English idioms about nature, animals and food.
Idioms built on pictures of animals, weather, nature and food.
Idioms
- A black hen lays a white egg
- A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast
- A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf
- As old as the hills
- Curses, like chickens, come home to roost
- Don't sell the skin till you have caught the bear
- Each bird loves to hear himself sing
- God never sends mouths but he sends meat
- It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest
- Love me, love my dog
- Money makes the mare go
- One bad apple spoils the barrel
- Shut the stable door after the horse has bolted
- Throw a sprat to catch a mackerel
- When the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
- Enough is as good as a feast
- In fair weather prepare for foul
- After rain comes fair weather
- As alike as two peas in a pod
- As strong as a horse
- Barking dogs seldom bite
- Fine words butter no parsnips
- Good wine needs no bush
- If you run after two hares, you'll catch none
- It never rains but it pours
- It's raining cats and dogs
- Make hay while the sun shines
- Never offer to teach fish to swim
- No rose without a thorn
- One drop of poison infects the whole of wine
- One swallow does not make a summer
- Still waters run deep
- Time and tide wait for no man
- When the cat's away, the mice will play
- Have bigger fish to fry
- A dog's life
- Walk on eggshells
- Throw caution to the wind
- A storm in a teacup
- Smell a rat
- Rub salt in the wound
- Put the cart before the horse
- Take the bull by the horns
- Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
- Nip it in the bud
- Cast pearls before swine
- The calm before the storm
- Steal someone's thunder
- Make a mountain out of a molehill
- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
- Like two peas in a pod
- Over the moon
- Butterflies in your stomach
- Don't cry over spilled milk
- Cry wolf
- Hold your horses
- Eat humble pie
- Every rose has its thorn
- Sell like hot cakes
- On cloud nine
- Not my cup of tea
- A fish out of water
- A leopard can't change its spots
- Barking up the wrong tree
- Beat around the bush
- Come rain or shine
- Curiosity killed the cat
- Don't put all your eggs in one basket
- Every dog has its day
- Let sleeping dogs lie
- Rain cats and dogs
- Save for a rainy day
- Take it with a grain of salt
- The last straw
- The tip of the iceberg
- Too many cooks spoil the broth
- Water under the bridge
- You can't have your cake and eat it too
- A drop in the ocean
- A piece of cake
- Birds of a feather flock together
- Don't count your chickens before they hatch
- Every cloud has a silver lining
- Kill two birds with one stone
- Let the cat out of the bag
- Money doesn't grow on trees
- Once in a blue moon
- Spill the beans
- The apple doesn't fall far from the tree
- The early bird catches the worm
- The grass is always greener on the other side
- Under the weather