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800 pound gorilla

2. A barking dog seldom bites

3. A little bird told me

4. Albatross around your neck

5. All bark and no bite

6. Angry as a bear

7. Angry as a bull

8. Ants in your pants

9. As mad as a wrongly shot hog

10. As rare as hen's teeth

11. As the crow flies

12. At a snail's pace

13. Back the wrong horse

14. Bats in the belfry

15. Be on the pig's back

16. Bear market

17. Beard the lion in his own den

18. Beating a dead horse

19. Bee in your bonnet

20. Bee's Knees

21. Beeline for


22. Bell the cat

23. Bend someone's ear

24. Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

25. Between you and me and the cat's whiskers

26. Big fish

27. Big fish in a small pond

28. Bigger fish to fry

29. Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

30. Bird's eye view

31. Bird-brain

32. Bird-dog

33. Birds and the bees

34. Birds of a feather flock together

35. Blind as a bat

36. Break the back of the beast

37. Bull in a China shop

38. Bull market

39. Bull session

40. Bull-headed

41. Busy as a beaver

42. Busy as a bee


43. Butterflies in your stomach

44. By a whisker

45. Calf lick

46. Call the dogs off

47. Camel's nose

48. Can of worms

49. Canary in a coal mine

50. Cast pearls before swine

51. Cast sheep's eyes at

52. Cat among the pigeons

53. Cat and dog life

54. Cat and mouse

55. Cat fur and kitty britches

56. Cat got your tongue?

57. Cat nap

58. Cat's lick

59. Cat's pajamas

60. Cat's whiskers

61. Change horses in midstream

62. Charley horse

63. Chickenfeed
64. Close the stable door after the horse has bolted

65. Cloud cuckoo land

66. Cock and bull story

67. Cock in the henhouse

68. Cock of the walk

69. Cold fish

70. Cold turkey

71. Come out of your shell

72. Constitution of an ox

73. Cook someone's goose

74. Cool as a cat

75. Could eat a horse

76. Count sheep

77. Creature comforts

78. Crickets

79. Crocodile tears

80. Crooked as a dog's hind leg

81. Cry wolf

82. Cuckoo in the nest

83. Curiosity killed the cat

84. Cute as a bug


85. Dark horse

86. Dead as a dodo

87. Dead cat bounce

88. Dead duck

89. Deer in the headlights

90. Dinosaur

91. Dirty dog

92. Does a one-legged duck swim in circles?

93. Dog and pony show

94. Dog days

95. Dog eat dog

96. Dog in the manger

97. Dog tired

98. Dog's dinner

99. Dog's life

100. Dog-eared

101. Doggy bag

102. Don't catch your chickens before they're hatched

103. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

104. Don't stop and kick at every dog that barks at you

105. Donkey work


106. Donkey's years

107. Drink like a fish

108. Drop like flies

109. Drunker than a peach orchard boar

110. Duck to water

111. Ducks in a row

112. Eager beaver

113. Eagle eyes

114. Early bird catches the worm

115. Eat crow

116. Eat like a bird

117. Eat like a horse

118. Eat like a pig

119. Elephant in the room

120. Enough to cobble dogs with

121. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while

122. Even the dogs in the street know

123. Every ass likes to hear himself bray

124. Every dog has its day

125. Fat cat

126. Feather your own nest


127. Feathers fly

128. Fight like Kilkenny cats

129. Fine as frog's hair

130. Fish or cut bait

131. Fish out of water

132. Fishy

133. Fit as a butcher's dog

134. Flash as a rat with a gold tooth

135. Flat out like a lizard drinking

136. Flip someone the bird

137. Flogging a dead horse

138. Fly in the ointment

139. Fly on the wall

140. Fly the coop

141. For donkey's years

142. For the birds

143. Frog strangler

144. From the horse's mouth

145. Full as a tick

146. Get a sheepskin

147. Get the monkey off your back


148. Get your ducks in a row

149. Get your feathers in a bunch

150. Get your goat

151. Give a dog a bad name

152. Glory hound

153. Go tell it to birds

154. Go the whole hog

155. Gone fishing

156. Gone to the dogs

157. Grab the bull by its horns

158. Grease monkey

159. Grin like a Cheshire cat

160. Guinea-pig

161. Hair of the dog

162. Hangdog expression

163. Hanged for a sheep as a lamb

164. Hay is for horses

165. Healthy as a horse

166. Herding cats

167. High on the hog

168. Hive of worker bees


169. Hold your horses

170. Hornets' nest

171. Horse of a different color

172. Horse trading

173. How the hog ate the cabbage

174. Hungry as a bear

175. I'll be a monkey's uncle

176. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride

177. If you fly with the crows, you get shot with the crows

178. If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas

179. In a dog's age

180. In a pig's eye

181. In donkey's years

182. In the catbird seat

183. In the doghouse

184. It's not the size of the dog in fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog

185. Juggle frogs

186. Jump the shark

187. Kangaroo court

188. Keep on a short leash

189. Keep the wolf at bay


190. Keep the wolf from the door

191. Kettle of fish

192. Kill the fatted calf

193. Kill the goose that lays the golden egg

194. Kill two birds with one stone

195. Knee-high to a grasshopper

196. Know a hawk from a handsaw

197. Lame duck

198. Lap dog

199. Leopard can't change its spots

200. Let sleeping dogs lie

201. Like a bat out of hell

202. Like a beached whale

203. Like a bear with a sore head

204. Like a bull at a gate

205. Like a cat on hot bricks

206. Like a cat that got the cream

207. Like a duck to water

208. Like a fish needs a bicycle

209. Like a fish out of water

210. Like a hawk


211. Like a headless chicken

212. Like a moth to a flame

213. Like a rat deserting a sinking ship

214. Like a shag on a rock

215. Like collecting frogs in a bucket

216. Like lambs to the slaughter

217. Lion's share

218. Live high off the hog

219. Loan shark

220. Lock horns

221. Lock the stable door after the horse has bolted

222. Lone wolf

223. Look what the cat dragged in

224. Lord love a duck

225. Love me, love my dog

226. Lower than a snake's belly

227. Lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut

228. Mad as a badger

229. Mad as a cut snake

230. Mad as a hornet

231. Mad as a March hare


232. Mad as a wet hen

233. Make a monkey of someone

234. Mare's nest

235. Meaner than a bobcat without a blowhole

236. Memory like an elephant

237. Mess with a bull, you get the horns

238. Monkey business

239. Monkey see, monkey do

240. More than one way to skin a cat

241. My dogs are barking

242. Nature of the beast

243. Neither fish nor fowl

244. Nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs

245. Night owl

246. No dog in this fight

247. No spring chicken

248. Not enough room to swing a cat

249. Not give a monkey's

250. Not hurt a fly

251. Off the leash

252. On the hoof


253. On the wallaby track

254. On your high horse

255. One swallow does not make a summer

256. One-trick pony

257. Opening a can of worms

258. Other fish to fry

259. Paper tiger

260. Parrot fashion

261. Pecking order

262. Pet peeve

263. Pick of the litter

264. Pig in a poke

265. Pig in clover

266. Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered

267. Pigs might fly

268. Play possum

269. Proud as a peacock

270. Pull a rabbit out of your hat

271. Pup's chance

272. Puppy love

273. Put lipstick on a pig


274. Putting the cart before the horse

275. Queen bee

276. Queer fish

277. Quiet as a cat

278. Quiet as a mouse

279. Raining cats and dogs

280. Rat race

281. Red herring

282. Rode hard and put away wet

283. Root hog or die poor

284. Sacred cow

285. Salty dog

286. Scarce as hen's teeth

287. See which way the cat jumps

288. Sell someone a pup

289. Separate the sheep from the goats

290. Shaggy dog story

291. Shanks's pony

292. Sharks are circling

293. Shooting fish in a barrel

294. Short horse soon curried


295. Sick as a dog

296. Sick as a parrot

297. Silly goose

298. Sing like a canary

299. Sitting duck

300. Sleep well- don't let the bedbugs bite

301. Slowly, slowly catchy monkey

302. Sly as a fox

303. Small dog, tall weeds

304. Small fry

305. Smell a rat

306. Snake in the grass

307. Snake oil

308. Snake oil salesperson

309. Snipe hunt

310. Snug as a bug in a rug

311. Social butterfly

312. Sprat to catch a mackerel

313. Spring chicken

314. Stalking horse

315. Strain at the leash


316. Straw that broke the camel's back

317. Strong as an ox

318. Strong like bull, dumb like stump

319. Stubborn as a mule

320. Swansong

321. Sweat like a pig

322. Swim with the fishes

323. Take the bull by its horns

324. Take up the reins

325. Talk the hind legs off a donkey

326. Talk turkey

327. Tell them where the dog died

328. The cat's meow

329. Their bark is worse than their bite

330. There are many ways to skin a cat

331. There's a dead cat on the line

332. Thousand pound gorilla in the room

333. Throw pearls to the pigs

334. Throw someone to the wolves

335. Till the cows come home

336. To be dog cheap


337. Top dog

338. Tough as woodpecker lips

339. Turn turtle

340. Two heads are better than one

341. Ugly duckling

342. Until the last dog is shot

343. Up with the lark

344. Vultures are circling

345. Wag the dog

346. Water off a duck's back

347. Whale of a time

348. What can you expect from a hog but a grunt?

349. What's good for the goose is good for the gander

350. When pigs fly

351. When the chickens come home to roost

352. Which came first the chicken or the egg?

353. While the cat's away, the mouse will play

354. White elephant

355. Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free

356. Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

357. Wild goose chase


358. Wildcat

359. Wilder than a peach orchard boar

360. Within a whisker

361. Wolf in sheep's clothing

362. Work like a dog

363. World is your oyster

364. Worm information

365. Worm turns

366. Worm's eye view

367. You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

368. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink

369. You can't hide elephants in mouseholes

370. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

371. You can't teach an old dog new tricks

372. You could have knocked me down with a feather

373. You do not get a dog and bark yourself

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