Animals have been a man's best friend,companion, threat,food,inspiration,tool to hunt and what not.With time there have been many words in any language that is derived from animals,describing their qualities or a word of comparison etc.As sly as a fox, as faithful as a dog, drink like a fish are examples of common idioms in English.
There are also words/phrases with animal names;these are the animal names that we are going to see today.
A stubborn person is a pig head.
A stupid person is a birdbrain.
A person who takes the blame for others mistakes or is a target is called a scapegoat.
An illegitimate child is called a brush colt.
When a person quits an addiction/habit all at once , he is said to quit like a cold turkey.
A troublesome person is called a black sheep.
An easy target or vulnerable person is called a sitting duck.
Anything easy to do is called a duck soup.
Interesting, is it not?
There are many more such words.I will post them in my next post.
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