Animals Idioms

• Go Whole Hog
  to do everything possible, to be extravagant
  We went whole hog in our effort to make sure that the convention was a success.
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• Go To The Dogs
  to deteriorate, to become bad
  Many things in our city have gone to the dogs during the last ten years.
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• Go Hog-Wild
  to behave wildly
  The young soccer fans went hog-wild when they arrived in the city for the game.
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• Go Ape (Over Someone Or Something)
  to become highly excited or angry about someone or something
  Our teacher will go ape if he sees that you have not finished the work that was due today.
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• Get On One`S High Horse
  to behave with arrogance
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• Get Off One`S High Horse
  to begin to be humble and agreeable
  I wish that she would get off her high horse and begin to think about how other people feel about things.
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• Get (Someone`S) Goat
  to annoy someone
  My friend is always complaining about the way that I do things which gets my goat.
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• A Fraidy-Cat
  someone who is easily frightened (usually used by children)
  The little boy called his friend a fraidy-cat because his friend would not climb the tree.
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• Flog/Beat A Dead Horse
  to continue fighting a battle that has been won, to continue to argue a point that has been settled
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• Fight Like Cats And Dogs
  to argue and fight with someone (usually used for people who know each other)
  The two children were fighting like cats and dogs when we entered the room.
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• Ferret (Information Or Something) Out Of (Someone)
  to get something from someone by being persistent
  I worked hard to ferret the time and place of the party out of my friend.
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• Every Dog Has His Day
  everyone will have his chance or turn, everyone will get what he deserves
  Don`t worry about him.
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• Eat Like A Horse
  to eat a lot
  My brother eats like a horse.
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• Eat High On/Off The Hog
  to eat good or expensive food
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• Eager Beaver
  a person who is always eager to work or do something extra
  The woman is an eager beaver and I am sure that she will do very well in this company.
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