# Animal Idioms Intermediate

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- CEFR: B1 (Intermediate)
- Theme: Idioms & Expressions
- Words: 14
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Animal idioms that no longer describe animals at all, with phrases like let the cat out of the bag, kill two birds with one stone and bark up the wrong tree.

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## Word list

* **let the cat out of the bag**: To accidentally reveal a secret. — “She **let the cat out of the bag** about the surprise party.”
* **kill two birds with one stone**: To achieve two goals with a single action. — “By walking to work, I **kill two birds with one stone** — exercise and saving money.”
* **when pigs fly**: Used to say that something will absolutely never happen. — “He'll clean his room **when pigs fly**.”
* **eager beaver**: Someone who is extremely enthusiastic and hardworking, sometimes a little too much so. — “The new intern is such **an eager beaver**, always first to volunteer.”
* **monkey business**: Silly, mischievous, or dishonest behaviour. — “The teacher warned the class about any **monkey business** during the test.”
* **curiosity killed the cat**: A warning that being too inquisitive about something can get you into trouble. — “Stop poking around in his drawers — **curiosity killed the cat**.”
* **a bird's eye view**: A high, distant look down over an entire area, or a general summary of a whole situation. — “From the tower, we got **a bird's eye view** of the entire city.”
* **cry wolf**: To raise a false alarm so often that nobody believes you when the danger is finally real. — “After **crying wolf** twice, nobody took his warning seriously.”
* **have bigger fish to fry**: To be dealing with more important matters than the small one being discussed. — “I can't worry about that email — I **have bigger fish to fry** today.”
* **bark up the wrong tree**: To have a mistaken idea about who or what is responsible for something. — “If you think I took your keys, you're **barking up the wrong tree**.”
* **a fly on the wall**: Someone who watches without being noticed. — “I would love to have been **a fly on the wall** in that meeting.”
* **ants in your pants**: Unable to keep still because you are excited or restless. — “The children had **ants in your pants** written all over them.”
* **like a headless chicken**: Rushing about in a panic without achieving anything. — “He spent the morning running about **like a headless chicken**.”
* **a dog's life**: A hard and unpleasant existence. — “Two jobs and no weekends is **a dog's life** by anyone's measure.”

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