Question

3.Complete the idioms below using an appropriate word from the box, then explain the meaning of the idioms. dogs, cows, goat, bear, bird, elephant, cat, rat, horse, fish ​

Answer 1

1. Cat (little)

2. Elephant (waste of space)

3.Horse (futile)

4. goat (make me nervous)

5. Bear (nervous)

6. rat (traitor, spy)

7. bird (uncovered the truth)

8. dogs (being destroyed)

9. cows (until the night)

Answer 2

2 eat like a bird = eat very little

3 a white elephant = unnecessary, useless

4 flogging a dead horse = a waste of time, to keep talking something that's been discussed

5 gets my goat = irritates me

6 like a bear with a sore head = angry, in a bad mood

7 smell a rat = to sense foul play, dishonesty

8 let the cat out of the bag = reveal a secret

9 going to the dogs = to become ruined

10 till the cows come home = a very long time