expressions about animals

Question 1

working hard

Answer 1

working like ants

Question 2

to make a complaint against the wrong person

Answer 2

to bark up the wrong tree

Question 3

someone comes across as being very mean and nasty, but doesn’t necessarily act on his/her threats

Answer 3

his bark is worse than his bite

Question 4

very hungry

Answer 4

hungry as a bear

Question 5

i won’t tell you who told me

Answer 5

a little bird told me

Question 6

telling something which has been a secret, de aap komt uit de mouw

Answer 6

to let the cat out of the bag

Question 7

sometimes you cannot get what you want by being carefull and polite

Answer 7

a cat in gloves catches no mice

Question 8

to look proud of oneself

Answer 8

to look like the cat who swallowed the canary

Question 9

why pay for something that you can get for free otherwise

Answer 9

why buy a cow when you can get the milk for free

Question 10

very sick

Answer 10

sick as a dog

Question 11

a ruthless competition or self-interest

Answer 11

dog eat dog

Question 12

assume the obvious

Answer 12

if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and looks like a duck, it must be a duck

Question 13

never

Answer 13

when pigs fly

Question 14

a task that is too easy, a game without challenge

Answer 14

shooting fish in a barrel

Question 15

able to hear and see what a fly would see and hear

Answer 15

a fly on the wall

Question 16

just wait a second

Answer 16

hold your horses

Question 17

That which is seen is copied

Answer 17

monkey see, monkey do

Question 18

something against the ‘rules’ (illegal, immortal, etc.)but not too serious

Answer 18

monkey business

Question 19

zo blind als een mol

Answer 19

as blind as a bat

Question 20

beter 1 vogel in de hand dan 10 in de lucht

Answer 20

a bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush

Question 21

soort zoekt soort

Answer 21

birds of a feather flock together

Question 22

de ochtendstond heeft goud in de mond

Answer 22

the early bird catches the worm

Question 23

2 vliegen in 1 klap

Answer 23

killing 2 birds with one stone

Question 24

een zondebok

Answer 24

a scapegoat

Question 25

wie bij de hond slaapt, krijgt vlooien

Answer 25

if you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas

Question 26

het regent pijpenstelen

Answer 26

it is raining cats and dogs

Question 27

de koe bij de hoorns vatten

Answer 27

to take the bull by the horns

Question 28

door dezelfde microbe gebeten zijn

Answer 28

bitten by the same bugs

Question 29

de bloemetjes en de bijtjes

Answer 29

the birds and the bees

Question 30

als een olifant in de porseleinenwinkel

Answer 30

like a bull in a china shop

Question 31

als de kat van huis is, dansen de muizen

Answer 31

when the cat’s away, the mice will play

Question 32

het vel van de beer niet verkopen voor hij geschoten is

Answer 32

don’t count your chickens before they hatch

Question 33

een wolf in schapenvacht

Answer 33

a wolf in sheep’s clothing