B2 – Upper intermediate
You can hold horses and flies can drop. Read and familiarize yourself with the different idioms with animals and be ready to use them in sentences.
Animal Idioms
Discuss:
1. Talk about a time when you sensed something fishy.
2. Describe a situation when you were able to kill two birds with one stone.
3. What’s the advantage of taking the bull by the horns? What’s the disadvantage?
4. Is it difficult for you to hold your horses?