Take a test on animal idioms.
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Take a test on animal idioms.
Take a test on animal idioms.
1
Fill in the gaps with the correct words.
1. The lion’s ...
2. The ... is your oyster.
3. Eager ...
4. Red ...
5. Weep ... tears.
6. Hold your ...
7. Throw someone to the ...
8. Kill two ... with one stone.
9. Be ... up the wrong tree.
10. Till the ... come home.
2
The lion’s share is the largest part or most of something.
Eager beaver = an enthusiastic person who works very hard.
Kill two birds with one stone = to achieve two things by doing a single action.
If you say that the world is someoneʼs oyster, you mean that they can do anything or go anywhere they want to.
Hold your horses! This phrase is used to tell someone to stop and consider carefully their decision or opinion about something.
If someone weeps/sheds/cries crocodile tears, they pretend to be sad about something, but they are not really sad at all.
Throw someone to the wolves = leave someone to be roughly treated or criticised without trying to help or defend them.
Be barking up the wrong tree = to be wrong about the reason for something or the way to achieve something.
Red herring = an unimportant fact, idea, event, etc. that takes people’s attention away from the important ones.
Till the cows come home = for a very long time.
Sources: https://dictionary.cambridge.org
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
https://www.collinsdictionary.com
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