50 Idioms about the Farm (part 2)

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Last week we looked at 25 idioms about farming, here are 25 more:

to chicken out – to opt out of doing something because of being frightened
to egg someone on – to urge someone to do something foolish/ to encourage someone to do something they don’t want to do
to farm out – to delegate work to people outside of your company
to flog/beat a dead horse – to spend a lot of energy on something that is a lost cause
to get someone’s goat – to annoy someone
to go the whole hog – to fully commit to an act
to have a cow – to become angry or excited
to have egg on your face – to look foolish
to horse around – to behave in a playful but silly and noisy manner
to kill the goose that lays the golden egg – to ruin/end a valuable source of income
to live high on/off the hog – to live in luxury
to make hay while the sun shines – to make the most of an opportunity while it lasts
to pig out – to eat excessively
to plough back – to reinvest profits
to plough one’s own furrow/to plough a lonely furrow – to do something in an isolated or independent way
to put all your eggs in one basket – to risk everything on one venture
to put one’s hand to the plough – to take on a task
to separate the wheat from the chaff – to separate the valuable from the worthless
to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted – to try and prevent something bad from happening after it’s already too late
to take the bull by its horns – to directly confront a problem
to talk the hind leg off a donkey – to talk nonstop
to walk/tread on eggshells – to behave carefully so as not to offend or upset someone
until the cows come home – for a long, indefinite, amount of time
when pigs fly – never
you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs – you can’t succeed without taking some risks

50 Idioms about the Farm (part 2)

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