The Long Road

03/29/2003 Archived Entry: "Animals everywhere!"

You'll all think this is weird but I've been "collecting" animal sayings for the last few months. Theres no particular reason why I started doing it, just thought it would be fun. The list is getting pretty big but I'm sure I've missed a few. Click on 'more' to see all the animal sayings I've collected and add some if you can think of any. I'll keep adding to this list as I hear new sayings. I hope you do too!

cat's out of the bag
cat's meow
cat got your tongue
cat fight
curiosity killed the cat

raining cat and dogs

wag the dog
screw the pooch
dog days of summer
under dog/top dog

rats from a sinking ship
pack rat

like lemmings

when pigs fly
pig out
like a pig in mud

black sheep
like lambs to the slaughter
a wolf in sheep's clothing

monkey around
a well trained monkey could do this

pony up
horsing around
could eat a horse
don't look a gift horse in the mouth
beat a dead horse
dog and pony show

holy cow

fish out of water
jump the shark
that sounds fishy
a red herring
plenty of fish in the sea
drinks like a fish
swim like a fish
swim with the sharks/sleep with the fishes
if wishes were fishes

neither fish nor fowl

birds of a feather
wild goose chase
swan song
two birds with one stone
eat like a bird
bird course
like a chicken with its head cut off
pigeon holed
chicken scratches
shooting duck in a barrel
sitting duck
if it looks like a duck
dovetail

busy like a bee

blind as a bat

lion's share

the world's your oyster

Replies: 24 comments

fish that out of there

don't count your chickens until they're hatched

never pet a burning dog

stop licking that toad!

Posted by Romer @ 03/29/2003 06:22 AM EST

trojan horse
horseshit!
piss like a race horse

Posted by Rayne @ 03/30/2003 04:41 AM EST

bullshit
in like a lion, out like a lamb

Posted by Rayne @ 03/31/2003 02:46 PM EST

Hold your horses!

Posted by Rayne @ 03/31/2003 04:11 PM EST

Your nothin' but Fish bait!

Posted by Animal Kingdom @ 03/31/2003 04:26 PM EST

Birds eye view

Posted by Anonymous @ 05/02/2003 03:15 AM EST

It's a Doggy Dog World

Posted by Known @ 07/28/2003 12:19 PM EST

putting the carriage before the horse
chicken
scardy cat
what's good for the gander is good for the goose (or is it the other way around?)
breed like rabits
dogs of war
rat (ie: squealing)

Posted by Rayne @ 08/07/2003 01:39 AM EST

stir the hornet's nest

Posted by Rayne @ 08/12/2003 05:02 PM EST

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
that's a horse of an entirely different colour!

Posted by Rayne @ 08/20/2003 03:06 AM EST

I've got bigger fish to fry!

Posted by Rayne @ 09/01/2003 03:05 PM EST

squeal like a pig

Posted by Rayne @ 09/01/2003 03:06 PM EST

silly goose
dog tired

Posted by Rayne @ 09/16/2003 02:54 AM EST

i have been collecting dog saying. why i dont know ether

1. Hair of the dog
2. Fit as a butchers dog
3. Dogs bollox
4. In the dog house
5. Dog’s dinner
6. Sick as a dog
7. A dog’s life
8. Dog gone
9. Dog-tired
10. Working like a dog
11. Face like a bulldog chewing a wasp
12. Cant teach an old dog new tricks
13. Doggy style
14. Dogs body
15. Barking mad
16. Barking up the wrong tree
17. Bark is worse then his bite
18. Puppy dog eyes
19. Raining cats and dogs
20. At each other like a cat and dog
21. Dog breath
22. Every dog has his day
23. Like a dog on heat
24. Puppy love
25. Dog rough
26. Dog ugly
27. One man and his dog
28. Off to see a man about his dog
29. A dogs hind leg
30. Dog and bone
31. Son of a bitch
32. Life’s a bitch
33. Slept like a dog
34. Sweating like a dog in a Chinese restaurant
35. It’s a dog eat dog world
36. Dog eared
37. Hungry as a dog
38. Dirty dog
39. Let sleeping dogs lie
40. Dogs of war
41. Doggie bag
42. Dogs breakfast
43. Dog and pony show
44. Shaggy dog story
45. Mad dog
46. Don’t keep a dog and bark yourself
47. 3 dog night
48. Mad dogs and English men go out in the midday sun
49. You lie like a dog
50. Top dog
51. Hot dog
52. Dog end
53. Dog solders
54. Dog fight
55. Hound dog
56. She has him like a dog on a leash
57. Under dog
58. gone to the dogs
59. die like a dog
60. back when dogs were wild
61. a living dog is better then a dead lion
62. throw it to the dogs
63. he who has it in mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick
64. An old dog barks not in vain.
65. Barking dogs seldom bite.
66. Beware of a silent dog and still water.
67. come like a dog at a whistle
68. Every dog is a lion at home
69. Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
70. screw the pooch
71. dog days of summer
72.

Posted by lee @ 09/28/2003 07:38 PM EST

eat crow

Posted by Rayne @ 10/04/2003 08:06 PM EST

take the bull by the horns

Posted by Rayne @ 10/28/2003 10:19 PM EST

800 pound gorilla
whole hog

Posted by Rayne @ 12/11/2003 04:06 PM EST

the best laid plans of mice and men

Posted by Rayne @ 12/15/2003 03:24 AM EST

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

Posted by Rayne @ 01/04/2004 10:46 AM EST

strong as an ox
dark horse

Posted by Rayne @ 01/31/2004 08:28 PM EST

lions led by donkeys

Posted by jcc @ 09/09/2004 03:41 PM EST

bag of worms
can of worms
crocodile tears
bee's knees
constitution of an ox
horse feathers
drunk as a skunk
rough as a bear's arse

Posted by jcc @ 09/09/2004 03:47 PM EST

The elephant in the room

Posted by Rayne @ 11/22/2004 06:47 PM EST

bleed like a stuck pig

Posted by annonymous @ 01/02/2005 08:44 PM EST