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ANIMAL KINGDOM (IDIOMS (ANIMAL SIMILIES as sly as a fox as busy as a…
ANIMAL KINGDOM
WARM-BLOODED VERTEBRATES
MAMMALS
DANGEROUS + PREDATORS
lion / lioness / cub
tiger / tigress
panther
cougar
cheetah
leopard
bobcat / lynx
grizzly / black / polar bear / bearcub
hyena
coyote
wolf
fox
orca whales
mongoose
wolverine
badger (!) - барсук
rhinocerous
buffalo
elephant
LIVING IN THE WATER
whale
dolphin
hippopotamus
walrus
sea lion
seal
DOMESTICATED + PETS
goat / buck = billy / kid
pig / swine / boar / hog / sow / piglet
sheep / ram / lamb
horse / stallion / mare / foal
cow / bull / calf
dog / bitch (sire and dam) / puppy
cat / tomcat / kitten (litter)
donkey / ass
hamster
rat
gerbil
guinea pig
rabbit
chinchilla
ferret
BIRDS
FLYING
blue / coal tit - синица
bullfinch - снегирь
robin - малиновка
blackbird - дрозд
starling - скворец
pigeon / dove
flicker / woodpecker - дятел
raven - ворон
crow - ворона
magpie - сорока
cuckoo
sparrow
BIRDS OF PREY
falcon - сокол
hawk /osprey - ястреб
owl
eagle - орел
vulture - стервятник
WATER BIRDS
duck / mallard
goose
swan
stork - аист
heron - цапля
ibis
crane - журавль
seagull
pelican
flamingo
albatross
loon - гагара
FLIGHTLESS
ostrich
emu
kiwi
penguin
DOMESTICATED
turkey
pheasant
chicken / rooster / hen
partridge - куропатка
parakeet
canary
COLD-BLOODED VERTEBRATES
FISH
mackerel - скумбрия
trout
salmon
herring - сельдь
whelk - гребешок
cod - треска
crucian - карась
pollack - сайда
ocean perch - морской окунь
sea bass
hake - хек
saury - сайра
pike - щука
eel - угорь
catfish - сом
shrimp / prawn
shark
REPTILES
CROCODILIANS
alligator
crocodile
caiman
gharial / gavial - fish-eating crocodile
SQUAMATES (чешуйчатые)
lizard
iguana
dragon
chameleon
Gecko
basilisk (not only a mythical creature!)
skink
anaconda
python
boa constrictor
viper / adder
rattlesnake
cobra
Black Mamba
Indian Taipan (the most venomous snake in the world)
water snake (уж)
TUATARA - an almost extinct type, very similar to squamates
TURTLES
turtle
tortoise
AMPHIBIANS
frog
toad
tadpole (a little worm-like creature that turns into a frog)
salamander
newt
waterdog
siren
mudpuppy
INVERTEBRATES
WITH LEGS: INSECTS
CREEPY-CRAWLY KINDS
ant
cockroach
termite
grasshopper
cricket
locust
cicada
praying mantis - богомол
beetle: water / leaf / long-horned beetle
bug
ladybug = ladybird (Br)
flea
louse (pl. lice) = "cooties" if you have them (North Am)
bedbug
FLYING KINDS
mosquito
fly
horsefly
black fly
dragonfly
butterfly
no-see-um / noseeum (мошка)
moth
bee
wasp
hornet
WITHOUT LEGS: WORMS, MOLLUSCS
centipede
caterpillar
larva - личинка жука
crysalis - куколка бабочки
silkworm
snail
slug
clam
mussels
octopus (pl. octopi)
squid
scallops
oyster
chiton - хитон (панцирный моллюск)
gellyfish
ARACHNIDS
(similar, but NOT insects: two body segments + eight legs)
scorpion
spider
black widow
tarantula
tick (the ones that live on the trees and grass and can spread Lyme disease)
mite (the tiny version of a tick which lives under the skin)
ANIMAL GROUPS
herbivores (grass-eaters)
carnivores (meat-eaters)
omnivores (eat everything)
predators (those who hunt)
prey (those which are hunted)
scavengers (those that eat what is left from other animals' kill)
rodents
pest organizms / animals
marsupials (e.g. kangaroo, koalas, wombats)
canines (dog-family)
felines (cat-family)
nocturnal (night-time animals)
diurnal (day-light animals)
pets
domestic animals
wild animals
tame animals
ANIMAL BODY PARTS
mouth and nose-like
a beak
a bill (e.g. ducks)
a snout
a trunk
antenna (e.g. lobsters)
teeth-like
fangs
canine teeth / canines (longer front teeth)
inscisors (sharp front teeth to cut food)
molars (side and back teeth)
tusks
hair and skin-like
fur
skin
scales
whiskers
mane
feathers
down (feather)
fuzz
spines (e.g. hedgehog)
shell
feet, hand, arm and leg analogies
paws
wings
webbed feet
flippers
front and hind legs/feet
tentacles
nail-like
claws
talons (birds)
miscellaneous
a tail
gills
a fin
a crest (e.g. of a rooster)
a pouch
suckers / suction cups (e.g. octopus)
a sting
IDIOMS
ANIMAL SIMILIES
as sly as a fox
as busy as a bee / beaver
as poor as a church mouse
as quiet as a mouse
as meek as a lamb
as stubborn as a mule
as strong as an ox
as sick as a dog
as free as a bird
as blind as a bat
as dead as the Dodo
as brave as a lion
as proud as a peacock
as crazy as a loon
as wise as an owl
as slippery as an eel
to drink like a fish
as drunk as a skunk
as black as a stack of black cats
as mad as a hornet
as awkward as a cow on roller skates
as hunrgy as a bear
POSITIVE IDIOMS
up to scratch
to kill to birds with one stone
to have (get) one's ducks in a row
like / as a duck takes to water
there are plenty of fish in the sea
(to get) monkey off one's back
the lion's share
smb wouldn't hurt a fly
a stag party / a hen party
to be ahead of the pack
the best-laid plans of mice and men
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
to have a whale of time
a piggy bank
a party animal
NEGATIVE IDIOMS
to be in the doghouse
dog eat dog = a rat race
to go to the dogs
to fight like cats and dogs
a cold fish
a black sheep (in/of the family)
crocodile tears
on one's high horse
like a bull in a china shop = like an elephant in a china shop (more rare)
the elephant in the room
monkey on one's back
the straw that broke the camel's back
to beat a dead horse
to put the cart before the horse
you can't teach an old dog new tricks
a one-trick pony
a leopard cannot change his spots
to weasel out of smth
a wild goose chase
a red herring
to have ants in your pants
to have kittens
to make a pig of oneself
to make a pig's ear of smth
monkey business
to feel like a cat on a hot tin roof
to be a chicken = to chicken out (of smth)
to feel like a fish out of water
to be all dressed up like a dog's dinner
mutton dressed as lamb
to cast pearls before swine
cat got one's tongue
to cry wolf
a hairbrained idea / person
a lame duck
to lock horns with smb
to look a gift horse in the mouth
to rat (out) on smb
NEUTRAL IDIOMS
someone's bark is worse than their bite
dog and pony show (can also be used negatively)
barking dogs seldom bite
to let the cat out of the bag
(to get) a cat in the sack = to buy a pig in the poke
big fish in a small pond
to fish or cut bait
like water of a duck's back = not to give a monkey's
have a dog in the fight (often used in the negative form) = not to care
to bark up the wrong tree
don't count your chickens (before they hatch)
to break one's duck
to have bigger (other) fish to fry
until / till the cows come home
when pigs fly = in a pig's eye
donkey's years (I haven't seen her in donkey's years)
straight from the horse's mouth
Hold your horses
I'll be a monkey's uncle (to express surprise and disbelief)
to quit cold turkey (to give up a habit completely)
to be up with a lark
like a rat up a drainpipe
to badger smb
to make a mountain out of a molehill
to smell a rat
to squirrel smth away
a bookworm
cash cow (can be used with a negative meaning too)
a dark horse
a fat cat
a top dog
a cat burglar
a copycat = money see, monkey do
ANIMAL FAMILY MEMBERS
top 20
a school of fish
a congergation of alligators
a parliament of owls
a troop of baboons
a murder of crows
a brood / peep of chickens
a labour of moles
a string of ponies
a cackle of hyenas
a blessing of unicorns
a conspiracy of ravens
a troubling of goldfish
a bed / nest of snakes
a business of ferrets
a flock of sheep / goats /
a crash / stubborness of rhinoceroces
a nest of mice / rabbits / toads
a host / ubiquity of sparrows
a band / troop of gorillas
an army of frogs
ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION
an ethical / moral problem
to justify the use of animals
to develop new medicines
to reduce the quality of life
to improve the welfare of animals
to eliminate possible suffering and distress
to provide valid results
an alternative testing method
to experiment of cell cultures
to eliminate potentially unsafe / ineffective drugs
large scale clinical trials
to assign a moral value to a living being
to perform / carry out experiments
ANIMAL EXTINCTION
extinction of animal species
to wipe out (dinosaurs)
to destroy habitat
to be part of a food chain
a food web
a massive loss of species / mass extinction
to be driven by man
human impact
human-induced species losses
to lament the loss of biodiversity
illegal hunting / poaching