Not a hair was out of place, have a bad hair day, made my hair stand on end, curl your hair, a hair-raising experience, get in my hair, be ready to pull my hair out, not harm a hair on their heads, put hair on your chest, a hair's breadth, split hairs, not seen hide nor hair of him, let my hair down 'You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig.' / 'A hog in a silk waistcoat is still a hog.' / 'You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.' / in a pig's eye, casting pearls before swine, piggy bank, high on the hog, hog-wild, 'Do not hog the couch.', road hog, earmarks, a lot of pork in a budget proposal, bring home the bacon, catching a greased pigĪs fast as a wildcat, putting a tiger in your tank, wildcat congressmen, a wildcat bill, a wildcat bank note, wildcat banks, wildcat oil wells, wildcat strike, wildcat strikersĬatch his eye, he sets eyes on her, make eyes at him, give him the eye, get hit between the eyes, stars in her eyes, the apple of her eye, 'I only have eyes for you.', his eyes might be bigger than his stomach, his eyes might pop out, don't believe your own eyes, all eyes, cause raised eyebrows, see eye to eye, an eye for an eye, pull the wool over a person's eyes, the evil eye, keep an eye on, have eyes in the back of his headįace the music, face up to, face-to-face, as plain as the nose on your face Monkeyshines, monkey around, monkey business, more fun than a barrel of monkeys, monkey suits Get off her high horse, hold your horses, stop horsing around, a one-horse town, wild horses could not drag me away, straight from the horse's mouth, you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink, beat a dead horse, dark-horse candidate, do not change horses in midstreamĪs busy as a bee, a beehive of activity, made a beeline, the bee's knees, a bee in her bonnet, that is none of your beeswax, the birds and the bees, as mad as a hornet, stir up a hornet's nest, have butterflies in your stomach, have ants in your pants, stop bugging me, put a bug in your ear, snug as a bug in a rug, sleep tight - don't let the bed bugs bite Lead a dog's life, live in a dog-eat-dog world, work like a dog, dog-tired, sick as a dog, every dog has its day, you can never teach an old dog new tricks, meaner than a junkyard dog, his bark is worse than his bite, he is in the doghouse, let sleeping dogs lie, the dog days of summer, rain cats and dogsĪ fish out of water, fishing for a compliment, going on a fishing expedition, a red herring, holy mackerel, like shooting fish in a barrel, green around the gills, packed in like sardines, a cold fish, drinks like a fish, This is a fine kettle of fish, a big fish in a small pond, there are plenty of other fish in the sea Looks like the cat that ate the canary, play cat and mouse with someone, that looks like something the cat dragged in, the cat's meow and the cat's pajamas. Hot potato, not so hot, hot shot, hothead, hot under the collar, hot lineĪs easy as falling off a log, a piece of cake, as easy as shooting fish in a barrel, easy come, easy go, Easy Street, go easy on a person, an easy touch, a soft touch, take it easyįor the birds, eats like a bird, a birds-eye-view, birds and the bees, birds of a feather flock together Idioms, Proverbs, Expressions and Interesting Words AdjectivesĬold, cold-blooded, cold-blooded killer, get cold feet, cold shoulder, cold fish, cold-hearted, out in the cold That is about 9 hours of listening and reading. It does not store any personal data.There are 105 five-minute audio files. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Performance'. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Necessary'. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Functional'. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Analytics'. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.

Pocket mouse idiom