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Karin Stewart

Teacher of English for foreign language students

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Idioms – animals

Choose the animal

Fill in the missing word

We were hoping to keep the wedding a secret, but my mother soon let the …… out of the bag.

cat

bird

kitten

You’re flogging a dead ……… trying to get your dad to change his mind.

donkey

cow

horse

Harry has really gone to the ……. since his wife died. Looking at him now, it’s hard to believe that he used to be a very successful businessman.

rats

dogs

fish

I don’t mind giving her a lift home from work every Tuesday, but what gets my ………….. is that she never offers to pay any petrol money,

goat

goose

bull

As I had to go to Johannesburg on business I decided to kill two ………. with one stone and visit my old school friend while I was there.

birds

dogs

cats

Your upset now, but you’ll get another boyfriend, there are plenty more ………… in the sea

seahorses

dolphins

fish

She loved tennis and could watch it until the ……… came home.

cows

cats

goose

That’s the last time I invite Steve for a meal. He really made a ……….. of himself last night.

pig

horse

monkey

When their Grandpa died, Robert and his sister got the ………………. share of the money.

lion’s

crocodile’s

bull’s

Don’t be fooled. She’s not really sad – those are …………… tears.

stag

lion

crocodile

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