Animal Idioms

Smell a ___

(feel that something is wrong)

• pig

• dog

• rat

• cat

Go to the ____

(become run-down and in serious need to repair)

• Cows

• Fish

• Lions

• Dogs

Take the ____ by the Horns

(take decisive action in a difficult situation)

• Bull

• Deer

• Cow

• Goat

_____ of a Different Color

(quite a different matter)

• Goose

• Horse

• Snake

• Mouse

Let the ___ out of the Bag

(inform beforehand)

• Hen

• Hog

• Rat

• Cat

For the _____

(uninteresting and meaningless)

• Worms

• Birds

• Lions

• Fishes

Straight From the _____’s Mouth

(from a reliable source)

• Moose

• Snail

• Sheep

• Horse

___ Got Your Tongue?

(can't talk?)

• Cat

• Ape

• Bee

• Fly

____ Soup

(easy, effortless)

• Pork

• Fish

• Crab

• Duck

Let Sleeping ____ Lie

(do not agitate a potential source of trouble)

• Mice

• Oxen

• Dogs

• Cows