IDIOMS WITH ANIMALS

1. Whale

1.1. we had a whale of a time at the party last night. HAVE A WHALE OF TIME.

2. Cats and Dogs

2.1. They fight like cat and dog, but they are still together after 30 years. LIKE CAT AND DOG.

3. Crocodile

3.1. Caroline pretended to be sad but we all knew her tears were crocodile tears. CROCODILE TEARS

4. Beast

4.1. If someone break the back of the beast, they succeed in overcoming a major difficulty. BREAK THE BACK OF THE BEAST.

5. Butterflies

5.1. Jully is constantly out and about; she is real a social butterfly. A SOCIAL BUTTERFLY

6. Goose

6.1. I was so scared that I had goose pimples all through the film. HAVE GOOSE PIMPLES.

7. Lark

7.1. If you get up very early, you're up with the lark. UP WITH THE LARK.

8. Cat

8.1. As soon as he saw the policeman, he ran off like a scalded cat. LIKE A SCALDED CAT.

9. Snail

9.1. More and more people are using e-mail rather than traditional delivery services, snail-mail. SNAIL-MAIL

10. Bee

10.1. A person who has a bee in their bonnet, has an idea which constantly occupies their thoughs. A BEE IN THEIR BONNET.

11. Bull

11.1. Don't mention Tom's promotion to Mike, it would be like a red flag to a bull LIKE A RED FLAG TO A BULL.

12. Donkey

12.1. I do the donkey work, my boss gets the credit. DONKEY WORK.

13. Horse

13.1. Let's get something to eat. I'm starving. I could eat a horse! I COULD EAT A HORSE.

14. Rat

14.1. I smell a rat, because Jessica is saying some wrong things about some intelligent people. SMELL A RAT.