Animal Idioms. Our Feathered Friends

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My math test was duck soup. It was a snap! I got an A+.

My math test was duck soup.

It was a snap! I

got an A+.
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A little bird told me. How did you know that I

A little bird told me.

How did you know that I

got a D on my history test?
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You are a dead duck! Boy, are you in trouble! You

You are a dead duck!

Boy, are you in trouble!

You are really going to get it!
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He certainly is an odd duck! He wears his bathing suit

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!
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Today I’m happy as a lark! You know why? I just

Today I’m happy as a lark!

You know why? I just

won 3 million dollars in the lottery- that’s why.
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Next week I’ll be free as a bird! In 4 days

Next week I’ll be free as a bird!

In 4 days

school finishes, and then summer vacation begins!
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This movie is for the birds! It’s about the dumbest, most boring movie I’ve ever seen!

This movie is for the birds!

It’s about the dumbest, most

boring movie I’ve ever seen!
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I always say: Birds of a feather flock together. Similar people usually hang out together.

I always say: Birds of a feather flock together.
Similar people

usually hang out together.
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His father was proud as a peacock. When he won an

His father was proud as a peacock.
When he won an Olympic

medal in the 100 meters, his father was thrilled.
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

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.
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What a bird brain he is! He’s the stupidest person I have ever known.

What a bird brain he is!

He’s the stupidest person I

have ever known.
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That jobs pays chicken feed. Why would anyone take a job

That jobs pays chicken feed.
Why would anyone take a job

like that - for so little money?! You must be nuts!
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Look at him! He eats like a bird! No wonder he is so skinny!

Look at him! He eats like a bird!

No wonder he is

so skinny!
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Don’t be such a chicken! Come on! Jump off the diving board! It’s not so scary.

Don’t be such a chicken!
Come on! Jump off the diving

board!
It’s not so scary.
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He’s a night owl! He stays up all night playing computer games.

He’s a night owl!


He stays up all night playing computer

games.
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She’s an early bird all right. She gets up with the birds- right before sunrise.

She’s an early bird all right.

She gets up with the

birds- right before sunrise.
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Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. With the money I

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…
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I chickened out. I was going to invite Elena to the

I chickened out.

I was going to invite Elena to the

dance, but at the last minute I was too terrified to do so.
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You lucky duck! You are going to Euro Disney this summer.

You lucky duck!

You are going to Euro Disney this summer.

I wish I could come with you.
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Duck, Owl, Bird, Chicken or Peacock _________s of a feather flock

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.