Thursday, January 3, 2013

Animal Antics! Idoms!!

Quit Horsing around!!!!! Don;t hog the Blanket!!! We're sitting ducks!!!When things aren't going well, animals get all the blame in the idiom game.  Can you think of other examples of idioms that include the use of animals? For this challenge, create a list of four common idioms plus two original idioms. Use each original idiom in a sentence.

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  1. 1. Ahead of the pack
    2. Eat like a horse
    3. Keep the wolves at bay
    4. Kill two birds with one stone

    Original Idioms
    1.Piece of cake
    2.Dressed to the nines

    Sentences
    1.The homework felt like it was for 3rd graders.It was a piece of cake.
    2.I was wearing Versace and Gucci. I was dressed to the nines.

    Noelia Martinez

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    1. You got the 4 idioms correct
      Original idioms arent about animals
      Nor the sentences

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  3. stright from the houres mouth
    kill two birds with one stone
    quite as a mouse
    dont put your eggs in one basket

    pice of cake
    busy as a bee

    the homework for last night was a pice of cake
    on the day before my birthday i will be busy ass a bee

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  4. Dropping Like Flies
    Drink Like A Fish
    Flip The Bird
    Hold Your Horses

    Let The Cat Out The Bag
    Till The Turtle Comes Home

    -Aidan

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  5. ANIMAL IDIOMS:

    1. blind as a bat.
    2. as fat as a pig.
    3. as hungry as a bear.
    4. as quiet as a mouse.

    ORIGINAL IDIOMS:

    1. Against the clock.
    2. Close, but no cigar.

    SENTENCES:

    1. This morning, i was running against the clock.
    2. I participated in a game show today & I got most of the questions that they told me to answer, wrong. The host said " CLOSE ! But no cigar. "

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    1. the original idioms had to be about animals :)

      -Noelia :) peaceeee

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  6. You can take a horse to the river , but you cant forc it to drink.

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  7. Idioms

    1. Work Like A Horse
    2. Straight From The Horses Mouth
    3. Bark Up The Wrong Tree
    4. Monkey See, Monkey Do

    Sentences

    1. Everything you see, you do... MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO.
    2. The weeks before the day I get married I will probably be WORKING LIKE A HORSE.

    ~Rebekah Rodriguez

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    1. you forgot to write 2 original idioms and the two sentences you wrote were suppose to be from the original sentences that were supposed to be written. The 4 idioms done were correct.

      -Arleny Paulino

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  8. COMMON IDIOM'S: CHIP ON YOUR SHOULDER

    DRESSED TO THE NINES

    hold your horses

    mind over matter


    ORIGINAL IDIOMS:

    FAST AS LIGHTNING

    SLOW AS A TURTLE


    SENTENCES:

    1.I RAN THE RACE FAST AS LIGHTNING

    2.HE RAN SLOW AS A TURTLE

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  9. Idioms:

    1. Peice of cake
    2. Stright from the horses mouth
    3. Kill two brids with one stone
    4. Hold your horses

    Setences:

    1. I had to write a 5 paragraph essay and that was a piece of cake.
    2. Most of the stories we read come from the horses mouth.

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    1. you forgot to write two original idioms bro. and the sentences were suppose to be about the original not the common.

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  10. you can take a horse to the river but you cant make it drink

    work like a horse

    ahead of the pack

    as fat as a pig

    my own:
    as fast as a cheetah
    as stupid as a domestic turkey

    senteces:
    1. you are as stupid as a domestic turkey!
    2.YOU ARE NOT AS FAST AS A CHEETAH
    ~JAQUELIN rODRIGUEZ

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  11. 1. Eat like a horse
    2. Ahead of the pack
    3. Keep the wolves at bay
    4. Kill two birds with one stone

    Original Idioms
    1. Peice of cake
    2. As fat as a pig

    Sentences
    1. The test was so easy it was a peice of cake
    2. Man, you eat so much your as fat as a pig

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  12. Common idioms:
    hold your horses

    dressed to the nines

    Original Idioms:
    faster then the bus

    drssed for the ball

    Sentences:
    Your running FASTER THEN THE BUS.

    why are you dressed so fancy were just going to the park you look like DRESSED FOR THE BALL.

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    1. You didnt write the four idioms, on the top.

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    2. I like how you made the sentences give the definition without saying the actual definition. The idioms were supposed to be animals related.

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  13. Animal Idioms
    1.as awkward as a cow on roller skates

    2.as busy as a beaver

    3.as crooked as a dog's hind leg

    4.as drunk as a skunk

    Original Idioms
    1.Blood Is Thicker Than Water
    2.Dressed To The Nines

    Sentances
    1. Last Night I Was Wearing Gucci And Louie Vuitton. I Was Dressed To The Nines
    2.Tony Killed His Cousin Ty Over A Friend. Blood Is Thicker Than Water

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    1. the original idioms you did and the sentences had nothing to do about animals

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  14. 1.Hold you horses
    2.As sly as a fox
    3.kill two birds with one stone
    4.busy as a bee

    1.Piece of cake
    2.Slap on the wrist

    1.Singing the ABC is apiece of cake
    2.4 years of jail time was a slap o the wrist for a murderer.

    Laura

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    1. REVISION
      Original Idioms
      1.Dog chasing it's tail
      2.grab the dog by the tail.
      SENTENCES
      1.Trying to run the marathon with no training is as hopeless as a dog chasing it's tail.
      2.when kayla pulled my hair it was like pulling a dog by its tsil

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  15. One can not simply dream without encountering nightmares

    Ok now im serious

    Animal Idioms

    -Straight from a horses mouth
    -Act as a guinea pig
    -As fat as a pig
    -As gentle as a lamb

    Original Idiom

    -As fast as a puppy
    -As drunk as a bear

    The Mutated Hamster Dog, was as drunk as a skunk and as sly as a fox

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    1. You had all the requirements for the task given above :)
      By the way, what does "as sly as a fox" mean?
      And i think you where suppose to use each original idiom in a different sentence.
      But good job :P :)

      -Montserrat Pujol

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  16. Common Idioms:

    1. Hold your pig
    2. Bull in a antique shop
    3. Lead a frog's life
    4. Straight from the turkey's mouth

    Original Idioms:

    1. As fat as a cow
    2. As awkward as a cow on roller skates

    Sentences:

    1. Don't be a bull in a restaurant because the waiters will kick you out.
    2. You are as fat as a cow.

    Montserrat Pujol ;)

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    1. Hello Montserrat! Good job! You Did what the tasked asked :D

      -George Mike Narvaez

      And as sly as a fox means Somebody who can put you in a tricky situation without you noticing. And no i did not just copy that from google


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  17. Sly as a fox
    A bull in a china shop
    Once in a blue moon



    -Your Father
    (Marcus Aquino)

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    1. you forgot one more idiom.also two original idioms and the two sentences.

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    2. Hey, Marcus
      You Forgot to include one more idiom and the two original one, you also forgot to include the two sentences.
      YOU DID A HORRIBLE JOB !! >.<

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  18. Idioms:
    1.Fast as lightning
    2.Pice of cake
    3.Jump hight like a kangooro
    4.Smart like a calculator
    5.run slow as a turtle

    Setences:
    1.I passed my test as fast like a lightning
    2.I was last on the race i was slow as a turtle
    By Jorge Robles

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  19. Idioms
    1.As awkward as a cow on roller skates
    2.As conceited as a barber's cat
    3.As fat as a pig
    4.As nervous as a cat

    1.piece of cake
    2. cost an arm and a leg

    1. I finished the test in 5 minutes it was a piece of cake
    2. That prada bag costs an arm and a leg

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  20. idioms
    1.Blind as a bat
    2.ahead of the pack
    3.as clean as a hounds tooth
    4.one's bark is worse than a bite

    1.dime a dozen
    2.break a leg

    1.For me to pencils are a dime a dozen.
    2. Before my friend was able to perform I told her to break a leg.

    *Arleny Paulino

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    1. Arleny you didnt include your own original idioms
      ~jaquelin

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  21. kill two birds with one stone
    let the cat out of the bag
    little bird told me
    cat's got one's tongue

    Oroginal:
    holy cow!
    horse around

    Sentences:
    Holy cow! I can't believe you ate everything on your plate.

    If you're going to horse around, please go outside.

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  22. Idioms:
    1.dog-eat-dog
    Ready to fight no matter what

    2.Donkey years-
    A very long time

    3.A dumb bunny-
    A gullible person

    4.the hair of the dog that bit one-
    a drink of alcohol that one takes when recovering from a hangover

    5.have a whale of a time-
    Have a good time

    6.horse sense-
    Common sense

    7.like a bat out of hell-
    With great speed and force

    8.like lambs to the slaughter-
    quietly and without complaining about the dangers that may lie ahead

    9.work like a dog-
    To work very hard

    10.a copycat-
    someone who copys everything

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    1. great job pabel you put alot of heart into this work keep on doing what you doing. HAVE A NICE DAY (-____-) thank you




      JEREMY BRITO

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    2. its alright. you could do wayyyyyy better. lol.

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    3. Hey Pabel,
      You completed the task correctly and did extra.That's awesome and you did a marvelous job!:)
      -Laura<3

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  23. PABEL I MUST SAY YOUR IDIOMS ARE TERRIFIC!!! HOWEVER, YOU FORGOT TO INCLUDE THE TWO SENTENCES. ALSO, YOU DIDN'T SPECIFIED WHICH WERE THE ORIGINAL IDIOMS.

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  24. Idioms:
    1.as sly as a fox
    - smart and clever

    2.as stubborn as a mule
    - very stubborn

    3.bark up the wrong tree
    - to choose the wrong course of action

    4.a bull in a china shop
    -clumsy person

    Original:
    1.He's a beast
    - the best
    2.Chill with that
    -calm down or stop

    Michael Jordan has 6 rings! He's a beast!!!
    Mr.abreu makes us write a lot when it comes to forensic anthropology he needs to chill with that.

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  25. Quiet as a mouse
    straight from the horses mouth
    Drink like a fish
    Blind as a bat

    Slow as a turtle
    Fast like a chettah

    Amy was running slow as a turtle
    Andy was runnig fast like a chettah

    -stephanie luna

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  26. Original Idioms:
    1: Dont look a gift horse in the mouth
    2: Cat bird seat

    My Idioms:
    1: lifting an elephant
    2: lifting a chick
    3: laughing like a hyena
    4: eating like a pig

    Sentences:
    1: she was in the cat bird seat. she was valedictorian.
    2: Ok. I know its not the ps3 remote you want but its free so dont look a gift horse in the mouth.

    ~ Geomaris Martinez

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  27. Original Idioms:
    1.)Straight from the Horses mouth
    2.)Dont count your chickens before they hatch

    My Idioms:
    1.)came from the lion
    2.)straight from the frog
    3.)killed a snake with a stone
    4.)snorting like a pig

    Sentences:
    1.)I realize its really funny but stop snorting like a pig.
    2.)that use to be so easy. i killed a snake with a stone

    ~Keulis Hidalgo


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