C2 · Mastery
Animal Sayings
A menagerie of vivid Danish animal idioms for describing luck, character, conflict, and difficult situations.
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- Words & phrases
- 25
- Lessons
- 2
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 1
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- to count one's chickens before they hatch
- to be a wolf in sheep's clothing
- to separate the sheep from the goats
- to be as free as a bird
- to be an odd fish, a strange character
- to be an old fox, a wily old hand
- to have ants in one's pants
- to be caught between a rock and a hard place
- to make a mountain out of a molehill
- something is suspicious; there is a catch
- to be down and out
- to be like a fish in water, in one's element
- to shed crocodile tears
- to have an elephant's memory
- to be as stubborn as a mule
- to work like a horse
- to be as hungry as a wolf
- to sweat like a pig
- to do someone a disservice by trying to help
- to have a monkey on one's back
- there wasn't a soul there
- to be a lame duck
- to buy a pig in a poke
- to be a big fish, an important person
- one swallow doesn't make a summer
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- Lesson 1
Animal Idioms
- Lesson 2
A Manager Described through Animals
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