Lesson
If you have an idea that has become an obsession, you have a 'bee in your bonnet'.- He's got a bee in his bonnet about politically correct language.
- She's got a bee in her bonnet about recycling.
- There are plenty more fish in the sea.
- There are other fish in the sea.
- The President's visit was supposed to be confidential but somebody must have let the cat out of the bag.
- He thought she knew the secret and so he told her and let the cat out of the bag.
- When they started talking about nuclear physics I felt like a fish out of water.
- I couldn't understand anything I read or heard in Tokyo and I was a real fish out of water.
- I decided to take the bull by the horns and go in and ask for a raise.
- If he's not doing his job, you are going to have to take the bull by the horns and tell him.
- He can't keep still. He's got ants in his pants.
- The long wait made the children antsy.
- I was always considered the black sheep of my family because I was a socialist.
- My uncle went to prison and is considered the black sheep of the family.
- They could argue until the cows come home and still not reach an agreement.
- "I could dance with you till the cows come home. Better still, I'll dance with the cows and you come home." (Groucho Marx)
- There is no room to swing a cat.
- Stop monkeying around and get on with some work!
- Who has been monkeying around with this machine?
- They said they will honor the contract but I smell a rat.
- He said he was qualified but I smelled a rat, checked up on him and found out that he wasn't.
- Since he took over as chairman, the company has gone to the dogs.
- This part of town has really gone to the dogs in the last few years.
- He sent us on a wild-goose chase for a book that isn't being published until next year.
- She sent us on a wild-goose chase looking for their beach house.
- The salary they were offering was chicken feed compared to what I could earn as a consultant.
- You can only make chicken feed profits teaching English on the Internet.
- The salary won't allow me to buy very much but it should keep the wolf from the door.
- We need to get in some immediate income to keep the wolf from the door.
- I know it wasn't a major problem but it was the straw that broke the camel's back as far as I was concerned.
- When they told me I had to work on Christmas Day, it was the straw that broke the camel's back and I left.
- This room looks like a pigsty.
- The factory was like a pigsty with materials everywhere.
- They fought like cat and dog over the decision.
- They can't work together. They fight like cat and dog.
- Now he has been promoted, he thinks he's the cat's whiskers.
- Don't start thinking you are the cat's whiskers because you are not.
- He's like a cat on a hot tin roof.
- She's like a cat on hot bricks.
- Tidy yourself up. You look like something the cat brought in.
- He turned up looking like something the cat dragged in.
- We have a cat in hell's chance of getting the contract.
- He has a cat in hell's chance of going out with her.
- They are playing cat and mouse with us about renewing the contract.
- I don't have any time for these cat and mouse games.
- The announcement of the takeover by Glazer has really put the cat among the pigeons.
- We need to find a way to put the cat among the pigeons and shake them up a bit.
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