Conversation Questions: ANIMAL IDIOMS

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Tips on how to get the most out of these conversation questions.

1. When was the last time you had a whale of a time?

2. Would you say you are an early bird or a night owl?

3. What has got your goat recently?

4. Tell us about a dear friend you haven’t seen in donkey’s years.

5. Have you made a pig’s ear of something recently?

6. When was the last time you had butterflies in your stomach?

7. In what situations do you feel like a fish out of water?

8. Do you agree with the saying “a leopard can’t change its spots”? Why or why not?

9. Do you consider yourself to be a scaredy cat?

10. What annoys you more – someone who is as stubborn as a mule or someone who does everything at a snail’s pace?

11. What other animal idioms do you know in English?

12. Tell us about an animal idiom that you use in your native language.



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