Talk show on expressions of animals
brook: Hi Amigo,long time no see,how ya been?glowie:Fine,what a coincidence to bump into you here!brook: It's the 3rd birthday of this forum that pulled me here,you know,I got the wind days ago.glowie:Yeah,so did I,look!our family's all spruced up for the red letter day!brook: Wow,mama mire,it's dizzling and dazzling.Hey!what are you going to do to jazz up the celebration?as far as I know,you're always the life and soul in some chat rooms,now it's the right time for you to put your best foot forward.glowie:Don't pull my leg,brook,you know,I am all thumbs whenever it comes to performance.brook: I don't buy it,I do have your number for being your old friend,I usually chew the fat in the chat room,and just find you shooting the breeze there,talking some chatters' heads off with your motor mouth.glowie:But now,you're cutting me short with your sharp tongue.You never shut up and,I can't get a single word in edgeways.brook: Now let's quit,let's quit,put on your shirt and I don't like to fall into a tongue battle with you,however you'd add your brick to the building.glowie:Yor're twisting my arms,it seems I have to put in my two cents worth.brook:Come on then!shake a leg!glowie:But you can't be a stander-by,I need your cooperation,we're going to put on a forum talk show,come on don't chicken out.brook:Please have mercy on me,brother!you're killing me.glowie:I can't let you go scot-free,I wanna beat you in your own game,come on dear sister,don't brush me off.brook:What can I do except to serve as a bulb?glowie:As your name is brookgreen,you should serve as a green leaf,and I am the flower,flower needs to be decorated with green leaves.brook:You wanna presume on me?be careful!I may pull you down your high horse,now don't waste anytime!what are we going to talk about,you draw a line.glowie:OK,as your speaking is concerning "horse",let's begin with "horse",you know I have done a special research on the English language,I found animals give rise to many vivid idioms and expressions.brook:Though I admit your English is hunky-dory,I don't think you're in the place of doing a research on it,you're waffling,I think.glowie:OK, let's play by ear.brook:Then take out your whole kits and caboodles.glowie:Now,let's begin with horse,you say you wanna pull me down my high horse,but I am not on my high horse.brook:You mean you're not presumptuous?glowie:You're talking,then let's get on the horse to talk another phrase "from the horse's mouth",it means some information is got from original or authoritative source,for example,you got the information of this forum's 3rd anniversary from the horse's mouth,right?brook:yeah,I did get this from the master's notice,not from the grape vine.glowie:Later you had plotted a trap that you would push me under the limelight on this big day?and if a monkey is made out of me,you would laugh a horse laugh?brook:How did you see through my intention?glowie:All by horse sense,here I wanna warn you that you can take a horse to the water but you can't force it drink,you must be fully aware that we're not in the chat room,it's a horse of another colour now.brook:Oh,no!I've got enough of your horse,please turn to another animal!glowie:Why?you know,we should never change horse in the middle of the river,let me list more for you.brook:Oh,God,I'm beating a dead horse,you should be clear that it's a day for celebration,I've no time to listen to your nagging of the horse-and-buggy age.please don't put the cart before the horse.glowie:Cool la la!there were horses galloping out of your mouth while your talking,have you ever done the same research too?brook:Do you think I need to do such a silly thing as you've done?glowie:Wow,you turn out to be a dark horse on this forum,you're better than me,you know I've been working like a horse these days to study this language even without a single minute to see a horse opera which is now on show featuring a story happened in an one-horse town.brook:Hold your horse!hold your horse!let's talk about dog,the most faithful friend of human being,I like dogs.glowie:Sure,you're taking the words out of my mouth,I think that's also the reason why dog gives rise to more idioms and expressions than other animals do.brook:I can't agree more,now please begin talking about dog,you jolly dog.glowie:I know you always jump down my throat,but you're a barking dog,your bark is worse than your bite.brook:Though sometimes you shut up like a clam,I know you're neither a sleeping dog nor a sly dog.glowie:I hate those sleeping dogs,they always hit you below the belt,I curse them lead a dog's life.brook:And those sly dogs sometimes fall into dog-eat-dog fight,and some of them die a dog's death.glowie:There is another kind of people who occupy the important positions without shouldering their due responsibilities,we usually call them dog in the manger.brook:Yeah,if there are several dogs in the mangers in one company,the business of this company would probably become a dog's breakfast and finally go to the dogs.glowie:At that time the owner of the company would kick them into the dog's house.brook:Furthermore,the owner wouldn't give them a dog's chance to take positions again,instead he would give the dog a bad name and hang him,you know he who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find his stick.glowie:By the way,is there any dog in the manger in your working place?brook:I have not found any yet,instead,we all keep our noses to the grindstone till we're dog tired,you know,our manager likes to put on the dog,and we're under dog then,there is not a dog's chance for us to have a rest,even when it rains dogs and cats.glowie:I am sorry to hear that,but every dog has his day,you'll have a way out.brook:Yeah,the president has heard something about his conduct and the manager's going to get the bird.How about you,you seem to be a lucky dog.glowie:Maybe,but there are many wrong doings and monkey business around me which make me indignant,by the way,I am wearing a monkey suit of our local governent.brook:And you will turn a blind eye and a deaf ear on them?glowie:But what can I do?they are all higher rank officials,they take me as a child,whenever I wanna detect something about them,they will say "don't monkey around,you're still wet behind the ear."brook: Don't they worry about their future may be ruined if the cat is let out of the bag?glowie:They don't,they are all lame ducks,trying to make full use of their present power to add jam to their butter.brook:Then you have to grin and bear it?glowie:sometimes I did speak something to blow the whistle,but they took what I said as water off a duck's back.brook:But law has long arms,they will be sorted out one day.glowie:They won't be sitting ducks at any rate,now they're trying not to let the cat out of the bag.brook:If so they must send someone to get some information from the higher officials,but who would like to bell the cat?glowie:Let's put those unpleasant things aside and continue our animal talk,as we come to cat,let's talk something about cat.brook:Yeah,I like cats,they are all lovely pussies,meanwhile cat has nine lives,do you know?glowie:Ever heard,that's to say cat has great endurance and is not easily killed.There is another one "a cat may look at a king " carries similar meaning as "every dog has his day".brook:Hey,buddy!we should not hug the limelight all the time,I think you have no way to list all the expressions concerning animals here.glowie:Then I have to retreat,I hope I can tell other animals next time.
