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Sayings About Animals Quiz

The missing words in these popular cliches are the names of animals. See if you can guess them.
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Cliche
A ____ in the hand is worth two in the bush
Like water off a ____'s back
Like shooting ____ in a barrel
The ___ days of summer
Curiosity killed the ___
The boy who cried ____
Poor as a church _____
You can lead a _____ to water, but you can't make it drink
What's good for the goose is good for the ______
The early bird gets the ____
Cliche
Stubborn as a ____
Like a ____ in a china shop
Pearls before _____
A ___ in the ointment
______ see, ______ do
Down the ______ hole
Blind as a ___
A ___ in one's bonnet
Crazy like a ___
Like a _______ with its head cut off
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greg54js
This is easy if you know your animals
2010-06-08
johnnyaitch
14/20. I don't know my animals.
2010-06-25
elm044
12/20. And I thought I did know my animals.
2010-08-10
glacy
Love PBS XD
2010-08-18
beccalinda
Didn't know the pearls one
2010-08-21
DiscoBayGolfer
20 of 20...got stuck on rabbit for over a minute!
2010-08-22
iCotton
16/20! yes didnt know the gander, bee, fly, or swine ones. :/
2010-09-27
kristy
got stuck for a second on the chicken one, the saying here is like a chook with it's head cut off. i had to American it up a bit :)
2011-01-13
purplemooncat
Man these are brutal for the animals!
2011-01-13
2kool4skoolz
17/20 i didnt know fish, gander or fox
2011-03-18
delky06
20/20
2011-04-16
LongshotLink
rabbit was the one I had trouble with. Forgot Alice for a moment.
2011-04-24
parisrocks
missed bull...
2011-06-13
canadianeh
We always say crazy as a loon (or crazy like a loon).
2011-06-15
danniarr
The pearls one would be easier if they had the whole quote: "like casting pearls before _______". The bird one didn't show up when i entered it but i still got credit for it
2011-06-21
Answerlady
I got 20/20.
2011-06-25
Answerlady
Oops. Double post.
2011-06-25
ImprovShoes
The "its" in the last clue shouldn't have an apostrophe.
Quizmaster replies:
Fixed. Thanks!
2011-06-25
floridalizardqueen
This was fun!
2011-07-02
ljaynie0511
Never heard Pearls before swine so I got 19/20.
2011-07-04
Linochka
There's actually a comic strip in America called Pearls Before Swine :) It's a great one
2011-08-09
creelgoe95
i insist, it's camel
2011-08-20
Fofie
95% not bad at all
2011-09-26
Fofie
100% :)
2011-10-18
Erin S
15/20! Thanks sea patrol for naming one of the episodes Pearls Before Swine :) Can't believe I didn't know the monkey one :L
2011-10-26
bluegold15
20/20 woot woot
2011-10-26
theLAYTshow
Thanks to Harry Potter for "Bee in your Bonnet", I'd never heard that before reading the books
2011-10-27
flarg789
Oops. I missed Chicken.
2012-01-01
BlendedCow
Early bird gets the worm, but the early worm gets.............
2012-01-25
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