Idioms Lesson with a HANDOUT: 25 Common Idioms with Animals

In this idioms lesson with a handout, I teach you 25 common animal idioms in American English with the meaning and example sentence. Get the handout to study at home!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W...

QUESTION: Which of these idioms are new for you? Do you have similar idioms in your native language?

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0:00 Common Idioms w/ Animals
0:30 Tips for learning idioms
1:25 Let the cat out of the bag
1:45 Hold your horses
2:06 Let sleeping dogs lie
2:30 Kill 2 birds with 1 stone
2:56 Have ants in your pants
3:13 Eat like a pig/bird
3:22 Have butterflies in your stomach
3:35 Raining cats & dogs
3:47 Dog eat dog
4:10 Teach an old dog new tricks
4:58 Get your ducks in a row
5:11 Be a big fish in a small pond
5:50 The elephant in the room
6:41 Feel like a fish out of water
7:05 Drink like a fish
7:17 Be a fly on the wall
7:55 Have a frog in your throat
8:07 Cat got your tongue?
8:22 Could eat a horse
8:34 The lion's share
9:10 Be a night owl
9:32 The rat race
10:00 The black sheep of the family
10:38 Quit cold turkey
10:57 Wolf something down
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