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Idioms with animals
Idioms with animals
A list of useful idioms with animals
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Estar como una cabra
To be as mad as a hatter
Ser la oveja negra
To be the black sheep
Ser mono
To be cute
Ponerse gallito
To get cocky
Ser más pesado/a que una vaca en brazos
To be a pain in the neck
Tener pájaros en la cabeza
To have bats in the belfry/be away with the fairies
Por si las moscas
Just in case
Llevarse como el perro y el gato
To fight like cat and dog
Ser cuatro gatos
To not be numerous, hardly anyone present
¿Qué mosca te ha picado?
What's wrong with you?
Estar todo el pescado vendido
It's over/finished/decided
Comportarse como un cerdo
To behave like a pig
Caerle la del pulpo
To get clobbered
No ver tres en un burro
To be as blind as a bat
Pagar el pato
To take the rap/blame
Tener memoria de elefante
To have the memory of an elephant
Sentir mariposas en el estómago
To feel butterflies in the stomach
A otra cosa mariposa
It's time to move on
Moverse como pez en el agua
Like a fish in water - to be at ease/ comfortable
Ir a paso de tortuga
To go at a snail's pace
A caballo regalado no le mires el diente
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
Estar hecho un toro
To be as strong as an ox
Lágrimas de cocodrilo
Crocodile tears
Los tortolitos
Lovebirds
No ser moco de pavo
Be no mean feat
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