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Sayings About Animals #1

The missing words in these popular cliches are the names of animals. See if you can guess them.
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First submittedJanuary 12, 2013
Times taken99,633
Average score80.0%
Rating4.29
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Cliche
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Like shooting fish in a barrel
Curiosity killed the cat
The dog days of summer
Like water off a duck's back
What's good for the goose is good for the gander
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
Poor as a church mouse
Stubborn as a mule
The early bird gets the worm
Cliche
The boy who cried wolf
Like a bull in a china shop
Pearls before swine
A fly in the ointment
Like a chicken with its head cut off
Monkey see, monkey do
Down the rabbit hole
Blind as a bat
A bee in one's bonnet
Sly as a fox
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93 Comments
johnnyaitch
+1
Level 72
Jun 25, 2010
14/20. I don't know my animals.
DiscoBayGolfer
+1
Level 78
Aug 22, 2010
20 of 20...got stuck on rabbit for over a minute!
Bonzo65
+20
Level 71
Feb 26, 2015
For the rabbit one, I couldn't get past the animal as being an 'ass', which probably says more about me than this quiz.
DeusCaritasEst
+3
Level 55
Jan 12, 2016
Hahaha! That made me laugh. :)
purplemooncat
+4
Level 48
Jan 13, 2011
Man these are brutal for the animals!
delky06
+1
Level 28
Apr 16, 2011
20/20
theLAYTshow
+1
Level 37
Oct 27, 2011
Thanks to Harry Potter for "Bee in your Bonnet", I'd never heard that before reading the books
HectorVortac
+1
Level 48
Jun 30, 2020
And I thank They Might be Giants
BlendedCow
+1
Level 44
Jan 25, 2012
Early bird gets the worm, but the early worm gets.............
Wingedwheel
+8
Level 44
Nov 19, 2012
eaten
lilpitts100
+1
Level 19
Mar 22, 2012
17/20
2kool4skoolz
+4
Level 39
May 22, 2012
Always heard "stubborn as a bull". Huh. Guess I'm wrong.
WillemLAif
+7
Level 76
Jan 1, 2018
We have it stubborn as a donkey/ass around here... and elephant in the china shop.
Yanni47
+2
Level 77
Aug 17, 2020
At least, bull got you a freebie then.
Martinvanburen
+4
Level 53
Oct 1, 2020
i always heard stubborn as an ox
scherre
+2
Level 55
Aug 10, 2021
I've heard stubborn as a goat.
KatM
+7
Level 23
May 25, 2012
Early bird gets the worm, second mouse gets the cheese.
KatM
+3
Level 23
Jan 12, 2013
If you don't get it, after the mouse trap has been activated, the second mouse gets the cheese :P! So it's not good to always be the early bird D:!
Somequiztaker
+4
Level 78
May 30, 2012
Can't donkey be used along with mule?
thecoolestdude2
+2
Level 68
Sep 15, 2013
A mule is the offspring of a donkey and a horse- they're not the same thing.
trebek
+2
Level 70
Jan 13, 2016
I got it right but my father in law used to say stubborn as a canal horse. Go figure.
SuperCheese
+4
Level 25
Nov 28, 2017
I’ve always heard donkey too.
AleckrulesOK
+8
Level 19
Jul 2, 2012
It's definitely "headless chicken" - no-one (in UK at least) would say a chicken with its head cut off.

Nice game!!!

cariad
+1
Level 42
Jun 1, 2015
I could only think of cut the head off a snake for some reason.
DeusCaritasEst
+1
Level 55
Jan 12, 2016
Same, which makes me think it probably is a saying somewhere.
coro
+1
Level 58
Oct 28, 2016
There is a saying "Mad as a cut snake".
jennraven
+3
Level 67
Oct 5, 2019
Might just be a US thing, but it's definitely a saying here!
QuizWol
+1
Level 58
Nov 28, 2019
Actually I've heard it said by my fellow citizens, as often as I've heard headless chickens or thereabouts.

(Yes, I'm British, in Britain)

plattitude
+2
Level 92
Aug 22, 2012
Good quiz, though now I'm going to have They Might Be Giants in my head for the rest of the day. ♫ Not to put too fine a point on it / say I'm the only bee in your bonnet / Build a little birdhouse in your soul.... ♪
AleckrulesOK
+2
Level 19
Aug 24, 2012
Aaaa!!! Sweet picture of the darling little bird. Quiz good too!!!
sierraistheshiz
+2
Level 19
Oct 31, 2012
It is water off a camels back... I have never heard of water off a ducks back in my life...
noodles
+1
Level 69
Jan 12, 2013
Google it.
Malbaby
+7
Level 70
Jan 29, 2015
It's the last straw that broke the camel's back.......
bluesdjben
+3
Level 74
Jan 12, 2013
Also, would someone please explain why "water off a camel's back" makes sense? "Like water off a duck's back," which is very common in America as a way of saying that a person was not affected by something bad that was aimed at them, makes sense because ducks secrete oil with which they cover their feathers, and then water runs right off their feathers, making it much easier for them to swim. Does it work the same way for a camel, or does the expression mean something slightly different?
Terrian10
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Level 14
May 18, 2013
20/20 with 2:29 left
RedRock2017
+1
Level 20
Jul 24, 2013
100% Easy
rabidreader
+1
Level 39
Aug 14, 2013
100% with 3:06 left on the clock. Apparently I've been associating with too many people who use popular sayings to communicate!
Lillyrose333
+1
Level 21
Nov 19, 2013
I guessed like five of them and still got 100%.
Rougecompany
+1
Level 35
Dec 18, 2013
Done with 1:53 left
Amiiville
+1
Level 15
Jan 29, 2014
My parent's always said stubborn as a donkey D: All this time...
Elf
+1
Level 8
Jan 1, 2015
I did it 3 or 4 times and eventually finished with 3 minutes 20 seconds left over, 100% and a boost to Level 5!

I have some suggestions: 'a partridge in a pear tree', and 'the straw that broke the camel's back'

purplepenguin
+1
Level 17
Mar 10, 2015
Got 18
ShaggaSparrow
+3
Level 68
Jun 1, 2015
I got 15... Not bad for not-English native speaker :)

I have just one question - why bull in the china shop? I understand the meaning, but why bull? In Czech, we have "elephants in china" :)

Malbaby
+3
Level 70
Jun 25, 2015
A shop that sells china ceramics usually has all plates, jugs, cups etc. all around on little tables and stands, imagine having a large bull on the loose in the shop....... so anyone clumsy, bumping into things or tripping over objects is 'Like a bull in a china shop'.
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Jan 13, 2016
That too!
QuizWol
+1
Level 58
Nov 28, 2019
I imagine elephants are much more respectful of china than an angry bull. They are surprisingly nimble for so large a being. Of course some china shops are more densely displayed than others.
ander217
+2
Level 74
Apr 6, 2020
Maybe it's a bull elephant. :)
samiamco
+1
Level 69
Oct 27, 2015
I always thought church mice were quiet, not poor...?
evacooper
+2
Level 51
Jan 12, 2016
that's just a regular mouse...
Shiloh376
+1
Level 76
Dec 30, 2015
One of the easiest quizzes I've taken. Got 23 of them in less than a minute then spent the next minute getting "bee in bonnet".
interopia
+2
Level 85
Jan 12, 2016
got 19/20. even got pearls before swine. didn't get water off a duck's back...
KirstenB
+1
Level 65
Jan 12, 2016
100% with 3:33 remaining. Nice to have an easy quiz for once!
gatorsong
+1
Level 71
Jan 13, 2016
Wow, easy quiz for me. 3:38 remaining at 100% Kind of nice hitting a really easy one every once in a while :)
djeedubbeljoe
+3
Level 66
Jan 15, 2016
Funny, in Dutch we have a saying that translate to "like an elephant in a China cabinet".
ander217
+2
Level 74
Apr 20, 2016
I like that one. Okay if this American borrows it?
Carry
+2
Level 63
Sep 15, 2016
In German the saying translates to: Like an elephant in a porcelain shop.
Etanna
+1
Level 71
Jul 27, 2018
it's the same in Czech
KirstenB
+1
Level 65
Mar 14, 2016
20/20 pretty easy!
Pelandreth
+2
Level 41
Aug 7, 2016
"Like a chicken with its head cut off"? Isn't the more common phrase "Like a headless chicken"?
ander217
+2
Level 74
Apr 6, 2020
Not in the US.
Unobtainium
+1
Level 34
May 21, 2024
Apparently that's the British version.
catlover2496
+1
Level 44
Apr 28, 2017
LOVE the picture at the top!
PacoGee
+1
Level 44
Feb 26, 2018
took me 42 seconds LOL
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Sep 12, 2018
Where's the pedant whining that goose should be accepted because a gander is a goose? You must be out there.
MarieDS
+1
Level 60
Jan 30, 2019
Good quiz, thanks!
teaaddicted
+1
Level 42
Jul 29, 2019
Good quiz!

Hard though, because in Sweden we use other animals for some of the sayings...

stubart409
+4
Level 67
Apr 4, 2020
The Mythbusters put two of these sayings to the test and debunked them both. Firstly, they tried to shoot fish in a barrel, and it turned out to be incredibly difficult. And secondly, they let bulls loose in a makeshift china shop only to have them run down the aisles without breaking a single thing.
EcceHomo
+4
Level 81
Jul 3, 2020
Did they try putting a bull with a gun in the barrel of fish?
Unobtainium
+1
Level 34
May 21, 2024
Why was it hard to shoot fish in a barrel?
MUFC7
+1
Level 69
Apr 7, 2020
'Gopher'

Gopher this

Gopher that

:)

ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 56
Apr 29, 2021
?
3NRD
+1
Level 40
Oct 20, 2022
An apprentice in training is a gopher. Go for ...

Bring me the hammer. Take this back and get the duct tape. Now I need more welding rods.

NotGaming
+2
Level 32
Apr 18, 2020
gopher??
HectorVortac
+1
Level 48
Jun 30, 2020
Answered 5 of them before looking at any questions.
AussieAngie
+2
Level 65
Jun 30, 2020
Had fun with this one with 3.27 left. In my head I could hear my mother saying most of these to me. She said 'bull in a china shop' a few times, but more often said 'like a bull at a gate'. How about adding in an Aussie saying like 'flat out like a lizard drinking'.
SpartanLlama
+2
Level 69
Jun 30, 2020
Only 51 for fox?
syphus590
+1
Level 28
Feb 18, 2021
2:35

Scoring

You scored 19/20 = 95%

This beats or equals 80.3% of test takers

The average score is 16

Your high score is 19

TheMightyQ
+1
Level 84
Feb 22, 2021
Thank you, Stephen Pastis
Cygnus2112
+1
Level 70
Jan 3, 2023
P.B.S. is my favorite comic strip. 😁
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 56
Apr 29, 2021
Only half of the people got the 'sly' one?
JohnK
+2
Level 70
May 24, 2021
Around where I live in Australia, it would always be like a chook with its head cut off, or like a headless chook. Had to stop a moment to work out if "chicken" sounded right in the same phrase. To me, it doesn't ;-)
RTL
+3
Level 19
Sep 18, 2021
not sure why my brain automatically filled "what's good for the goose is good for the moose"
NPSWild
+1
Level 57
Jan 31, 2022
I swear I saw the pearl one and immediately thought "Pearls before girls" because of the rhyming.
QuizApe
+1
Level 68
Feb 9, 2022
Can you accept human for monkey? “Human see, human do” is a quote from The Planet of the Apes.
Plastered
+1
Level 42
Mar 4, 2022
What on earth is a dog day? Seems most people had no trouble with it, but I've never heard of it!
freehuggs
+1
Level 62
Oct 8, 2022
The hottest part of summer is commonly (at least in the US) referred to as the "dog days." I'm not sure of the origin of the phrase.
RobNobody
+3
Level 78
Dec 28, 2022
They're named after the star Sirius, also known as the Dog Star because of its prominence in the constellation Canis Major (the Big Dog). Sirius' heliacal rising (i.e., the time of year when it first rises in the sky just before dawn) precedes the hottest part of summer in the northern hemisphere, so the two became associated.
HannukahLewinsky
+1
Level 28
Dec 28, 2022
What is 'Pearls before swine' ?? Why isn't "elephant in the room" on here
HyddenRizz
+2
Level 67
Dec 30, 2022
Showing something valuable (pearls) to something uneducated (pigs) is a waste, the pig won't appreciate it or understand it.

Pigs are smarter than dogs, by the way.

Freedom84
+1
Level 63
Dec 28, 2022
I wrote Mule but didn’t get a point. Weird.
GlassMonkeyCode
+1
Level 68
Dec 28, 2022
Come on guys, early worm gets the worm
FudgyOreo111
+1
Level 45
Dec 29, 2022
3:37

Scoring

You scored 20/20 = 100%

19.9% of test takers also scored 100%

The average score is 16

Your high score is 20

Your fastest time is 3:37

I'm proud.

wormgod209
+1
Level 34
Jun 3, 2023
i have NEVER in my LIFE hear like water off a duck's back but I GOT IT by naming animals randomly LMAO good thing my grat grandaughter is learning her animals right now looks like some of us could use a refresher!!!! LOL not refreshment though even though we may want it..... stop smoking dope kids there's a reason they call it DOPE
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