Choose one idiom below and draw the literal word by word meaning and/ or the actual idiomatic meaning until your partner guesses, which one you chose. Your teacher will tell you how to choose (e.g. at random or your own choice).
Animal idioms to draw and guess
| Water off a duck’s back | To breed like rabbits | To drink like a fish |
| Running around like a headless chicken | As stubborn as a mule | Like rats from a sinking ship |
| Pigs might fly! | To have butterflies in your stomach | His bark is worse than his bite |
| Have a cat nap | As strong as an ox | When the cat’s away, the mice will play |
| As blind as a bat | The bee’s knees | Kill two birds with one stone |
| Flogging a dead horse | I could eat a horse! | The black sheep of the family |
| Running around like a blue-arsed fly |
When your teacher stops you, ask about any idioms you don’t understand, are not sure how to draw, etc, working together as a class to come up with suitable drawings each time.
Change groups. Play the same game, but without the people who are guessing being allowed to look at the list above.
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