bird idioms poster and vocabulary

His new job pays
They say:

chicken feed so

that’s why he’s looking for another

Birds of a feather

one. You can’t live on so little money.

flock together. The same people
hang out with the same kind of people.

My summer is going to be a
great one.

I’m as free as a

Oh you

lucky duck! You get to go

Jason was going to ask out the

to Euro Disney this summer.

most popular girl in the school,
but he

bird- I can do whatever I

chickened out. What a

coward!

want.

I’m going to buy a Ferrari and then a
I never go to bed before
midnight. I’m a real

night

owl. I love staying up late.

lottery. Oh you better wait.

I am happy as a lark

because summer vacation starts

Don’t

today!

count your chickens before they
hatch.
He’s such

When you’re in a plane, you

Today

villa with the money I win from the

a bird brain! He can

dead duck! You’ve

never remember to bring his

Boy, are you a

English book to school.

failed all your history tests and now
you won’t pass the course,

get a bird’s eye view of
the land.

Maybe you should take
His father is an
Don’t be such

a

chicken! Go ahead jump
off the high diving

that job.

early

A bird in the

bird. He gets up before

hand…is worth 2 in the

sunrise every morning.

bush. You might not get

Even on weekends.

another offer.

board. It’s fun!

His father was

proud as a peacock

when his daughter won an Olympic

My math test was duck soup!

medal.

I got an A+!
He’s such

an odd duck.

He does and says very
How did you know I got into trouble at
school, Mom?

strange things.
She’s so skinny! That’s because

A little bird told

she

me.

That new Shrek movie was really

the birds. So boring!

for

eats like a bird.


List of Idioms and Definitions

Duck soup- something that is really easy

2. A little bird told me. Usually this is what a mother tells a child when she is
speaking about something naughty that he/she has done.
3. A bird’s eye view- a view from up high- like from an airplane- how a bird
would see the earth.
4. A bird brain- a total idiot
5. Chicken feed- very little money
6. Eat like a bird- eat very little
7. Dead duck- you’re a goner or in big trouble
8. An odd duck- a very eccentric person
9. Happy as a lark- very happy
10. Free as a bird- no responsibilities- can really enjoy life
11. For the birds- no good, awful
12. Birds of a feather flock together. A saying. Like people hang out together or
do the same things.
13. Proud as a peacock- extremely proud
14. A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush. Parable. If you have something be
satisfied with that and don’t look for more- you might lose what you have.
15. A chicken- a coward
16. A night owl- someone who loves to stay up late.
17. An early bird- someone who is an early riser.
18. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. Don’t expect things to work
out the way you have planned or be a certain way before they even happen.
19. To chicken out- to be so afraid of doing something that at the last minute you
don’t do it.
20. Lucky duck- someone who is very lucky.
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