English to go – Mai 2025 by Charlie Weber

English to go – Mai 2025

Animal Proverbs

English – like all languages – has many expressions that use animals to describe people, feelings or certain situations. These sayings are often funny and make the language more colorful. Can you work out what the following examples really mean?

Listen and read along

Butterflies and Frogs

If someone says, "I have butterflies in my stomach," it does not mean real butterflies are in their body! It means they feel nervous or excited about something. If a person has "a bee in their bonnet," it means they keep thinking about an idea and cannot stop talking about it. Another funny one is "it’s raining cats and dogs," which means it is raining very heavily – not that cats and dogs are falling from the sky! Another common saying is "to have a frog in one's throat." This means a person’s voice sounds strange or rough, like when they have a sore throat.

Now, listen to the next part. Then answer the question and continue reading.

Ducks and Elephants

Question: If you say “I smell a rat”, it means that something is ……?
Answer: a) perfect b) wrong c) funny

Now you will hear some information about water and meat production.
When you have finished listening, click on the worksheet and do the exercises.

Horses and Birds

Time for a Joke:

What do you call a dog with a fever? – A hot dog!

Go on to the May-Quiz now!

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English to go – Mai 2025

Butterflies and Frogs

Butterflies and Frogs

Ducks and Elephants

Horses and Birds