Mickey Starling  [email protected] I know you are itching to jump right into this week’s exploration of popular idioms, but hold your horses. America is one of the most animal-loving ...

Has a Spanish friend ever said you're weirder than a green dog? Or asked you if you're the one who cuts the cod at home?

I'd like to have been a fly on the wall when your boss heard he'd been fired. We use many animal idioms in English. Here are a selection of those involving both larger and smaller animals.