Watch Your Mouth: Pigs, Possums, Primates, Rabbits, Raccoons, Rats and Rhinoceros

Pigs
...'til he squeals
bring home the bacon
eat like a pig
hamming it up
hogwild
if pigs could fly
in a pig's eye, I will!
male chauvinist pig
pigheaded
sexist pig
slippery as a greased pig
when pigs have wings

Possums
treed like a possum
play possum

Primates
as much fun as a barrel of monkeys
brass monkey
don't monkey with that
like a 300-pound gorilla
monkey around
monkey on his back
monkey see, monkey do
never ask yourself if a trained chimp could do your job
no more monkey-shines!
ya big baboon!

Rabbits
breed like rabbits
cute as a bunny
dumb bunny
harelip
mad as a March hare
rabbit ears (accusing of listening in)
rabbit ears (old-fashioned TV antenna)

Raccoons
coon; coon-ass (regional slang for a Cajun)
treed like a coon

Rats
I smell a rat
rat race
ratfink
rattail comb
ratted hair (purposely tangled with a comb to build up a hairdo)
ratted on 'em
rugrat
why, you dirty rat!

Rhinoceros
a hide as thick as a rhinoceros's

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