Horsing around with animal expressions

From wild phrases to vivid metaphors, animals feature prominently in English idiomatic expressions.

Test your knowledge of animal idioms and choose the correct animal to complete the sentences below. Find out if you’re as wise as an owl … or just fishing for answers!

1. Jonathan usually teaches children in Grade 4, so he felt like a Placeholder for the answer out of water when he was asked to take over a kindergarten class.
2. I’ve barely eaten all day. I’m as hungry as a Placeholder for the answer.
3. With all her activities, Manuela is as busy as a Placeholder for the answer.
4. Some of the things my boss said really got my Placeholder for the answer.
5. Don’t bring up the past. Let sleeping Placeholder for the answer lie.
6. The hockey team finally won its first game! However, the coach warned the players that one Placeholder for the answer doesn’t make a summer.
7. The promotions team received the Placeholder for the answer share of the funding.
8. I never found the office; the person who gave me directions sent me on a wild Placeholder for the answer chase.
9. The young mother watched her children like Placeholder for the answer.
10. Jaxson is such a gentle child. He wouldn’t hurt Placeholder for the answer.
  
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