A collection of citations, proverbs, expressions, etc. all about insects and spiders.
This is my English collection.
If you know more insect related citations or proverbs, please send me a message.
Ant, Bee, Beetle, Bookworm, Bug, Butterfly, Flea, Fly, Grasshopper, Louse, Moth, Spider, Tick, Wasp
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She's got ants in her pants |
A state of restless impatience. |
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A bee in (one's) bonnet |
An impulsive, often eccentric turn of mind; a notion. |
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The bee’s knees |
An excellent or the best person or thing. |
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She thinks she’s the bee’s knees |
She has a very high opinion of herself. |
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Beetle away |
Move away quickly |
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Bookworm |
A person who is very fond of reading |
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Put a bug in (someone's) ear . |
To impart useful information to (another) in a subtle, discreet way. |
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As snug as a bug in a rug |
Very snug. Warm and comfortable. |
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A bug |
A fault in a machine (computer) |
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To bug |
To fit a room or telephone with a hidden microphone. To listen secretly to a conversation |
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To bug |
To bother, to say something more
than once as a |
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Bug-eyed |
With eyes that stick out (e.g. bug-eyed with fright) |
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A social butterfly |
A person interested principally in frivolous pleasure |
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Have butterflies in one’s stomach |
To have a nervous feeling in one’s stomach |
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Proverbs are like butterflies, some are caught, some fly away |
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With a flea in one's ear |
With severe and clearly expressed anger and disapproval from somebody; With an annoying hint or a stinging rebuke |
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A fly in the ointment |
A detrimental circumstance or detail; a drawback |
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Die like flies |
To die in very large numbers |
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A fly on the wall |
A person who watches others without being noticed |
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He does not harm a fly |
He is kind and gentle |
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Hungry flies bite sore |
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Knee-high to a grasshopper |
A very small child |
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To louse something up |
To spoil or ruin something |
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Moth-eaten |
Old-fashioned ; out of date (e.g. moth-eaten ideas) |
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A spidery handwriting |
Having thin long bent lines like a spider’s legs |
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A tick |
An unpleasant or worthless person |
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Waspish |
Bad tempered |
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Last updated by Hein Bijlmakers: 16 March 2000 [email protected] |
