English Animal Idioms (1)

She couldn’t understand the language, so she _____________________________.

• set the cat among the pigeons

• smelt a rat

• felt like a fish out of water

In 1941, Operation Barbarossa confirmed to the Soviet Union that Germany was _______________________________________.

• a wolf in sheep’s clothing

• a little bird told me

• straight from the horse's mouth

______________________________ you’re getting married.

• The elephant in the room

• A little bird told me

• Like a duck to water

He _______________________________________ before exams.

• kills two birds with one stone

• goes on a wild goose chase

• gets butterflies in his stomach

The airline had to cancel a lot of flights and that really _____________________________.

• took the bull by the horns

• set the cat among the pigeons

• felt like a fish out of water

Her dream of being a movie star is __________________________________.

• a wild goose chase

• a dark horse

• a one-trick pony

When he died, investigators were called in and they soon __________________ .

• threw someone to the wolves

• smelt a rat

• set the cat among the pigeons

We all sat sipping our tea quietly; no one wanting to bring up _________________________________ about Frank’s expulsion from university.

• the

  elephant in the room

• a snake in the grass

• the straw that broke the camel's back

Once I realised that he was a very dangerous person to whom I was dealing with, I felt I'd been ____________________________.

• a leopard never changes its spots

• thrown to the wolves

• a one-trick pony

What you heard is true. I know since I heard it _________________________________.

• while the cat's away, the mice will play

• opened up a can of worms

• straight from the horse's mouth