среда, 26 декабря 2012 г.

Hi! Today I would like to share some idioms with sheep with you , all of them very interesting and quite useful, I recommend you to remember some of them, so read on and enjoy)

Black sheep of the family
 the worst or the most unpopular or disliked member of a family

Exp: My cousin is the black sheep of the family and nobody likes to talk about him. 


Separate the sheep from the goats-
to divide people into two groups

Exp: had to separate the sheep from the goats when we began to make selections for the school choir. 

Wolf in sheep's clothing
dangerous person pretending to be harmless.

ExpCarla thought the handsome stranger was gentle and kind, but Susan suspected he was a wolf in sheep's clothing. 
Exp 2Mimi: Why shouldn't I go out with David? He's the nicest man I've ever met. 
Alan: He's a wolf in sheep's clothing, Mimi. Can't you tell?

Make sheep's eyes at somebody   (old-fashioned)
to look at someone in a way that shows that you love them or are attracted to them 

ExpKen's been making sheep's eyes at his ex-girlfriend all night.

Cast sheep's eyes at:
If you cast sheep's eyes at someone you look lovingly or with longingly at them(it also slang meaning to loook someone disturbingly)

ExpOld woman was casting sheep's eye at her son after so many years.


To count sheep: 
to imagine sheep jumping over a fence.


ExpIt was one of the painful nights after her mother's leaving; little girl wasn't able to sleep despite her aunt's advice to count sheep.



To get a sheepskin:
getting a degree or diploma.


ExpHer mother said:''when you get a sheepskin you can do whatever you want, but you are a student and you must do what I say''


To leave wolves in charge of the sheep:
it has same meaning such proverbs as ''he that is afraid of leaves must not go in wood,who makes himself a sheep will be eaten by the wolves''.that means we shouln't complain when we make mistakes deliberately.

Expyou should't leave wolves in charge of sheep now, because you gave the all money that boy on your own.I think you knew he would steal it.

Scabby sheep:
it has the same meaning with the idiom 'black sheep'. that is, the unpopular member of a group.

Exp: who is the scabby sheep of the family?

Sheepish
1. abashed or embarrassed, espesially through looking foolish or being in the wrong
2. resembling a sheep in timidity or lack of initiative


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