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Animal Idioms Quiz

The missing words in these idioms are animals. Guess what they are.

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Meaning	Idiom
Fool's errand	Wild _____ Chase
Pool hustler	Pool _____
Sham legal proceeding	________ Court
Majority	____'s Share
Hottest part of the year	___ Days
Dominant force that can do as it pleases	800 lb. _______
Possession that is hard to maintain or get rid of	White ________
A lot of fun!	Barrel of ______s
Market for secondhand goods	____ Market
Awesome!	The ___'s Pajamas
Awesome!	The ___'s Knees
Give a false alarm	Cry ____
The daily grind of long hours, trying to get ahead	___ Race
Roughhousing	_____play
Feign death	Play ______

Meaning	Idiom
Business or investment that produces a steady profit	Cash ___
Save for later	________ Away
Become silent	____ Up
To overeat	___ Out
Situated diagonally across an intersection	_____ Corner
Easy target	Sitting ____
Frank business discussion	Talk ______
Period of increasing stock prices	____ Market
The one who gets the blame	Scape____
Misleading clue	Red _______
Police informer	Stool ______
Final public performance	____ Song
To admit that one was wrong	Eat ____
Something that can create serious problems	Can of ____s
UK Bachelorette party	___ Party

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quizzygirl

It should be Opossum, not Possum!

Sep 25, 2012 delete reply

noodles

You are correct that it is actually the opossum that plays dead, the phrase is still "Playing possum"

Sep 25, 2012 delete reply

quizzygirl

I always thought that possum wasn't a word...?

Sep 26, 2012 delete

Patience

It's spelled "opossum" but the o isn't pronounced, so it should be opossum.

Sep 30, 2012 delete

gravyfury

good quiz!

Sep 25, 2012 delete reply

ShelleyRG

Loved this one! Got them all with 3:24 left.

Sep 25, 2012 delete reply

Pengi81

Eat Crow?! Whaaaa?!

Sep 25, 2012 delete reply

BestLoser

I've never heard anyone say "kitty corner". Everyone I know says "cater corner".

Sep 25, 2012 delete reply

BryanN13

It's like when you ask for directions for a place and the person says, "It's down 2 blocks and kitty corner from the train station." for example, in which it is on the opposite corner from the place that was given(Train Station).

Sep 25, 2012 delete reply

ThirdParty

"Cater-corner" is correct, but because it's a word which is rarely seen written, people (apparently including Quizmaster) tend to mishear and misspell it. Here is a map showing the distribution of the error.

Sep 25, 2012 delete reply

JamesHalpert

lol I'd like to know who had the time to put that map together

Nov 27, 2012 delete

JDWI

I never heard of a Hen Party. A Bachelor Party is a Stag Party though. Add that one.

Sep 25, 2012 delete reply

AUSCUBA

I have never heard "kitty" corner either. I have heard "catty" corner, which is also incorrect. The correct term is cater-corner.

Sep 25, 2012 delete reply

thefrizz

Definitely not "kitty" corner. Cater-corner is right, AUSCUBA!

Sep 25, 2012 delete reply

Quizmaster

I am well aware of "cater-corner". This is one of those cases where the corruption has entered the lexicon. In fact, ALMOST EVERY WORD in the English language is a corruption of something else. Like it or not, kitty corner is just as correct. Down with pedantry!

Don't know why this one got my dander up so much, haha

Sep 25, 2012 delete reply

partdavid

Terms like this enter the lexicon when they appear in mainstream dictionaries, and indeed, "kitty-corner" does. I certainly don't like it, but there it is. How long before "For all intensive purposes" is a "legitimate" phrase? Woe unto us pedants!

Jan 14, 2013 delete reply

Nyneve922

I've never even heard "kitty corner", only "catty corner". I've seen it written as "cat-a-corner", but I've never heard "cater-corner" either. Here in the Philadelphia (PA, USA) region, we say "catty-corner".

Sep 26, 2012 delete reply

quizzygirl

In Ohio we say catty-corner as well.

Sep 26, 2012 delete reply

Patience

And my mom who is from Georgia/California says it.

Sep 30, 2012 delete

JamesHalpert

I'm from Oregon and I say "Its across the street."

Nov 27, 2012 delete reply

paula05

19.