Idioms Flashcards
Face a difficult situation directly and with courage (animals)
To take the bull by the horns
To work very hard (animals idiom)
To work like a dog
Not to mention something that happened in the past to avoid arguments or problems
To let the sleeping dog lie
Criticism doesn’t affect somebody (animal idiom)
[it’s] like water off a duck’s back [for him]
Manage to active 2 things by doing one action (animals idiom)
To kill 2 birds with one stone
A little-known participant who surprised everyone by winning (animals idiom)
A dark horse
The largest or best part (animals idiom)
The lion’s share
Not too confident that something will be successful (animals idiom)
Don’t count your chicken (before they hatch)
Eat and drink too much, be very greedy (animals idiom)
To make a real pig out you [him/my/..-self]
The last in a series of bad events that makes you unable to accept the situation any longer (animals idiom)
The last straw (that breaks the camel’s back)
Feeling ashamed, embarrassed or unhappy because you have been defeated or punished (animals idiom)
With [his] tail between his legs
When Somebody (usually your partner) is annoyed with you about something (animals idiom), Быть в немилости
To be in the doghouse
[I’m in the doghouse because I forgot about our anniversary]
Somebody whose words are worse than their actions
[Her] bark is worse than [her] bite
Think that something is wrong or sb is trying to deceive you
To smell a rat
To feel uncomfortable or awkward in unfamiliar situations
To be like a fish out of water
