Unit 5 - Animals

Question 1

THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY

Answer 1

Sb considered to be a failure/embarrassment by relatives

Question 2

TO BE AS BLIND AS A BAT

Answer 2

(Informal) To have poor eyesight

Question 3

YOU CAN… TILL THE COWS COME HOME, BUT IT WON’T

Answer 3

You can do something for a very long time, but it won’t change anything

Question 4

A DARK HORSE

Answer 4

Sb who people know very little about

Question 5

TO BE DOGGED BY STH

Answer 5

Sth bad keeps causing you trouble & it will not go away

Question 6

FOR DONKEY’S YEARS

Answer 6

(Informal) For a very long time

Question 7

TO DUCK

Answer 7

To avoid sth which was going to hit you by lowering your head

Question 8

IT IS LIKE WATER OFF A DUCK’S BACK FOR SB

Answer 8

Sth does not affect you bc you are accustomed to it

Question 9

FISHY

Answer 9

Suspicious

Question 10

TO HOUND SB

Answer 10

To persistently follow sb (used with the connection with the press)

Question 11

THE LION’S SHARE

Answer 11

The biggest part

Question 12

TO RABBIT ON (ABT STH)

Answer 12

To talk for a long time in a boring way

Question 13

RATTY

Answer 13

Bad-tempered, easily made angry

Question 14

TO HAVE A WHALE OF A TIME

Answer 14

(Informal) To really enjoy yourself

Question 15

A WILD GOOSE CHASE

Answer 15

A search for sth that one is unlikely to find

Question 16

TO WORM YOUR WAY OUT OF STH

Answer 16

To avoid doing sth you don’t want to do