ANIMAL TALK  II
Credit: GAMES Magazine
May, 2013
Raymond D. Love

Many common two-word phrases or expressions include the name of an animal. The name can appear at the beginning of the phrase, as in "rat race," or at the end, as in "eager beaver." Can you fill in the blanks with the appropriate animal to complete each phrase?

1. ________ bars
2. ________ bumps
3. ________ court
4. ________ feed
5. ________ Latin
6. ________ market
7. ________ opera
8. ________ ball
9. ________ ears
10. _______ shoot
11. _______ song
12. _______ tags
13. _______ tears
14. _______ wild
15. _______ nickle
16. Dark ________
17. Eat _________
18. Fat _________
19. Hot _________
20. Lame ________
21. Paper ________
22. Sacred _______
23. Spelling ______
24. Stool _________
25. Talk __________
26. Play __________

Answers:

1. Monkey bars
2. Goosebumps
3. Kangaroo court
4. Chicken feed
5. Pig Latin
6. Flea market
7. Horse opera
8. Gopher ball
9. Rabbit ears
10. Turkey shoot
11. Swan song
12. Dog tags
13. Crocodile tears
14. Hog wild
15. Buffalo nickel
16. Dark horse
17. Eat crow
18. Fat cat
19. Hotdog
20. Lame duck
21. Paper tiger
22. Sacred cow
23. Spelling bee
24. Stool pigeon
25. Talk turkey
26. Play possum