Animals And Idioms.

I want to thank Penny the Jack Russell dog and modest internet superstar for doing the previous posting.  If only I could write as clearly as she does.  Thanks again, Penny, for your writing advice.   Maybe you can teach this old human new tricks.

Ever noticed how many everyday expressions seem to make reference to animals?

Holy cow, you've been waiting until the cows come home.  Time to take the bull by the horns as you grab the bull in a china shop.

What's that?  Cat get your tongue?  Maybe you need a catnap.  You don't want to look like something the cat dragged in.  Be careful on that hot tin roof.  And it seems the cat's amongst the pigeons.  Of course, when the cat's away, the mice will play.  And now you grin like a Cheshire cat as you think about having nine lives. Be warned, however, for curiosity killed the cat.  Who let the cat out of the bag?  Which also reminds me, when are you going to buy a bigger house?  Not enough room to swing a cat.

You might think this posting is a bit of a wild goose chase.  And no, I've never seen anybody chasing a wild goose.  Perhaps I'm barking up the wrong tree.  Although my bark's worse than my bite.  Mad dogs and Englishmen got out in the midday sun.  Evidently, it's a dog-eat-dog world.  Yet, every dog has its day.  Any more jumbled sentences and I may end up in the dog house.

Writing this posting is enough to make me go ape.  A bit of monkey business.  Monkey see, monkey do. Have you heard of the half-ape, half-flower creature?  A Chimp pansy.

Almost time to end this post.  I'm as busy as a beaver.  An eager beaver.  Which is a bit of a cock and bull story.  I wont go the whole hog.  Hope you had a whale of a time or I might end up in a kangaroo court.  I know I had more fun than a barrel of monkeys.  That was straight from the horse's mouth.

It's raining cats and dogs.  Watch out for the poodles.