Idioms with animals

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Vocabulary

IDIOMS WITH ANIMALS

DUCK

a sitting duck = somebody easy to attack
an ugly duckling = a person who at first seems unpromising but later becomes admired
like a duck to water = without fear, naturally
like water off a duck's back = (of criticisms) without any effect
a dead duck = a plan that will probably fail
a lame duck = a person/organization in trouble that needs help
to duck a subject/question = to avoid a difficult or unpleasant subject/question

Exercise

Choose the right answer.

1. He wasn't afraid at all, he jumped from the plane .

2. Tamara looks very pretty now! She wasn't that pretty some time ago. She's like .

3. I don't hear all those criticisms. For me, they are .

4. Out in the vast field, the soldiers were for the enemy.

5. Even before starting, they admitted that the project was .

6. This organization needs the help of the employees to survive, it's really .

7. When the issue was mentioned, and everyone wanted to know, Norbert .

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