CAT IDIOMS DISCUSSION
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1) / When the cat’s away the mice will play. Who is the cat if you are a mouse? What do you do when the cat’s away?2) / Do you agree there’s more than one way to skin a cat? When was the last time you found other ways of doing something?
3) / Do you ever put the cat among the pigeons and get someone into trouble?
4) / Why does it rain cats and dogs in England? What animals rain in your country?
5) / Are you a scaredy cat? Do you frighten easily?
6) / Have you ever stayed or lived somewhere where there was not enough room to swing a cat?
7) / Who did you always fight like cats and dogs with as a child?
8) / Do you like copycats? Do you like people copying your fashion?
9) / Has the cat ever got your tongue and you were too shy to speak?
10) / Have you ever told someone’s secret and let the cat out of the bag?
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CAT IDIOMS DISCUSSION
STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1) / Has anyone ever played cat and mouse with you and teased you?2) / When you’re exhausted, do you look like something the cat dragged in?
3) / If you’ve just won something, do you look like the cat that swallowed the canary?
4) / Is it true that curiosity killed the cat? Do you have to know everything?
5) / Do you think fat cats should get such high salaries?
6) / Does a cat burglar really steal cats?
7) / How lively and excited is a cat on a hot tin roof? Is this you sometimes?
8) / Is it fair that a cat has nine lives? Would you like that many?
9) / Do you ever feel great and think you are the cat’s whiskers?
10) / Are there any interesting cat idioms in your language?
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