Animal Idioms. Our Feathered Friends

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2. My math test was duck soup.

3. A little bird told me.

How did you know that I got a D on
my history test?

4. You are a dead duck!

Boy, are you in trouble!
You are really going to get it!

5. He certainly is an odd duck!

He wears his bathing suit to school and he
speaks in Swahili to everyone. And we live in
India!

6. Today I’m happy as a lark!

You know why? I just won 3 million dollars in
the lottery- that’s why.

7. Next week I’ll be free as a bird!

In 4 days school finishes, and then summer
vacation begins!

8. This movie is for the birds!

It’s about the dumbest, most boring movie
I’ve ever seen!

9. I always say: Birds of a feather flock together.

Similar people usually hang out together.

10. His father was proud as a peacock.

When he won an Olympic medal in the 100
meters, his father was thrilled.

11. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

When you’ve already got something, don’t go
chasing after something else. You might end
up with nothing.

12. What a bird brain he is!

He’s the stupidest person I have ever known.

13. That jobs pays chicken feed.

Why would anyone take a job like that - for so
little money?! You must be nuts!

14. Look at him! He eats like a bird!

No wonder he is so skinny!

15. Don’t be such a chicken!

Come on! Jump off the diving board!
It’s not so scary.

16. He’s a night owl!

He stays up all night playing computer games.

17. She’s an early bird all right.

She gets up with the birds- right before sunrise.

18. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

With the money I win from the lottery- I’m
going to buy a Porsche, a villa in France, new
clothes and…

19. I chickened out.

I was going to invite Elena to the dance, but at
the last minute I was too terrified to do so.

20. You lucky duck!

You are going to Euro Disney this summer. I
wish I could come with you.

21. Duck, Owl, Bird, Chicken or Peacock

_________s of a feather flock together.
He’s an odd _________ -very strange.
Tomorrow I’ll be as free as a _________.
His dad was as proud as a ___________.
That test was easy- it was _________ soup.
A little ________ told me that you were naughty.
He’s an idiot- a real ________ brain.
I wanted to call her, but I __________ed out.
He’s a night _________; he stays up very late.

22. Duck, lark, chicken, bird, or peacock

Don’t count your ____________s before they hatch.
A ________ in the hand, is worth 2 in the bush.
She eats like a ________; she hardly eats a thing.
If you do that, you’ll be a dead _________.
Today I am happy as a _________!
You are such a coward- a total __________.
That job pays _________ feed- find another one.
That new Batman movie is for the _______s- forget it.
• I get up very early- I’m an early ___________.