Today Patricia and Teresa talk about animal expressions (and similes) in English. Some of the animal expressions discussed in today’s talk are:

work like a dog

hungry as a horse

sweating like a pig

cool cat

weasel out

eager beaver

none of your beeswax

chicken out

play chicken

chicken fight

copy cat

bug somebody

pig out

ham

ham it up

busy bee (busy as a bee)

worker ant

horse around

one trick pony

dark horse

heard it from the horse’s mouth

hoof it

his bark is worse than his bite

a big fish in a small pond

Some nonanimal expressions used in today’s discussion:

brown noser, suck up, ass-kisser, apple polisher- don’t use this one! It’s never used!

in the spotlight

That turned dark!

This episode was recorded on June 2, 2020.