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Animals

•   Like a bat out of hell
•    If something moves like a bat out of hell, it
  moves very quickly.  
• "He grabbed the envelope and ran like a bat out
  of hell."
• Like a bear with a sore head
• If someone is behaving like a bear with a sore
  head, they are very irritable and bad-tempered.
• "When his team lost the match, Brad was like a
  bear with a sore head."

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Animals

• Eager beaver
• The term eager (horlivý, dychtivý) beaver refers
  to a person who is hardworking and enthusiastic,
  sometimes considered overzealous (príliš
  horlivý).
• Birds of a feather
• To say that two people are birds of a feather
  means that they are very similar in many ways.

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• Kill two birds with one stone
• If you kill two birds with one stone, you succeed
  in doing two things at the same time.
• "By studying on the train on the way home every
  week-end, Claire kills two birds with one stone."
  
• Like a red flag to a bull
• To say that a statement or action is like a red
  flag to a bull means that it is sure to make
  someone very angry or upset.
• "Don't mention Tom's promotion to Mike.  It would
  be like a red flag to a bull!"

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• Take the bull by the horns
• To take the bull by the horns means that a person
  decides to act decisively (rozhodne) in order to
  deal with a difficult situation or problem.
•  A social butterfly
• This term refers to a person who has a lot of
  friends and acquaintances (známý) and likes to
  flit (poletovat) from one social event to
  another.

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• A cat in gloves catches no mice
• This expression means that if you are too careful
  and polite, you may not obtain what you want.
• "Negotiate carefully, but remember a cat in
  gloves catches no mice!"
•  Like a cat on hot bricks
• A person who is like a cat on hot bricks is very
  nervous or restless (nepokojný, neklidný).
• "The week before the results were published, she
  was like a cat on hot bricks."
• restlessness - nervozita

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• Raining cats and dogs
• If it's raining cats and dogs, it's raining very
  heavily.
• "We'll have to cancel the picnic I'm afraid. 
  It's raining cats and dogs.
•  Wait for the cat to jump
• If you wait for the cat to jump, or to see which
  way the cat jumps, you delay taking action until
  you see how events will turn out.
• "Let's wait for the cat to jump before we
  decide." 

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• Chicken out of something
• If you chicken out of something, you decide not
  to do something because you are afraid.
• "He decided to join a karate class, but chickened
  out of it at the last minute!"  
•  Like a headless chicken
• If a person rushes about like a headless chicken,
  they act in a disorderly way, without thinking or
  analyzing the situation carefully.
• "As soon as the store opened, my mother started
  running around like a headless chicken, eager to
  find bargains."

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• Dog's life
• People use this expression when complaining about
  a situation or job which they find unpleasant or
  unsatisfactory.
• "It's a dog's life working in the after-sales
  department."
•  Dog eat dog
• This expression refers to intense competition and
  rivalry in pursuit (snaha) of one's own
  interests, with no concern for morality.
• "The business world is tough today.  There's a
  general dog-eat-dog attitude."

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