Idioms with animals

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Vocabulary

IDIOMS WITH ANIMALS

HORSE

to eat like a horse = to eat a lot
to be flogging a dead horse = to be wasting time or effort on something impossible
to be/get on one's high horse = to act proudly, be arrogant
to be healthy as a horse = to be very healthy
to get on one's hobby-horse = to start talking about something that one likes to discuss
to hold your horses = to do something more slowly
to change horses in midstream = to transfer one's preference for somebody to another in the middle of an undertaking
to close the stable door after the horse has bolted = try to prevent something when it is too late
to put the cart before the horse = to reverse the logical order
a Trojan horse = something that looks normal but hides somebody's real intentions
never look a gift horse in the mouth = a caballo regalado no se le miran los dientes
a nod is as good as a wink (to a blind horse) = a hint or suggestion can be understood without being explicitly stated
straight from the horse's mouth = from a reliable source = de buena fuente
you can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink = you can give a person the chance to do something, but he may still refuse to do it
a dark horse = someone mysterious, who doesn't tell others about himself, but has surprising abilites or qualities
a horse of a different color (US) = something that is completely different = harina de otro costal
wild horses couldn't drag somebody away (from something) = somebody is determined to do something. He had already decided to go fishing. Wild horses couldn't drag him away from it.

We thank Marcela Bitetto (from Buenos Aires, Argentina), Lily (from Tucson, USA) and Aitor Natividad (from Bilbao, Spain) for their suggestions.

Exercise

Choose the right answer.

1. I know that he will not accept your suggestion. You know, .

2. Oh, don't and accept your mistakes, please.

3. If you don't like what Aunt Mollie gave you, don't say it. .

4. Did you know that Isabelle is going to be fired next week? I know it .

5. You always and start talking about computers. I don't like this subject, so please let's talk about something else!

6. Forget about learning Chinese in two months, you .

7. Mr White was replaced by a younger worker now that we need him to finish this task. You can't .

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