dogs and cats idioms

What does it mean to "let the cat out of the bag?"

• The cat jumps out of a bag
• Ignore the facts
• Tell a secret
• Feel sick

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What does this idiom mean?

Every dog has its day

• do it quiclky

• Make the wrong choice

• Make someone annoyed or angry

• Everyone gets a chance eventually

What idiom means being nosey gets you in trouble

• cats got your tongue

• curiosity killed the cat

• beat a dead horse

• cry wolf

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what is the meaning of dog's breakfast?

• in disfavour/disgrace

• a confused mess/mixture

• a very small place

• telling secret

what is "the cat's whiskers" ?

• to be very sick

• unattractive

• a highly admired / exceptionally excellent person/thing

• raining heavily

let the sleeping dogs lie?

• when the person in authority is absent, people will not do what they should do

• telling secret information

• unattractive people

• to avoid action that would cause greater problems

a pig in a poke?

• a poor quality thing that someone buys without knowing much about it

• a highly admired person/thing

• raining heavily

• to be very sick

the cat that got the cream?

• there are several ways of achieving something

• in disgrace of what others have done

• telling secret information

• feeling very proud of what he/she has done

there's not enough room to swing a cat

• a very small place

• to be very sick

• life is hard and unpleasant

• degenerate morally/physically

it's a dog's life

• life is comfortable

• to be very sick

• life is hard and unpleasant

• unattractive people