bird idioms poster and vocabulary

His new job pays They say: chicken feed so that’s why he’s looking for another Birds of a feather one You can’t live on so little money flock together The same people hang out with the same kind of people My summer is going to be a great one I’m as free as a Oh you lucky duck! You get to go Jason was going to ask out the to Euro Disney this summer most popular girl in the school, but he bird- I can whatever I chickened out What a coward! want I’m going to buy a Ferrari and then a I never go to bed before midnight I’m a real night owl I love staying up late lottery Oh you better wait I am happy as a lark because summer vacation starts Don’t today! count your chickens before they hatch He’s such When you’re in a plane, you Today villa with the money I win from the a bird brain! He can dead duck! You’ve never remember to bring his Boy, are you a English book to school failed all your history tests and now you won’t pass the course, get a bird’s eye view of the land Maybe you should take His father is an Don’t be such a chicken! Go ahead jump off the high diving that job early A bird in the bird He gets up before hand…is worth in the sunrise every morning bush You might not get Even on weekends another offer board It’s fun! His father was proud as a peacock when his daughter won an Olympic My math test was duck soup! medal I got an A+! He’s such an odd duck He does and says very How did you know I got into trouble at school, Mom? strange things She’s so skinny! That’s because A little bird told she me That new Shrek movie was really the birds So boring! for eats like a bird List of Idioms and Definitions Duck soup- something that is really easy A little bird told me Usually this is what a mother tells a child when she is speaking about something naughty that he/she has done A bird’s eye view- a view from up high- like from an airplane- how a bird would see the earth A bird brain- a total idiot Chicken feed- very little money Eat like a bird- eat very little Dead duck- you’re a goner or in big trouble An odd duck- a very eccentric person Happy as a lark- very happy 10 Free as a bird- no responsibilities- can really enjoy life 11 For the birds- no good, awful 12 Birds of a feather flock together A saying Like people hang out together or the same things 13 Proud as a peacock- extremely proud 14 A bird in the hand is worth in the bush Parable If you have something be satisfied with that and don’t look for more- you might lose what you have 15 A chicken- a coward 16 A night owl- someone who loves to stay up late 17 An early bird- someone who is an early riser 18 Don’t count your chickens before they hatch Don’t expect things to work out the way you have planned or be a certain way before they even happen 19 To chicken out- to be so afraid of doing something that at the last minute you don’t it 20 Lucky duck- someone who is very lucky