• Fish out of water - Being somewhere you don’t belong
• Kettle of fish - Something is completely different
• Get off your high horse - Quit thinking you are better than others
• Hold your horses - Wait a minute
• Horse of a different color - Something that is different
• Let the cat out of the bag - Tell a secret
• Curiosity killed the cat - Asking may get you in trouble
• Cat got your tongue? - Why aren’t you talking?
• Raining cats and dogs - It is raining very hard
• You can’t teach an old dog new tricks - It’s harder for older people to learn new things
• Hot dog - A person doing athletic stunts that are dangerous
• Doggy bag - A bag to take home leftovers from a restaurant
• A little birdie told me - Someone told me a secret
• Bee in her bonnet - She is upset
• Goose is cooked - Now you’re in trouble
• For the birds - Something that is not worth anything
• Birdbrain - Someone who is not very smart
• But a bug in his ear - Make a suggestion
• A bull in a china shop - someone who is very clumsy
• Pig out - To eat a lot
• Wolf in sheep’s clothing - A person who pretends to be nice but is not
• Cry crocodile tears - To pretend to be upset
• Make a mountain out of a molehill - Make something that is not important into a big deal

Compiled by Dennis Agaba