- Expressions (expressões) – Call it quits
- Expressions (expressões) – Get over it
- Expressions (Expressões) – Knock off
- Expressions (expressões) – Go Bananas
- Expressions (expressões) – Spill the Beans
- Expressions (expressões) – Ants in Your Pants
- Expressions (expressões) – Fishy
- Expressions (expressões) – Kill Two Birds with One Stone
- Expressions (expressões) – Piece of Cake
- Expressions (expressões) – Dog Eat Dog
(English, like most other languages, is full of expressions that don’t really make sense when translated. This series will explore some of the different, popular expressions used in English to help any speaker improve their vocabulary.)
The next few expressions are all going to deal with animal terms. English loves to use food and animals in the expressions, even when the meaning isn’t actually related to the food.
Do you have ants in your pants? This expression is really fun to say! It’s so fun, in fact, that there is a child’s game named after it. Imagine you have ants in your pants. How does that make you feel? Anxious, nervous, worried? Those words perfectly describe this expression. When you have ants in your pants, you cannot stay still. You want to move or dance around.
Example
Susan had ants in her pants the day before the test.
Mark had ants in his pants during the entire wedding.
