Idiom: Let sleeping dogs lie
If somebody tells you to let sleeping dogs lie, what have they asked you to do?
Take the Quiz!Tag: Animals
Idiom: A dog in the manger
If you hear somebody call another person a dog in the manger, what have they said about this person?
Take the Quiz!Idiom: On Shanks’s pony
If you went somewhere on Shanks’s pony, how did you get there?
Take the Quiz!Idiom: A dog and pony show
If somebody tells you that an event was a dog and pony show, what information are they giving you about it?
Take the Quiz!Idiom: Every dog will have its day
Idiom: When the cows come home
If you ask permission to, say…, borrow your mum’s car to attend a beach party (where your mum suspects there will be a lot of boozing), promising that you will get back before dawn and your mum’s answer is ‘I’ll lend you the car when the cows come home.’ What exactly did she say? Will she lend you the car? Check the meaning of this idiom on the button below.
Take the Quiz!Vocabulary: Wild animal quiz
Here’s a quiz for beginners to learn how to speak about wild animals, their habits and some of their peculiarities.
