1. INSECTS
1.1. HAVE A BEEIN ONES BONNET
1.1.1. Have an idea that continually occupies ones thougths.
1.1.1.1. EX: He has a bee in his bonnet abouyt living to be a hundred, and he won´t eat anything that contains animal fat.
1.2. HAVE BUTTERFLIES IN ONE´S STOMACH
1.2.1. To be very nervous about something.
1.2.1.1. EX: I always have butterfiles in my stomach before an exam.
2. RAT
2.1. To suspect that something is wrong.
2.1.1. EX: I´m surprised that Greg didn´t sense that something was wrong. In his posistion, I think I would have smelled a rat.
3. HOLD ONE´S HORSES (HORSE)
3.1. To retrain oneself
3.1.1. EX: Will you let me drive your new car? Hold your horses.
4. DONKEY
4.1. DO THE DONKEY WORK
4.1.1. The hard work.
4.1.1.1. EX: Tom´s report is excellent, but remember that it was assistant who did the donkey work, compiling facts and figures from miles of computer print - out.
5. WHALE
5.1. A WHALE TIME
5.1.1. Really enjoy yourself
5.1.1.1. EX: The children are having a whale of time.
6. CAT
6.1. NOT STAND A CAT IN HELL´S CHANCE
6.1.1. To have no chance of achieving something.
6.1.1.1. EX: Do you think Rod will get the job that he applied for?. No, in my opinion he does not stand a cat in hell´s chance.
6.2. LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG
6.2.1. To reveal a secret or surprised by accident.
6.2.1.1. EX: How did you find out abput the party? Well, it was Jeff who let the cat out of the bag.
6.3. CAT AND DOGS: RAINING CATS AND DOGS
6.3.1. Raining in great amounts.
6.3.1.1. EX: It is raining cats and dogs.
6.4. CAT NAP
6.4.1. If you have a short sleep during the day you are cat napping.
6.4.1.1. EX: She´s having a cat nap.
7. DOG
7.1. GO TO THE DOG
7.1.1. Less succesful than it was in the past.
7.1.1.1. EX: What a pity to let such a lovely old house go to the dogs like that.
7.2. BARKING DOGS SELDOM BITE
7.2.1. People who make big threats never usually carry them out.
7.2.1.1. EX: Old Mr. Fletcher is always complaining about the children making a noise and kicking theri football into his garden. He is threatened to call the police, but i am shure he will not. Barking dogs seldom bite.
8. SNAIL
8.1. AT A SNAILS PACE
8.1.1. Very slowly.
8.1.1.1. EX: The traffic´s going at a snails pace.
9. COCODRILE
9.1. COCODRILE TEARS
9.1.1. Crying to much.
9.1.1.1. EX: She´s crying cocodrile tears.
10. BEAST
10.1. EATING AS A BEAST
10.1.1. Eat in a non apropiate way.
10.1.1.1. EX: Johnny is eating as a beast of himself again.
11. LARK
11.1. BE UP WTH THE LARK
11.1.1. Awake and out of your bed early in the morning.
11.1.1.1. EX: Every morning he is upping with the lark.