This document defines common idioms used to describe different types of people, including a wet blanket who ruins the fun, a busybody who pries into others' private lives, and a chatterbox who can't stop talking. It also outlines idioms for a gatecrasher, daredevil, underdog, road hog, dark horse, whiz kid, pain in the neck, guinea pig, and big shot.

1. Idioms to Describe People

2. BLANKET
A WET BLANKET
IS SOMEONE WHO
SPOILS THE
ATMOSPHERE
OR PREVENTS
OTHERS FROM
ENJOYING
THEMSELVES BY
BEING VERY BORING
AND
NEGATIVE ABOUT
EVERYTHING

3. BODY
A BUSYBODY ALWAYS WANTS TO
KNOW ABOUT OTHER
PEOPLE’S PRIVATE
LIVES

4. BOX
A CHATTERBOX
CAN´T STOP
TALKING

5. CRASHER
A GATECRASHER TURNS UP AT
PARTIES WITHOUT
BEING INVITED TO
THEM

6. DEVIL
A DAREDEVIL LOVES TAKING
DANGEROUS RISKS

7. DOG
AN UNDERDOG IS USUALLY
EXPECTED TO LOSE
IN A COMPETITION
WITH SOMEONE ELSE

8. HOG
A ROAD HOG
IS A VERY SELFISH
AND CARELESS
DRIVER

9. HORSE
A DARK HORSE HAS A LOT MORE
CAPABILITIES
THAN HE OR SHE
SHOWS OR THAT
PEOPLE ARE
AWARE OF

10. KID
A WHIZ KID
IS SOMEONE WITH
LOTS OF MODERN
IDEAS, ENERGY
AND ENTHUSIASM
AND WHO
ACHIEVES A LOT
WHILE STILL
YOUNG

11. NECK
A PAIN IN THE
NECK
IS A REAL
NUISANCE AND
MOST PEOPLE
CAN’T STAND HIM
OR HER

12. PIG
A GIUNEA PIG IS USED AS A
SUBJECT IN
MEDICAL OR
OTHER
EXPERIMENTS

13. SHOT
A BIG SHOT IS A VERY
IMPORTANT OR
INFLUENTIAL
PERSON