more cats and dogs

More English sayings involving animals and/or torturing pets

Ants in one's pants
to be very restless and impatient

Have bats in the (or one's) belfry
to be mad or eccentric; have strange ideas

Like a bat out of hell
Fast.

Having bees in one's bonnet

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
(we have the same one with bears)

The birds and the bees
Euphemistic or jocular. sex and sexual reproduction

As snug as a bug in a rug

Like a bull in a china shop
(we use an elephant for that)

Look like the cat who swallowed the canary
To look proud of ones self.

The early bird catches the worm

Not a cat in hell's chance
no chance at all

Looks like something the cat brought in
to appear dishevelled or bedraggled.

Curiosity killed the cat
Warning about being curious.

DDon't count your chickens before they are hatched

Dead as a dodo (I love the dark humour in this one)
Dead; obsolete; completely washed up

The hair of the dog that bit you
The drink you drink in the morning to get over the drinks you drank the night before. (must be an English thing)

Let sleeping dogs lie
Don't bring up an old issue/topic that will raise tempers or cause an argument

A dog's breakfast
A mess

kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

Knee high to a grasshopper
Small

cannot say boo to a goose
shy

a wild-goose chase
A vain pursuit of something, which, even if attained, would be worthless.

a red herring
False trail.

go the whole hog (I love this one)
Informal. to do something thoroughly or unreservedly

A pig in a poke
a risk, a gamble, taking a chance

When pigs fly
Never. (we use chickens for that)

A wolf in sheep's clothing

As drunk as a skunk (love it)