Idioms with animals

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Vocabulary

IDIOMS WITH ANIMALS

SHEEP - LAMB - MUTTON

to separate the sheep from the goats = to distinguish good people from bad people
a wolf in sheep's clothing = somebody who appears friendly or harmless but is really an enemy
like sheep = easily influenced by others
to count sheep = to imagine sheep jumping over a fence and count them, as a way of getting to sleep
every time the sheep bleats, it loses a mouthful = oveja que bala, bocado pierde
like a lamb (to the slaughter) = without realising that something dangerous is going to happen
the black sheep (of the family) = somebody regarded as a failure or embarrassment
as meek as a lamb = humble, obedient
a mutton dressed as a lamb = older person wearing clothes made for younger people
to make sheep's eyes at somebody = to look at somebody in a way that shows you love him
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb = Dios aprieta pero no ahoga

We thank José María Vázquez López (from Pontevedra, Spain) and Enriqueta García Mouton (from Madrid, Spain) for their suggestions.

Exercise

Choose the right answer.

1. I always before getting to sleep.

2. Don't trust Rob. He looks good but I think he's .

3. Sheila looks ridiculous in those clothes. Doesn't she realize that she looks like ?

4. In this organization, you will find good people and bad people. So it's really important .

5. The tourists were taken around , from the cathedral to the souvenir shop.

6. Sharon and Carol are about to graduate, but Bob, our youngest son, isn't studying for the moment. I think he is .

7. Ron is very good and obedient, he's really .

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