Animal Idioms

A person who spends a lot of time reading and studying is called a ________.

• bookbull

• bookpig

• bookworm

• bookcat

Another way of saying “never” is “when ____ fly”.

• pigs

• cows

• monkeys

• birds

If you go to bed early in the evening, and wake up early in the morning being full of energy, you might be called an early ______.

• horse

• bird

• beaver

• bee

If you like staying up late at night, feel more productive in the evening, and have troubles getting up in the morning, you are a night _____.

• lizard

• cat

• owl

• bat

If something is very funny, you can say that it’s “as fun as a barrel of _______”.

• worms

• whales

• monkeys

• fish

When you’ve made a decision that it’s time to get up and do something life-changing, it’s time to “take the ______ by the horns”.

• elephant

• bull

• unicorn

• rhino

If someone copies what you say or do, you can call that person “a copy _____”.

• cat

• dog

• gorilla

• parrot

The situation when children imitate the behavior of the people around them, without even realizing what they are doing, is called “_______ see, _______ do”.

• cat

• fox

• monkey

• lion

When someone has told you a secret, but you do not want to say who, you can say 'A little _________ told me...'

• snail

• bird

• bug

• penguin

When there is a problem that nobody wants to talk about but it makes everybody feel uncomfortable, you can say that “there is a(n) _________ in the room”.

• dinosaur

• bull

• elephant

• sloth