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Fish
Bird
Cat
Dog
Pig
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  Like fish out of water
used when someone is feeling very uncomfortable in a situation
100
The early bird catches the worm.
the person who arrives first is the one who is successful
100
A fat cat
someone who is rich and has a lot of influence, esp. in politics or business
100
Underdog
the weaker of two competitors, or anyone not expected to win a competition
100
A Guinea pig
A guinea pig is also a person used in a test, esp. one to discover how effective a new drug or process is:
200
There is plenty more fish in the sea
it used to tell someone whose relationship has ended that there are many other people that they could have a relationship with
200
To have an eagle eye
they notice everything, even very small details
200
Not enough room to swing a cat
A small room or space
200
Dog eat dog
used to describe a situation in which people will do anything to be successful, even if what they do harms other people
200
To pig out
To eat too much
300
If a situation is descibed as 'Fishy'
Dishonest and suspicious
300
A little birdie told me
said if you know who gave you the information being discussed but do not want to say who it was
300
To let the cat out of the bag
To tell a secret, often unintentionally
300
Barking dog never bites
someone who makes threats all the time, seldom carries out the threats
300
A pigsty
A dirty and/ messy place
400
if someone drinks like a fish
they drink a lot of alcohol
400
Spread one's wings
to use your abilities for the first time in your life to do new and exciting things
400
A cat burglar
a thief who enters and leaves a building by climbing up walls to an upper window, door, etc.
400
Like a dog with two tails
used to say that someone is very happy about something
400
​when Pigs might fly
said when you think that there is no chance at all of something happening
500
  To be Green around the gills
To look ill and pale
500
To ruffle someone's feathers
To cause someone to be upset
500
The cat's whiskers
to be better than everyone/everything else
500
To be in the doghouse
in a situation in which someone is angry at you for something you did or did not do
500
To make a pig's ear of something
to do something badly, wrongly, or awkwardly