Matching Pairs Animals idiomsOnline version Animals idioms vocabulary. by Rodrigo Antonio de Jesús Villegas Gallardo 1 You can't teach an old dog new tricks 2 Don't count your chickens before they hatch 3 Bear with a sore paw 4 Hen pecked 5 To rat on somebody 6 Crocodile tears 7 Dog tired 8 Have a whale of a time 9 A bee in your bonnet 10 Cold turkey 11 A fly in the ointment Tell a person in authority about the bad behaviour of another person. Someone in a bad mood. Have an exciting, interesting time. Enjoy oneself enormously. Husband who is nagged at by his wife. Be angry, resentful about a certain issue. Period of time without something you are addicted to. Extremely tired. False tears to give impression of sadness. One big problem in an otherwise faultless plan. Someone who is too accustomed to old habits won't want to change. Don't presume anything until it is certain.