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Animal idioms
- 5. As blind as a bat
Not able to see well because of
very bad eyesight
- 9. An early bird
The first person to be
somewhere, a person who gets out
of bed early
- 11. Let sleeping dogs lie
You shouldn’t disturb a situation as it
would result in trouble and
complications
- 14. A fish out of water
Someone who is in a situation they
are unsuited to
- 16. Kill two birds with one stone
Achieve two objectives with a
single effort
- 17. Smell a rat
To know
instinctively
that
something is
wrong or that
someone is
lying to you.
- 18. Take the bull by the horns
To tackle a problem directly,
without worrying about the risks
involved.
- 19. Like a bull in a china shop
Behaving clumsily when you
should be careful
- 20. A cock and bull story
A lie someone tells that is
completely unbelievable
- 22. The
black
sheep
Someone who does not fit into a
group or family because their
behaviour is not good enough
- 23. Straight from the horse’s
mouth
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