Can you think of a familiar phrase containing the name of an animal to match these descriptions?

1. Over-protective

2. Industrious 

3. Hide in a safe place

4. Zealous, enthusiastic

5. Lacking courage

6. Devour - as food 

7. Children's string game

8. Sirius 

9. Bar denizen 

10. Clever one

11. Insincere weeping 

12. Obscure person who wins an election 

13. Silly, mischievous, or deceitful conduct 

14. President in the last year of his second term 

15. Something obsessively pursued, but impossible to achieve 

16. A business service or product that generates consistent and substantial profit 

17. A continuing source of wealth or profit that may be exhausted if it is misused 

18. A person considered different from the rest of their family or group, often in a negative or disreputable way 

 

Answers:

 

1. Mother hen

2. Busy bee

3. Squirrel away

4. Eager beaver

5. Cowardly lion

6. Wolf down

7. Cat's Cradle

8. Dog Star

9. Lounge lizard

10. Sly fox 

11. Crocodile tears 

12. Dark horse 

13. Monkey business 

14. Lame duck 

15. White whale 

16. Cash cow  

17. Golden goose 

18. Black sheep