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Matress Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
Animal idioms
Animal Idioms
Do you know when to use these idioms?
1. to smell a rat
2. to be a night owl
3. to act like a bull in a china shop
4. to be a chicken
1. The children had planned to play a trick on the teacher, but because the class was so quiet and attentive she smell a rat.
2. I always do my homework after midnight. I just concentrate better at that time. I guess I'm a night owl.
3. Careful! You're so clumsy. You're knocking everything off the table. You're like a bull in a china shop.
4. Rudy didn't go on the roller coaster with us because he's afraid of high places. The ride is perfectly safe, though. We all thought he was being a chicken.
[bah]
Do you know when to use these idioms?
1. to smell a rat
2. to be a night owl
3. to act like a bull in a china shop
4. to be a chicken
1. The children had planned to play a trick on the teacher, but because the class was so quiet and attentive she smell a rat.
2. I always do my homework after midnight. I just concentrate better at that time. I guess I'm a night owl.
3. Careful! You're so clumsy. You're knocking everything off the table. You're like a bull in a china shop.
4. Rudy didn't go on the roller coaster with us because he's afraid of high places. The ride is perfectly safe, though. We all thought he was being a chicken.
[bah]
Top answer
1. The children had planned to play a trick on the teacher, but because the class was so quiet and attentive she could smell a rat. To smell a rat means to suspect that they are up to no good.
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- The children had planned to play a trick on the teacher, but because the class was so quiet and attentive she could smell a rat.
- To smell a rat means to suspect that they are up to no good.
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- I always do my homework after midnight.
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1. The children had planned to play a trick on the teacher, but because the class was so quiet and attentive she could smell a rat.
To smell a rat means to suspect that they are up to no good.
2. I always do my homework after midnight. I just concentrate better a
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