Common English idioms that reference animals, such as letting the cat out of the bag, matched with their meaning, one idiom per card.
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- Let the cat out of the bag
- Reveal a secret unintentionally
- Raining cats and dogs
- Raining very heavily
- Dog days
- Hot summer period, usually in late July or August
- Work like a dog
- Work very hard
- Barking up the wrong tree
- Pursuing the wrong lead or theory
- Dog-eat-dog
- Cutthroat or ruthless competition
- Underdog
- Competitor expected to lose or least likely to succeed
- Horse around
- Play around or fool around instead of being serious
- Hold your horses
- Wait a moment, be patient
- Straight from the horse's mouth
- Information from a reliable, direct source
- Eat like a horse
- Eat a large amount of food
- Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
- Don't criticize or question a gift
- Dark horse
- Unexpected competitor or unlikely winner
- Beat a dead horse
- Spend effort on something pointless or already settled
- Wild goose chase
- A fruitless or pointless search or pursuit