PROVERBS
1. A rolling stone gathers no moss
2. Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched
3. It never rains but it pours
4. One man’s meat is another man’s poison
5. Absence makes the heart grow fonder
6. A friend in need is a friend indeed
7. It is no use crying over split milk
8. The early bird catches the worm
9. Birds of a feather flock together
10. Actions speak louder than words
11. Barking dog, seldom bite
12. An apple a day keeps the doctor away
13. When the cat is away, the mice will play
14. If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
15. Greater talkers are little doers
16. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush
17. Every dog has its day
18. No news is good news
19. Out of sight, out of mind
20. Don’t look a gifted horse in the mouth
IDIOMS
· To be all fingers and thumbs
· To live from hand to the mouth
· To pour money down the drain
· To be all ears
· To speak one’s mind
· To turn a blind eye on something/someone
· To be caught red-handed
· To be a pain in the neck
· To give someone the cold shoulder
· To be as old as the hills
· To turn over a new leaf
· To be a coach potato
· To look for a needle in a haystack
· To bark up the wrong tree
· Let’s call it a day
· Hand over fist
· To cast pearls before swine
· To wash one’s hand of the matter
WEATHER IDIOMS:
To feel under the weather
To make heavy weather of something
A fair-weather friend
Come rain or shine
To be on cloud nine
As right as rain
To take a raincheck
In the cold light of day
ANIMAL IDIOMS:
As big as an elephant
As blind as a bat
As brave as a lion
As busy as a bee
As gentle/innocent as a lamb
As hungry as a wolf
As poor as a church mouse
As proud as a peacock
As sick as a dog/parrot
As snug as a bug in a rug
As strong as an ox
As stubborn as a mule
As tall as a giraffe
WEATHER IDIOMS:
To feel under the weather
To make heavy weather of something
A fair-weather friend
Come rain or shine
To be on cloud nine
As right as rain
To take a raincheck
In the cold light of day
ANIMAL IDIOMS:
As big as an elephant
As blind as a bat
As brave as a lion
As busy as a bee
As gentle/innocent as a lamb
As hungry as a wolf
As poor as a church mouse
As proud as a peacock
As sick as a dog/parrot
As snug as a bug in a rug
As strong as an ox
As stubborn as a mule
As tall as a giraffe
