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Idioms- Animals ESL Worksheet

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ESL Worksheet: Idioms- Animals

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.

Q1 - The shortest distance between two places is measured 'as the crow flies'.
 
True
 
False
Q2 - If you're nervous before doing something important, you have butterflies in your chest.
 
True
 
False
Q3 - If you ruin someone's plans, you cook their ____.
 
chicken
 
duck
 
goose
 
turkey
Q4 - If you get information directly from the person responsible or involved, you get it from the pig's mouth.
 
True
 
False
Q5 - If you do something to its limits, you go the whole ____.
 
boar
 
hog
 
pig
 
sow
Q6 - The biggest part of something being divided is the lion's share.
 
True
 
False
Q7 - If you sense that something is wrong or suspicious, you smell a ____.
 
mouse
 
rat
Q8 - If you talk the hind legs off a donkey, you talk plainly and honestly.
 
True
 
False
Q9 - Someone who works and functions well late at night is a night ____.
 
eagle
 
owl
 
swallow
 
gull
Q10 - Someone or something that looks strong but is actually weak is a paper ____.
 
leopard
 
lion
 
panther
 
tiger

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