afternoon.
A young scientist monkeying around in the lab
2. Monkey around/about with (something) informal
a. To use or do (something) in a way to is not very serious.
He enjoys monkeying around with [=fooling around with]
his cars engine.
b. To handle or play with (something) in a careless or foolish
way.
You shouldnt be monkeying around with dangerous
chemicals.
[OXF]
2. Monkey business: Bad or dishonest behaviour
Are you eating now?! Enough of this monkey business!
[CAM] Monkey business (noun): behaviour which is not acceptable or is
dishonest.
The teacher suspected that there had been some monkey business
going on in the class.
[MW] Monkey business (noun; noncount; informal)
1. Playful tricks or jokes.
Our teacher warned us not to try any monkey business while she
was out of the room.
2. Illegal or improper activity or behaviour
Political monkey business
[OXF] Monkey business (noun; uncountable; informal): dishonest or silly
behaviour.
Theres been some monkey business going on here.
3. To make a monkey out of someone: Someone look stupid
2. She simply refused to pay back her debts, making up all sorts of false
excuses. I don't understand why she has to make a monkey out of
herself. Anyway, what is it if not monkey business if someone doesn't
keep to an arrangement? I hate her monkeying around whenever this
subject is raised.
3. Wooo! I'm very tired. I cannot stand on my feet, 'cos I monkeyed
around playing together with my daughters.
4. My husband likes to monkey round his daughter who is knee high to a
grasshopper, but eventually she cries.
5. I was monkey around one raining day to wait for car washing but no
one attended me, so I kept waiting.
6. He sounded like I was there to make a monkey out of them....
7. I'm so busy and I don't want to spend my time on monkeying around
like anyone. But sometimes to relax I make a monkey out of anybody
or make them laugh.
8. Sometimes I like to monkey around with my lovely daughter, but I
don't make monkey business in my working career.
9. Sometimes Teacher looks like monkeying around. Now "The Teacher"
has won the award I believe no one will make a monkey out of him for
his funny performance.
10.Wow, I thought it's a monkey business but it's not, I thought you are
monkeying around but find out I'm makeing monkey out of myself.
11.Some politicians in my country, and on the face of the world, are in
monkey business.
12.Well, the way you monkey around are very interesting. So, I will stop
doing monkey business and learn English seriously.
13.It is impossible to avoid doing to monkey around when I am playing
with my 2 years old daughter, what is more... sometimes both, my
wife and daughter make a monkey out of me about my walking way.
14.I dare say there's a monkey business going on in the Venezuelan
government!
15.I'm looking forward to watching you at the palace monkeying around.
16.We really don't like to behave in a silly or careless way or to monkey
around, do we ? And dishonest behaviour or can called monkey
business is truly bad but some people done when run a business.
Making someone looks stupid or to make a monkey out of someone is
also a bad behaviour, I think, it can make someone isolated. I advise
all not to do it.
17.Sometimes I monkey around with my students. Some of them
confessed they did monkey business and made a monkey of me.
18.The president of the USA, George Bush and the ex PM of Britain, Tony
Blair did a monkey business by attacking Iraq and made a monkey
out of us. They really did a monkey business. Am I right?
19.The delivery man was hurry yesterday and he gave me the wrong
mails, so I called to the office to report that mistake. And when the
delivery came back I told him stop to be hurry because you are been
monkey around.
20.To make a monkey out of somebody is such a monkey business that
making people feel annoyed, so we should avoid doing such thing.
21.I meet some people that have behaviour like monkey business, they
are dishonest people.
22.When I saw your video, I felt like you were making monkey out of me.
23.I like monkey, but I do not like monkey business.
24.When our boss expects me to does some monkey business, I always
try to avoid it. For this purpose I even make a monkey out of him
sometimes, though it's not fair. To relax after work I like to monkey
around.
25.I am teacher at primary school, the students monkey around the
school and I am fed up with this monkey business around the school.
26.My little sister likes to monkey around, she often makes a monkey out
of others, so none of us like her.
27.Some of peoples and governments make a monkey out of my country.
The donkey suicide bomber is a real monkey business. In the same
time American troops have monkeyed around.
28.I think that I am not one to monkey around and I don't get up to any
monkey business.
29.In China, many people made a monkey out of other on the first April.
30.Ours politicians make a monkey out of us. It's monkey business.
31.When I was young, my mother told me. "Stop monkeying around with
everyone you meet! Now I tell my boss stop to monkey business, but
when I tell him this if there are a lot of people he smiles and tries to
make a monkey out of me.
32.I like to monkey around whenever I'm in a bad mood.
33.In my country, as in many others, the first of April is a special day
called April Fools' Day. On this special day you do April Fools' jokes to
make a monkey out of someone. Even the journalists in the
newspaper try to make a monkey out of you and it is up to you to
recognise the monkey business.
46.I once made a monkey out of one of my friend when I was at high
school.
47.When I was a little girl, I was very naughty. When I was bored at
home, I began to monkey around. I even did some monkey business
at class such as making a monkey out of my desk mate.
48.Hello Teacher! These idioms reminds me my school days, we had a
couple naughty boys in our class, they were used to monkey business
in the class, making monkey out of other students, those two
monkeys are still around me.
49.When I taught 'Monkey business' idiom to my daughter, after few
minutes, she asked me to stop this monkey business. I told that I am
not making monkey out of her.
Pig
1. Pigs might fly: when someone says something that you think will
never happen.
Pigs might fly, which is what my friends said when I told them I was
going to become a rock star.
[CAM] Pigs might fly (humorous saying): said when you think that there is no
chance at all of something happening.
Ill have finished it by tomorrow. And pigs might fly!
[MW] Pigs might fly (Brit, informal): said as a response to something that
seems unlikely to happen.
This time I think hell ask me to marry him! Yeah, and pigs might
fly.
When pigs fly (US, informal): used to say that you think that
something will never happen.
The train station will be renovated when pigs fly. [=it will never be
renovated]
[OXF] When pigs fly (ironic, saying): used to show that you do not believe
something will ever happen.
With any luck, well be finished tomorrow. Yeah, when pigs fly!
2. This place is a pigsty: we can say that a very dirty or untidy place is a
pigsty.
Ah, my students flat. This place is a pigsty. This place is a pigsty.
Quite disgusting!
[CAM] Pigsty (noun; C; US also pigpen): the building and closed area where
pigs are kept; a dirty or untidy place.
Your bedrooms a pigsty!
[MW] Pigsty (noun; plural pigsties; count)
1. A place where pigs are kept called also (US) pigpen, sty
2. Informal: a dirty or messy place
His room was a pigsty. called also (US) pigpen, sty
[OXF] Pigpen (noun; also pigsty; plural pigsties):
11.(Buy) a pig in a poke: if you buy a pig in a poke, you buy something
without seeing it or knowing if it is a good enough.
Buying from a catalogue can mean buying a pig in a poke.
12.Pig out (on something) (informal): to eat too much food
They pigged out on pizza.
1. Have you ever made a pigs ear of something?
2. You would not make a pig's ear of using English with the help of BBC
learning English.
3. My dad often complaints that our rooms are pigsties. I wonder if he is
serious. Could my room could be cleaner and tidier... pigs might fly.
4. I am a Translator, one day I have translated an English text into Arabic I
literary rendered the phrase "pigs might fly" to the Arabic equivalent,
but when I entered to the BBC internet Site and watched this video
about I realized that I made a pigs ear of my translation.
5. What a fantastic lesson! With this online assistance, I will definitely not
make a pig's ear of improving English.
6. Could the world have no crime? Pigs might fly!
7. Thank You Very Much to inform us. I have made a pig's ear of daily
chores; our house is a pigsty now. I wish I could clean up the mess.
Forget it! Pigs might fly.
8. When I was a child, many times I visited my friends houses and their
bedrooms really were pigsties (I hope that has changed). One time, a
friend decided to clean his bedroom and while he was using the vacuum
cleaner under his bed he sucked some papers which were the history
homework and tore them. Definitely, he made a pigs ear of cleaning his
bedroom. Imagine how untidy was it?
9. My house is a pigsty as I don't keep it clean. Well, if I could keep my
house clean, surely, pigs could fly.
10.I'm a student. During last few years I made a pig's ear of my studying.
Pressures from professors and myself were enormous, and I forgot to
enjoy the learning itself.
11.Have you been afraid that you made a pig's ear of this lesson? No, you
haven't! I tell again your lessons are really helpful to me and many other
people.
12.Do you want to become a skier (a person who skis)? -Pigs might fly! But
don't despair! You are an excellent teacher! See you soon!
13.Personally, I'd say "The Teacher" does an excellent job; no way does he
make a pig's ear of teaching English online. "Never buy a PIG in a
poke"--- This wise old saying simply advises us to make sure the things
that we're going to buy are in good condition.
14.My friends said that if I can learn English well pigs might fly!
15.There is a lot of violence here in Colombia all the people want peace but
pigs might fly, Colombia isnt bad place, the people is nice and
intelligent and all want be better every single day. For the teacher I
recommend you that clean your pigsty flat, thanks.
16.If I'll learn English, pigs might fly...Very interesting lessons! Thanks.
17.Every time, when I feed my son he is moving around and makes
everywhere messy, I wish he does not move too much until I finish
feeding him but pigs might fly. Our Earth is very important for us, so we
should do our best to keep it clean. If we do not, soon it will get grimy &
become a pigsty.
18.Once, I did tutoring as a part time job and taught a very lazy student
math. He was bad at not only math but also cleaning his room. One day,
his room was a mess again, so I said "this place's a pigsty. You never tidy
up. If you do, pigs might fly!" He was fed up and snarled, "ever since you
taught me, my math grade hasn't got better at all. You're making a pig's
ear of teaching".
19.I am glad we are all studying online without even paying school fees and
I can promise our teacher that I will never make a pigs ear of my
lessons. My friend's house was a pigsty yesterday but I got him a woman
who is a housekeeper and to my surprise she had the whole flat tidied in
half an hour. Thanks a lot teacher for hard, bye bye.
20.
21.
She bustled around the kitchen getting ready for dinner guests.
2: to have a lot of busy activity often + with
The pier is always bustling with people.
[OXF] Hustle (verb)
1 [transitive]
Hustle someone + adverb/preposition: to make someone move
quickly by pushing them in a rough and aggressive way.
He grabbed her arm and hustled her out of the room.
I was hustled into a waiting car.
2 [transitive]
Hustle someone (into something): to force someone to make a
decision before they are ready or sure.
All the family felt that Stephen had been hustled into the engagement
by Claire.
3 [transitive, intransitive]
Hustle (something): (informal) to sell or obtain something, often
illegally.
To hustle dope.
They survive by hustling on the streets.
4 [intransitive]: (informal) to act in an aggressive way or with a lot of
energy.
5 [intransitive]: to work as a prostitute.
Hustle (noun)
1 [uncountable]: busy noisy activity of a lot of people in one place.
We escaped from the hustle and bustle of the city for the weekend.
2 [uncountable]: quick movement that uses a lot of energy and effort.
He forced a turnover with his hustle, diving after a loose ball.
3 [countable]: (informal) a way of getting money that that is not
honest.
Hes tried every kind of hustle, from selling shoddy goods to
dishonest gambling schemes.
Bustle (verb): [intransitive, transitive]: to move around in a busy way
or to hurry someone in a particular direction.
+ adverb/preposition
She bustled around in the kitchen.
Bustle someone + adverb/preposition
The nurse bustled us out of the room.
Bustle (noun)
1 [uncountable] busy and noisy activity
The hustle and bustle of city life.
2 [countable]: a frame that was worn under a skirt by women in the
past in order to hold the skirt out at the back.
When we came there, wet from the rain, squelching through the mud, what
did we found?
[CAM] Squelch (verb): [I usually + adverb or preposition]: to make a sucking
sound like the one produced when you are walking on soft wet
ground.
He got out of the car and squelched through the mud to open the
gate.
[MW] Squelch (verb) squelches; squelched; squelching
[+ obj] US: to stop (something) from continuing by doing or saying
something.
1. (Count): an animal that has a fat body with short legs, a small tail,
and a wide nose and that is raised on a farm or lives in the wild.
2. (Count; informal + disapproving)
a. Someone who eat a lot of food especially at one time.
The kids eat like pigs. [=the kids eat a lot]
I made a pig of myself at dinner. [I ate too much at dinner]
b. Someone who selfishly wants or takes more than other
people.
A greedy pig
c. Someone who is unpleasant or offensive.
Dont be a pig. Say excuse me after you burp.
The live like pigs. [=they live in a dirty environment]
He is a sexist pig. = He is a male chauvinist pig. [=he is a
man who thinks women are not equal to men]
3. (Count; slang; offensive): Police officer
4. (Singular; Brit, Informal): something that is very difficult or
unpleasant - + of
I had a pig of a day at work. [=I had a very difficult day at work]
[OFX] Pig (noun; also hog): an animal with pink, black, or brown skin, short
legs, a broad nose, and a short tail which curls around itself. Pigs are
kept on farms for their meat (called Pork) or live in the wild.
A pig farmer
Pigs were grunting and squealing in the yard.
Boar (noun; plural boar or boars):
1. (Also called wild boar) a wild pig.
2. A male pig that has not been castrated
Guinea Pig (noun):
1. A small animal with short ears and no tail, often kept as a pet.
2. A person used in medical or other experiments.
Students in fifty schools will be acting as guinea pigs for these
new teaching methods.
Piglet (noun): a young pig.
Sow (noun): a female pig.
Swine (noun; plural swine):