Eating a dead horse - not unless you buy the budget beef mince at Tesco

Read like rabbits - rabbits can't read or even hold books

Nip it in the butt - that's sexual assault, you're not allowed to do that any more

Get down off your high horse - you're not allowed to get animals high either

Kids should be shorn and not herd - goats have hair, not wool, and can't be shorn. Their natural tendency to herd is a difficult behaviour to break.

Under the weather - unless you're a pilot you're going to be under the weather most of the time

A blessing in the skies - unless your bishop is a pilot too, that's not going to happen.

Fight off more than you can chew - I don't know where to start with this one,