Animals Idioms

• There Is More Than One Way To Skin A Cat
  there is more than one way to do something
  I knew that there was more than one way to skin a cat so I did not worry about the rules and time limit of my project.
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• Take The Bull By The Horns
  to take decisive and direct action
  My aunt decided to take the bull by the horns and begin preparations for the family reunion.
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• The Tail Wagging The Dog
  a situation where a small part controls the whole thing
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• One's Tail Between One`S Legs
  feeling beaten or humiliated (like a frightened or defeated dog as it walks away)
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• The Straw That Broke The Camel`S Back
  a small final trouble or problem which follows other troubles and causes everything to collapse or something to happen
  The supervisor accusing me of not working hard enough was the straw that broke the camel`s back and I asked for a transfer to another section of the company.
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• Straight From The Horse`S Mouth
  directly from the person who said something, directly from a dependable source
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• Squirrel (Something) Away
  to hide or store something
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• Smell A Rat
  to be suspicious, to feel that something is wrong
  I smell a rat.
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• A Shaggy Dog Story
  a long and often pointless story that is told as a joke and often ends in a very silly or unexpected way
  My friend told me a shaggy dog story about how he lost his bicycle.
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• Serve As A Guinea Pig
  to allow some kind of test to be performed on someone
  I was not happy that I had to act as a guinea pig for the managers who were testing the new training material.
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• Separate The Sheep From The Goats
  to divide people into two groups
  We had to separate the sheep from the goats when we began to make selections for the school choir.
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• See A Man About A Dog
  to leave for some unmentioned purpose (often to go to the washroom)
  I left the table in the restaurant to go and see a man about a dog.
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• A Scaredy-Cat
  someone who is easily frightened (usually used by children)
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• A Sacred Cow
  a person or thing that is never criticized or changed even if it should be (from a cow which is sacred in India)
  The school lunch program is a sacred cow which they will never change.
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• Rub (Someone/Someone's Fur) The Wrong Way
  to irritate someone (just as you would irritate a dog or cat if you rub their fur the wrong way)
  The woman who I work with rubs me the wrong way when I speak to her.
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