B2 – Animal Idioms

Watch like a hawk – Vigilar

A big fish in a small pond – Persona prepotente

The lion’s share – La major parte

Until the cows come home – hasta muy tarde

Ants in his pants – inquieto

it’s like shooting fish in a barrell – algo muy facil

chicken out –

Killing two birds with one stone – mata dos pajaros con un tiro

the cat that got the cream = muy feliz/or con uno mismo

escape the rat race – escapar el mundo coroprativo

like a bull in a china shop – como un elefante en una cacherreria

bug going around –

dropping like flies –

at a snail’s pace – mover muy lentamente

hold your horses – Tranquilo!

Shut the stable door after the horse has bolted – un accion que podria haber funcionado, pero hecho demasiado tarde

Put the cart before the horse –

Catnap

having a whale of a time

flog a dead horse

a game of cat and mouse

call your dogs off

dog tired

like a cat on a hot tin roof

catcall –

catfight – una pelea entre dos mujeres

crocodile tears

dogeared

the dog’s bollocks (The mutt’s nuts)

a dogs breakfast

doggy bag – food taken home from a restaurant.

a dogsbody

fatcat – a rich person

a bit fishy – suspicious or strange

holy cow – A expression of surprise

hair of the dog (that bit you) – to drink alcohol in order to cure a hangover

a little bird told me

keep the wolves from the door /at bay

a dog’s life

let the cat out of the bag

like herding cats

monkey see, monkey do – to copy someone

more than one way to skin a cat

sleep with the fishes – dead (usually murdered)

while the cat’s away, the mice will play

Useful link: https://eslexpat.com/english-idioms-and-phrases/animal-idioms/