ANIMALS
Beating a dead horse
What is "repeating yourself when the subject has already been discussed too much"?
Land of milk and honey
What is "abundance or being free from want"?
Cold feet
What is "being afraid to do something"?
The Real McCoy
What is "not an imitation or something genuine"?
A dime a dozen
What is "something that's not worth much"?
Rake (someone) over the coals
What is "to reprimand or criticize harshly"?
In the nick of time
What is to "just make it before it's too late"?
Poker face
What is "an expressionless face that doesn't reveal feelings or thoughts"?
Grim reaper
What is "death"?
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
What is "not assuming something will happen"?
Humble pie
What is "having to admit being wrong"?
Giving the cold shoulder
What is "ignoring someone"?
Throwing caution to the wind
What is "being reckless or taking a chance"?
Born with a silver spoon in your mouth
What is "rich"?
Red handed
What is "caught doing something"?
Rome wasn't built in a day.
What is "great things take time to create"?
Par for the course
What is "something that is typical or to be expected"?
Good Samaritan
What is "a person who helps someone in trouble without thought of personal gain"?
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Chew my cabbage twice
What is "not to repeat oneself"?
Bum steer
What is to "give someone bad advice or false info"?
It's always darkest before the dawn
What is the idea that "things will get worse before they get better"?
Cooking the books
What is "lying about what money was earned to avoid taxes"?
Carry a torch (for someone)
What is "to be in love with someone who doesn't return that love"?
A face that would stop a clock
What is an "ugly face"?
On a treadmill
What is "a dull or boring routine"?
Tilt at windmills
What is to "fight against impossible odds in an attempt to do good"?
The elephant in the room
What is "an obvious subject that no one wants to talk about"?
Walking on eggshells
What is "trying not to upset or anger someone"?
To keep at arm's length
What is to "stay a good distance away from someone"?
Getting a second wind
What is "regaining energy after being tired"?
Bread and butter
What is the "way one earns a living"?
All cats are grey in the dark
What is "physical appearance is unimportant"?
A matter of time
What is "something that will definitely happen"?
Hook, line, and sinker
What is to "believe something completely, usually by being fooled"?
Give (someone) a snow job
What is to "give someone an overly positive or unrealistic description"?
Every dog has his day
What is "everybody will get a chance to be the center of attention"?
Your goose is cooked
What is being "in trouble"?
Keep your chin up
What is to "stay positive"?
Once in a blue moon
What is a "rare event"?
Money talks
What is "needing money to have influence"?
Pink slip
What is "to get fired"?
Stand the test of time
What is "something that lasts"?
Green around the gills
What is to "feel sick to one's stomach or nauseated"?
Short end of the stick
What is to "get -- or give someone -- the unfair or less advantageous part of a deal"?
Knee-high to a grasshopper
What is "to be very young"?
Eats like a horse
What is "someone who eats a lot"?
Butter (someone) up
What is "to flatter someone excessively, often to get a favor"?
Barking up the wrong tree
What is to be "totally wrong about something"?
Going Dutch
What is "splitting the bill or paying for one's own meal"?
Born to the purple
What is "royalty"?
A devil of a time
What is "something that is very difficult to do"?
Hit or miss
What is "unplanned or random; equally likely to succeed or fail"?
The gift of gab
What is "the ability to speak easily and well"?
Like water off a duck's back
What is "something having no effect on a person"?
Out of the frying pan and into the fire
What is "going from a bad situation to one that's even worse"?
Pay through the nose
What is "to pay too much"?
Move heaven and earth
What is "trying very hard to make something happen"?
Laugh all the way to the bank
What is "to be proved right or successful in the face of doubters"?
Dressed to kill
What is "dressed to make a strong impression, usually in fancy/stylish clothing"?
Eleventh hour
What is "late or last minute"?
Heavyweight
What is "a person who is important or influential; a leader in a particular field"?
A fly in the ointment
What is "an unpleasant thing in an otherwise pleasant experience"?
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
What is "don't find fault with a gift or suspect the giver's motives"?
Cut the mustard
What is "to meet expected standards"?
On the nose
What is "something exact or precise"?
Make a mountain out of a molehill
What is "to react unreasonably to something"?
Keep up with the Joneses
What is "to try to have the same standard of living as your friends and neighbors"?
Time to kill
What is to "have extra time on one's hands"?
Slow burn
What is to "be quietly angry"?
Play (one's) cards right
What is to "do all the right things or make the right moves to achieve some end"?
Flash in the pan
What is a "fad"?
Horse of another color
What is "something unexpected"?
Cold turkey
What is to "do something abruptly or not gradually"?
Hand to mouth
What is "to live in poverty from day to day"?
Hold water
What is "something that stands up to scrutiny"?
Diamond in the rough
What is "an unpolished or unsophisticated person that has potential"?
True blue
What is "loyal and steadfast"?
When hell freezes over
What is "never"?
Run circles around
What is to "outperform someone by a wide margin; to be better than someone"?
Eat (one's) hat
What is to "do something unpleasant in the case of being proven wrong"?