Above some charts with animal idioms and their meaning. Below other definitions for more expressions with animals.
- as busy as a bee - very busy.
- big fish in a small pond - an important person in a small place.
- have bigger fish to fry - to have other more important things to do.
- fish out of water - meaning someone feels out of place.
- shooting fish in a barrel - something that is very easy to do or effortless.
- fish for something - to try to get information from someone.
- a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle(slogan) - a feminist slogan, suggesting that men are superfluous to women's needs.
- teach fish to swim(proverb)- tell someone something which he/she has already known.
- as strong as a horse - very strong.
- beat a dead horse - to continue fighting a battle that has been won.
- horse trade - to bargain in a hard and skillful way.
- as weak as a kitten - weak, sickly.
- a fraidy-cat - someone who is easily frightened.
- play cat and mouse - to tease or fool someone.
- rain cats and dogs - to rain very hard.
- as poor as a church mouse - very poor.
- buy a pig in a poke - to buy something without seeing it.
- in a pig's eye - unlikely.
- make an ass of yourself - if you behave so stupidly that you appear ridiculous, you make an ass of yourself.
- bee's knees - to say that someone/something is the bee's knees means that you think they are exceptionally good.
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