All my friends
are
mouse
potatoes, they
are constantly
glued
to their
I hate it when
computers!
Jennifer thinks
she’s the bee’s
knees!
He left college
feeling that the
world was his
oyster!
concerned
your theory
is for
the
birds!!!
You will always be lucky if you
know how to make friends
with strange cats.
You can lead a
horse to water but
you can’t make it
drink!
He’s
not to
be
trusted,
he’s as sly
as a fox!
As far as I’m
It was
great at
the
party, we
had a
whale
of
a time!Snail
Birds in their
little nests agree!
Scarcer than hen’s
teeth!
The lion may
be king of the
jungle but he
knows
he shouldn't
stand in
the way of
the
ELEPHANT!
When I got to
the point of
seeing pink
spiders
I knew I had
to do
something.
I was as
sick as
a parrot
when Madrid
had Lost the
match
you strain at gnats
and swallow camels!
I’ll believe
that when
pigs fly!
Ram’s
been
making
sheep’s
eyes at
me all
night!!!
When I first
started working,
I was a real
eager beaver!
My sister is
always out
and about,
she’s a
social
butterfly.
They can talk
the hind leg
off a donkey!
When the ducks
are
quacking, the frogs
take
it as a warning!
I’ve got a bit of
a frog in my
throat!
You drink like a
fish!
The cows that
low most give
the
least milk.
I shouldn’t have
trusted that
snake in
the grass!
The dog wags his
tail not for you
but for your
bread!
It’s 3 miles from here
to the supermarket
as the crow flies!
Mail
Don’t forget, my
dear, that
there are more
many ways
of skinning
a cat!
Don’t treat him so
harshly, he never
protests, but even a
Find idioms/proverbs
that refer to the
following animals:
FOX __________________________________________
COW __________________________________________
DONKEY_____________________________________________________________
__
PARROT______________________________________________________________
_
MOUSE
_______________________________________________________________
WORM
________________________________________________________________
BUTTERFLY
___________________________________________________________
FROG
to the fact that
Which
________________________________________________________________
………?
idiom/proverb
refers
CROW
________________________________________________________________
BEE _________________________________________________________________
a person enjoyed himself/herself very
………………………………………………
much
………………………………………………
you can offer something to someone,
………………………………………………
like good advice, but you cannot make them take it
………………………………………………
someone recovers from a drinking bout
………………………………………………
………………………………………………
the best
………………………………………………
you have the ability and the freedom to do exactly
………………………………………………
what you want
………………………………………………
fuss about trifles while ignoring more serious matters
………………………………………………
………………………………………………
someone who works very hard
………………………………………………
Find evidence in the
………………………………………………
sentences you read for the
exceptionally
rare adjectives:
………………………………………………
following
………………………………………………
you can always find more than one way to do something
………………………………………………
………………………………………………
they talk a lot
………………………………………………
………………………………………………
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fox - sly
lion – strong
snail – slow