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Stubborn as a bull. Busy as a bee. Hungry as as horse. Ants in the pants. Cow eyes. Dog tired. Butterflies in the stomach.

What are some other animal-related or insect-related adages, expressions, phrases, or sayings that are used to describe human attributes, human traits, human conditions, human moods, human looks, etc?
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Posted - March 23, 2021
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  • 19938
    I believe the saying is "Stubborn as a mule."
      March 23, 2021 8:07 AM MDT
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  • 53394

    Yes, that is the more common version, you are correct. 

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      March 23, 2021 8:18 AM MDT
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  • 19938
    Eager as a beaver.
    Quiet as a mouse.
    Regal as a swan.

      March 23, 2021 8:09 AM MDT
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  • 33842
    Stink like a skunk.
    Bull headed. 
    Strong as an ox.
    Doe eyes.
    Sneaky snake.
    Snake in the grass. 
    Slow as a turtle.

      March 23, 2021 8:42 AM MDT
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  • 44545
    Ants in his pants.
    Quick as a rabbit.
    So hungry I could eat a horse.
    Hungry as a lion.
    Pussyfooting around.
    Slippery as an eel.
      March 23, 2021 9:22 AM MDT
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  • 806
    As cute as a bug's ear
    Knee-high to a grasshopper
    Drink like a fish
    Kangaroo court
    Cold turkey
    Night owl
    Dark horse
    Counting sheep
    Stool pigeon
    Cat burglar
    Paper tiger
    Lame duck
    Crocodile tears
    Horse feathers
    Duck soup
    Snail mail This post was edited by Flint Ironstag at March 23, 2021 7:08 PM MDT
      March 23, 2021 11:04 AM MDT
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  • 10052
    High as giraffe balls. 
    Snips and snails and puppy-dogs' tails (that's what little boys are made of).
    Crabby
    He/she's my lobster.
    Male chauvinist pig
    Horse-faced
    Hung like a horse
    Crow's feet
    Donkey booty
    Spider veins
    Claws
    Fishy
    Weasel
    Ferret-faced
    Scaredy Cat
    Cat Eyes
    Making sheep eyes
    Going at it like rabbits


      March 23, 2021 7:08 PM MDT
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  • 53394

     

      Some of those I’ve never heard of before. I’ll bet you made them up.
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      March 23, 2021 7:44 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    I didn't! Not a single one did I invent! 

    Grrr! 
      March 24, 2021 5:39 PM MDT
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  • 16630
    Lionheart.
    Pig headed
    Duck footed
    Pigeon toed
    Pain in the donkey (my dad used that expression, he may have made it up)
      March 24, 2021 1:34 AM MDT
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  • 44545
    Pain in the a**.
      March 24, 2021 11:47 AM MDT
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