Animals Idioms

• A Road Hog
  a car driver who uses more than his share of the road
  The person in front of me on the highway was a road hog but I tried not to get angry.
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• Ride Herd On (Someone)
  to watch closely and strictly supervise someone (as a cowboy would supervise a herd of cattle)
  The manager has been riding herd on his employees so that he can get the job done quickly.
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• Rat Race
  a rushed and confusing way of living that does not seem to have a purpose
  My uncle is tired of being in the rat race every day and he plans to quit his job soon and do something else.
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• Rat Out On (Someone)
  to desert or betray someone
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• Rat On (Someone)
  to report someone's bad behavior to someone
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• Rain Cats And Dogs
  to rain very hard
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• Put The Cat Among The Pigeons
  to cause trouble
  Sending the bad supervisor to talk to the angry workers was like putting the cat among the pigeons.
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• Put The Cart Before The Horse
  to do things in the wrong order
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• Put (Someone Or Something) Out To Pasture
  to retire someone or something (just as you would put a horse that is too old to work out to pasture)
  We finally decided to put our old car out to pasture and buy a new one.
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• Put On The Dog
  to dress or entertain in a luxurious and extravagant manner
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• Play Possum
  to pretend to be inactive/asleep/dead
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• Play Cat And Mouse With (Someone)
  to tease or fool someone, to change between different types of behavior when dealing with someone
  The man is playing cat and mouse with his company about his plans to quit or not.
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• Piggyback
  sitting or being carried on someone`s back and shoulders
  The boy was riding piggyback on his father`s shoulders.
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• Piggy Bank
  a small bank (sometimes in the shape of a pig) for saving money
  The boy has been putting money into his piggy bank to save for a bicycle.
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• A Paper Tiger
  a person or organization that is supposed to have a lot of power but actually is very weak
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