Bird Idioms

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1. I accepted the first job offer I received. The salary was not very good, but a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
2. If something is strictly for the birds, it is a worthless activity
3. To talk turkey is to talk bluntly without mincing words.
4. To go cold turkey is to kick a bad habit
5. When you spit feathers, you are in a state of distress or anger
6. To lark about is to joke about
7. When you are up with the lark, you rise very early
8. An odd bird is an eccentric person.
9. What does the expression one swallow doesn’t make a summer mean? You could be a winner today but it does not mean that you will win all the time
10. To clip someone’s wings is to curtail their freedom/power
11. If something makes your hackles rise, it makes you angry
12. If you are like a duck to water, you are able to adapt to any circumstances