Horsing around with animal expressions

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Humans have been sharing their planet with animals for millennia. Small wonder that animal names have crept into a great many of our idiomatic expressions!

In the quiz below, choose the right animal name to complete the expression.

1. Jonathan usually teaches children in Grade 4, so he felt like a Placeholder for the answer out of water when he was asked to take over a kindergarten class.
2. I've barely eaten all day. I'm as hungry as a Placeholder for the answer.
3. With all her activities, Manuela is as busy as a Placeholder for the answer.
4. Some of the things my boss said really got my Placeholder for the answer.
5. Don't bring up the past. Let sleeping Placeholder for the answer lie.
6. Carla was impressed with the change last night in her boyfriend's behaviour, but one Placeholder for the answer doesn't make a summer.
7. The promotions team received the Placeholder for the answer share of the funding.
8. I never found the office; the person who gave me directions sent me on a wild Placeholder for the answer chase.
9. The young mother watched her children like Placeholder for the answer.
10. Jaxson is such a gentle little boy. He wouldn't hurt Placeholder for the answer.
  
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