3. 4D - Friday, 21 November 2025
Lesduur is: 50 minOnderdelen in deze les
Today we will...
🎯 Learn about animal idioms
🎯 Guess their meanings
Do you like animals?
❤️ Love them!
🙂 They’re ok
😬 Not really
😱 I’m scared of some
Type a sentence to express "I'm SO hungry"
I'm so hungry,
I could eat a horse.
To be very hungry.
(not literal!)
This new phone is so cool.
It's the ____ bollocks!
This new phone is so cool.
It's the dog's bollocks!
Meaning: really good / excellent / the best
She walked straight
onto a banana peel...
silly cow!
Someone silly or clumsy
(we use this lightly...not in a serious way)
From the top of the Empire State Building,
you get an eagle’s-eye ___.
From the top of the Empire State Building,
you get an eagle’s-eye view.
Meaning: high, wide view from above
Don't touch the live wire.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Being too curious can cause trouble.
You can tell him to study, but you can’t make him.
You can lead a ____ to ____ ...
You can tell him to study, but you can’t make him.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
She helped me study for the test...she's a good egg!
A kind, helpful and reliable person.
You're so quiet today.
Has the ____ got your ____?
You're so quiet today.
Has the cat got your tongue?
A little bird told me that it's your birthday today!
Someone told me a secret,
but I won't say who!
Hang on, the game is still loading!
Hold your _____
Hang on, the game is still loading!
Hold your horses!
If you think I broke the beamer,
you're barking up the wrong tree.
Blame the wrong person.
Have you seen the football field recently?
It's really gone to the _____.
Have you seen the football field recently?
It's really gone to the dogs.
He went the whole hog and played like a superhero on the field!
To do something will full effort.
...fish flesh nor fowl. (L)
neither this nor thathold your horses. (C)
just wait a secondscaredy cat. (H)
a person who is afraid, a cowardfree as a bird... (I)
to be freeshooting fish in a barrel (M)
a task that is too easy, a game without a challengelet the cat out of the bag. (N)
telling something which has been a secrethasn't got a cat in hell's chance. (E)
no chance at allgone to the dogs (O)
become worse in quality, become ruined
...curiosity killed the cat (K)
warning about being curious...could eat a horse (D)
to be extremely hungry...dog's bollocks. (F)
something really goodA little bird told me. (G)
an unnamed source of information...eagle eye's view (A)
a view seen from abovelead a horse to water (J)
you can offer someone something, but you can't make them take it.cat got your tongue? (B)
to be unable to speak
a sly fox
a dishonest person who wants to trick you...puppy love
Feelings of love that a young person has & adults don't take it seriouslyblind as a bat
blind (can't see) / unawaresmell a rat
to start believing that someonthing is wronglike a bull in a china shop
to move /behave clumsily
as sick as a parrot
Very sick...donkey's years
for a very long timesilly cow
stupid personwatch you like a hawk
to observe very closely...snake in the grass
a treacherous person, someone who pretends to be your friend.
1. After training, I was starving. I could eat a horse.
2. Don’t touch that cable! Remember, curiosity killed the cat.
3. She slipped for the third time today… what a silly cow.
4. She helped everyone with their homework — she’s a good egg.
5. If you think I broke the projector, you’re barking up the wrong tree.
6. He didn’t just clean his room - he went the whole hog and organised everything.
7. A little bird told me there's a test tomorrow.
1. After training, I was starving. I could eat a horse.
2. Don’t touch that cable! Remember, curiosity killed the cat.
3. She slipped for the third time today… what a silly cow.
4. She helped everyone with their homework — she’s a good egg.
5. If you think I broke the projector, you’re barking up the wrong tree.
6. He didn’t just clean his room - he went the whole hog and organised everything.
7. A little bird told me there's a test tomorrow.
