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Animal Idioms

February 20, 2024 - C1pdf

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1To bell the ............... is to do something really difficult.
Wrong!
2When I was in trouble, they threw me to the ...............
Wrong!
To throw someone to the wolves is to abandon them when they are in trouble.
3When you are in a kettle of ..............., you are in a difficult situation.
Wrong!
4An easy target is a sitting ...............
Wrong!
5The top ............... is the most powerful person in an organization.
Wrong!
6To grab a ............... by its horn is to face a difficult situation with courage.
Wrong!
7To have a ............... in your bonnet about something is to be really excited about it.
Wrong!
8The ............... in the room is a problem that nobody wants to discuss.
Wrong!
9When a country or a society degenerates, it goes to the ...............
Wrong!
10To be a ............... out of water is to be in a completely unsuitable environment.
Wrong!
11When you have bigger ............... to fry, you have a higher target to achieve.
Wrong!
12If a person never has a free moment, they are as busy as a ...............
Wrong!
Done.
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Answers

  1. To bell the cat is to do something really difficult.
  2. When I was in trouble, they threw me to the wolves
  3. When you are in a kettle of fish, you are in a difficult situation.
  4. An easy target is a sitting duck
  5. The top dog is the most powerful person in an organization.
  6. To grab a bull by its horn is to face a difficult situation with courage.
  7. To have a bee in your bonnet about something is to be really excited about it.
  8. The elephant in the room is a problem that nobody wants to discuss.
  9. When a country or a society degenerates, it goes to the dogs
  10. To be a fish out of water is to be in a completely unsuitable environment.
  11. When you have bigger fish to fry, you have a higher target to achieve.
  12. If a person never has a free moment, they are as busy as a bee
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