Idioms Using Animal Vocabulary

If you do not study harder, you'll pass the exam only ______.

• when you have a cow

• when pigs fly

• when you are pigheaded

• till the cows come home

I ______. Something's not right about his story.

• wouldn't hurt a fly

• chicken out

• pig out

• smell a rat

Why are you so sad? Who's ______?

• got your goat

• dropped like flies

• let the cat out of the bag

• horsed around

______. You'd better not jump into conclusion.

• Have a cow

• Chicken out

• Poke the bear

• Hold your horses

At Peter's birthday party, we ______ on the delicious cakes and pastries.

• chickened out

• had a cow

• pigged out

• horsed around

If I ______ while my sister is studying, she will get really angry.

• smell a rat

• have a cow

• hurt a fly

• poke the bear

Don't pretend that nothing happened. ______

• There is an elephant in the room.

• Don't let the cat out of the bag.

• Don't let someone get your goat.

• I have a cow.

Jane's mother ______ when she said that she wanted to marry a man thirty years older than she.

• smelled a rat

• had a cow

• held her horses

• chickened out

The flowers in the garden are ______ for lack of water.

• hurting a fly

• pigheaded

• dropping like flies

• smelling a rat

I was trying to keep the party a secret, but James ______.

• worked till the cows came home

• let me get his goat

• held his horses

• let the cat out of the bag