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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Started conversation Jan 20, 2012
I was amazed to discover that so many words and phrases
in our language make reference to animal behaviors
and appearances
Please feel free to offer your own suggestions.
I'll add them in.
~jwf~
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Effers;England. Posted Jan 20, 2012
Old trout
Butterfly
slippery as an eel
squirriling away
prickly as a hedghog
sloathful
magpie type (collector)
tit
donkey
ass
sheep
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Effers;England. Posted Jan 20, 2012
Peacock
Most seem negative though..or maybe it's my mind at present.
British bulldog spirit 
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Rudest Elf Posted Jan 20, 2012
Couldn't resist.
Hey Bulldog - The Beatles (Yellow Submarine)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq7f6E9hTZc
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Rudest Elf Posted Jan 20, 2012
Hound
Hound Dog - Elvis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGcYWAuOuoc
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Rudest Elf Posted Jan 20, 2012
Rabbit 
Chas N' Dave - Rabbit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD4KZgKh0B0
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Rudest Elf Posted Jan 20, 2012
Snake (in the grass) 
Jungle Book - Trust In Me (The Python Song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIYLHmOnqeA
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Rudest Elf Posted Jan 20, 2012
Worm
The Worm Song - Sheri Berman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbgY88fb3ew&feature=related
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Effers;England. Posted Jan 20, 2012
Fit as a flea even. I'm even past bothering with preview now.
What could be preview be if it were an animal?
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Rudest Elf Posted Jan 20, 2012
Kite 
Fly like a kite
It's a bitch, but enough for now.
Ps Have we had 'catty'? Or 'kitty', for that matter? 
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Effers;England. Posted Jan 20, 2012
We haven't had wood louse.
Oh hang on..'you louse'
It's getting hard to think of an animal we don't use.
And the negativity thing is unfair on animals.
Eg Poodle.
Poodles are swimming agressive working dogs traditionally...and my grandmother's poodle was anything but...
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Rudest Elf Posted Jan 20, 2012
Just one more (positive) suggestion:
As graceful as a gazelle
I'd better stop now, before I really start to bug someone.
Ps I bet there's a list with thousands of these somewhere on Google...
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Jan 20, 2012
Thanks guys!
Yeah, I was awake half the night as they kept
coming to me. Even got up twice and added a few,
but didn't see these replies until this morning.
Yes, there are probably thousands!
Esepecially when we start using 'like' or 'as'.
It gets endless with similes.
Worms its way into our minds as they breed like rabbits.
The musical references would stack to the moon! 
Good point from Effers that they start to get nasty and
unfair to animals. So I'm gonna take her advice to stay
positive and stick with what we have for a while.
And I gotta take a break from it all.
Seriously, it's making me loony.
~jwf~
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Rudest Elf Posted Jan 20, 2012
Erratum:
Tick would be 'tic', so it doesn't count. Sorry.
Key: Complain about this post
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