Animal Idioms
What does it mean when someone says "Don't count your chickens before they hatch"?
Don't depend on something happening until youn know for sure that it will happen.
What does it mean when someone says they are "feeling blue"?
Sad
What does it mean to "spill the beans"?
Tell a secret
What does it mean when someone is "under the weather"?
Sick
What does it mean to "keep an eye on something"?
to watch something
What does it mean to "let the cat out of the bag"?
Explain the idiom "green with envy".
Jealous
Define the idiom "piece of cake".
Easy
Explain the idiom "chasing rainbows".
Trying to get something you can never have
Explain the idiom "give a hand".
to help
Explain the meaning of the idiom "raining cats and dogs".
It is raining a lot.
What does it mean to "paint the town red"?
Go out and have a good time
Explain what "in a nutshell" means.
very briefly, giving only the main points:
"What went wrong?" "In a nutshell, everything."
What does it mean to "save for a rainy day"?
save something for when you nreally need it
What does it mean when someone "has a sweet tooth"?
Someone who likes sweet foods
What does it mean when someone is "like a fish out of water"
Someone who doesn't belong
Define the idiom "in the black".
Has money
What does it mean to "be a couch potato"?
Lazy
Define the idiom "break the ice".
to make someone feel comfortable
Define the idiom "stick your neck out".
Go out of your way to help someone
Define the idiom "cry wolf".
Exaggerting or causing alarm for no reason
What does it mean to "have a green thumb"?
To be good at gardening
Define the idiom "cool as a cucumber".
Calm
What does it mean to be "on cloud nine"?
Happy
What does it mean to "pull someone's leg"?
a joke, something not true