Idioms - animals
Name for wrinkles around your eyes
Crows feet
Like a fish out of water
Go dutch
What is a gut feeling?
Feeling based on your instincts
Skin taken from animals such as wolves, lions, buffalo etc
Hides
When you reveal a secret
Let the cat out the bag
Expression used for when you generate enough income to pay your bills, rent and living costs
Make ends meet
What does nag mean? Use is in a sentence
harass (someone) constantly to do something that they are averse to
Small animal that has very poor sight and is very good at digging, leaves little mounds of dirt on the surface
Mole
When you are very keen
If you want to quit smoking or doing drugs completely from one day to the next you quit...
Go cold turkey
Expression for when you go from one difficult situation to and even more difficult one
Out of the frying pan into the fire
Expression for when you are too tired or realise something isnt worth continuing so decide to stop
Goat, bat, cat... etc
Name for work that is repetitive and boring/difficult
donkey work
Someone who doesn't say much about their life but is actually very interesting
A dark horse
What we say when every bad situation has something good in it somewhere
Every cloud has a silver lining
Phrasal verb for when you make a mistake
When you are not affected by the criticism of others
Like water off a ducks back
If you are sent to do something that is a waste of time and effort
gatecrash
Word for someone who doesnt like to spend money, is stingy
Skinflint
If a business is doing really badly and fails/goes bankrupt it goes...