A german student needs your help. (Investigation.)

1. no.

2. To look fierce

3. no

4.no

5.up for a fight

6. no

7. to make howling noises like a wolf

8.no

9.no

10.

11.no

12. Someone who is stuck ‘in a corner’ metaphorically

13.no

14. Wise as an owl.

15.no

16.no

17. I would know this meant someone very clumsy, breaking things, as we have a similar saying but with bull.

18. We might say ‘you clumsy elephant!’

19. Yes, we say a bull in a china shop

20. butterfingers (someone who drops things)

21.no

22. Someone who is not easily hurt by the actions or comments of others, someone who isn’t particularly ‘sensitive’.

23. no

24.no

25. Well, the English for the meaning I expressed in 22 is ‘thick-skinned’ but that is not quite the same thing as calm.

Calm: cool as a cucumber.

26. no.

27. I have no idea: to tease someone who retaliates?

28. no

29. A wild cat.

30.  winding up.

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1.“TO LOOK AS A WOLF”
1. Do you know the expression “to look as a wolf”?
2. How would you understand this expression if you heard it?
Please describe the meaning of this expression in any way you like (in what situation would you use it; what words do you associate it with; how would you explain this expression to a child etc).
3. This expression means “to look aggressively” in Russian. Do you know any English metaphorical expressions including the word “wolf” to designate “aggressiveness”?
4. Do you know any English metaphorical expressions including the name of any other animal to designate “aggressiveness”?
5. What other expressions to designate “aggressiveness” do you know?

2. “TO HOWL AS A WOLF”
6. Do you know the expression “to howl as a wolf”?
7. How would you understand this expression if you heard it?
8. This expression means “to complain bitterly about suffering” in Russian. Do you know any English metaphorical expressions including the word “wolf” to designate “suffering”?
9. Do you know any English metaphorical expressions including the name of any other animal to designate “suffering”?
10. What other expressions to designate “suffering” do you know?

3.”A HOUNDED WOLF”
11. Do you know the expression “a hounded wolf”?
12. How would you understand this expression if you heard it?
13. This expression means “somebody who has undergone hardship and has gained experience” in Russian. Do you know any English metaphorical expressions including the word “wolf” to designate “experience”?
14. Do you know any English metaphorical expressions including the name of any other animal to designate “experience”?
15. What other expressions to designate “experience” do you know?

4. “AN ELEPHANT IN A CHINA SHOP”
16. Do you know the expression “an elephant in a china shop”.
17. How would you understand this expression if you heard it?
18. This expression means “somebody is ungainly and clumsy” in Russian. Do you know any English metaphorical expressions including the word “elephant” to designate “clumsiness”?
19. Do you know any English metaphorical expressions including the name of any other animal to designate “clumsiness”?
20. What other expressions to designate “clumsiness” do you know?

5. “TO HAVE ELEPHANT SKIN”
21. Do you know the expression “to have elephant skin”.
22. How would you understand this expression if you heard it?
23. This expression means “somebody is very calm” in Russian. Do you know any English metaphorical expressions including the word “elephant” to designate “calmness”?
24. Do you know any English metaphorical expressions including the name of any other animal to designate “calmness”?
25. What other expressions to designate “calmness” do you know?

6. “TO TEASE GEESE”
26. Do you know the expression “to tease geese»?
27. How would you understand this expression if you heard it?
28. This expression means “to make angry” in Russian. Do you know any English metaphorical expressions including the word “goose” to designate “anger”?
29. Do you know any English metaphorical expressions including the name of any other animal to designate “anger”?
30. What other expressions to designate “anger” do you know?