Insects: Citations, proverbs, etc.

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

Ant

She's got ants in her pants

A state of restless impatience.

Bee

A bee in (one's) bonnet	An impulsive, often eccentric turn of mind; a notion.
The bee’s knees	An excellent or the best person or thing.
She thinks she’s the bee’s knees	She has a very high opinion of herself.

Beetle

Beetle away

Move away quickly

Bookworm

Bookworm

A person who is very fond of reading

Bug

Put a bug in (someone's) ear .	To impart useful information to (another) in a subtle, discreet way.
As snug as a bug in a rug	Very snug. Warm and comfortable.
A bug	A fault in a machine (computer)
To bug	To fit a room or telephone with a hidden microphone. To listen secretly to a conversation
To bug	To bother, to say something more than once as a reminder and thereby annoy the listener
Bug-eyed	With eyes that stick out (e.g. bug-eyed with fright)

Butterfly

A social butterfly	A person interested principally in frivolous pleasure
Have butterflies in one’s stomach	To have a nervous feeling in one’s stomach
Proverbs are like butterflies, some are caught, some fly away

Flea

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

Fly

A fly in the ointment	A detrimental circumstance or detail; a drawback
Die like flies	To die in very large numbers
A fly on the wall	A person who watches others without being noticed
He does not harm a fly	He is kind and gentle
Hungry flies bite sore

Grasshopper

Knee-high to a grasshopper

A very small child

Louse

To louse something up

To spoil or ruin something

Moth

Moth-eaten

Old-fashioned ; out of date (e.g. moth-eaten ideas)

Spider

A spidery handwriting

Having thin long bent lines like a spider’s legs

Tick

A tick

An unpleasant or worthless person

Wasp

Waspish

Bad tempered