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This idiom describes someone who is extremely intelligent and quick-witted. Literally, it means "bright like a button." (What is as bright as a button?)
What is as bright as a button?
This idiom describes clothing that fits perfectly, as if it was made especially for you.
What is fits like a glove?
This idiom describes wasting your time on something that will never succeed. Literally, it means "to whip a dead animal."
What is flog a dead horse?
This idiom describes someone who pretends to be kind and harmless but is actually dangerous.
What is a wolf in sheep's clothing?
This idiom means life is hard and unpleasant. Literally, it means "the life of this domestic animal."
What is a dog's life?
You use this idiom for a person who refuses to change their mind, no matter what you say.
What is as stubborn as a mule?
This idiom is used for someone who drives aggressively, recklessly, and dangerously.
What is drives like a maniac?
This idiom means getting information directly from the person who knows it best. Literally, it means "directly from the animal's mouth."
What is straight from the horse's mouth?
This idiom means fake sympathy. It comes from an ancient myth about reptiles that supposedly "weep" while eating their prey.
What is crocodile tears?
This idiom comes from one of Aesop's fables. It describes someone who prevents others from using something they don't even need themselves.
What is a dog in the manger?
This idiom describes a feeling of extreme thirst when your mouth has no moisture left.
What is as dry as a bone?
This idiom describes a person who suddenly appears next to you and won't leave you alone, similar to a skin irritation.
What is like a rash?
This idiom means "for an extremely long time, indefinitely." Literally, it means "until the farm animals return home."
What is until the cows come home?
This idiom is used when everyone avoids talking about an obvious but uncomfortable issue.
What is the elephant in the room?
This idiom means to say or do something that causes sudden trouble, controversy, or excitement within a group.
What is put the cat among the pigeons?
This idiom has two meanings: it can describe weather that has no rain, or a lecture that is incredibly boring.
What is as dry as dust?
This idiom describes an angry facial expression, as if a natural disaster is approaching.
What is a face like thunder?
This idiom means to separate the best from the rest. It comes from a biblical story about the Last Judgment.
What is sort the sheep from the goats?
This idiom means a person cannot change their basic nature, just like this animal cannot get rid of its markings.
What is a leopard can't change its spots?
This idiom describes someone who is considered the best, superior to everyone else.
What is the cat's whiskers?
This idiom describes extreme poverty. In medieval times, these places didn't store food, so the rodents there were particularly hungry.
What is as poor as a church mouse?
This idiom comes from an ancient fable about a boy who tricked people. It means to raise a false alarm.
What is cry wolf?
This idiom is based on a medieval law where the punishment for stealing a young animal was the same as for stealing an adult one. It means "you might as well do something more serious since you'll be punished anyway."
What is might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb?
This idiom was popularized by British football commentators in the 1970s. It means to be extremely disappointed and upset.
What is sick as a parrot?
This idiom means to have no chance at all. The image it creates is of a domestic animal in a place where survival is impossible.
What is not have a cat in hell's chance?