Examples of Anthropomorphisms

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#1

I’m trying to find some well known examples of anthropomorphisms. At least I think that is the term I am looking for. I want to do a series of black and white woodblock prints of these just as a fun personal project.

A couple examples I thought of would be Loan Shark, Cat Burglar, or maybe Work Horse(not sure if that one really works) if that helps to understand the line of thinking I’m on. I trying to think of occupation oriented ideas, but any ideas are good ideas because they may lead to something else!

Thanks for your help dopers.

#2

Card Shark (let’s not get into whether that should be ‘card sharp’, yes?)
Dogsbody is a bit iffy, but I just love that word…
Fat Cat?

#3

Horny Goat

Happy New Years!

#4

Eager Beaver
Black Sheep (not sure if this one really counts)
Party Animal (not sure if this counts, either, as it’s not a specific animal)
Ball Hog

#5

The Catbird Seat. I dare ya.

#6

Lucky Dawg

#7

Earlybird.
Ravenhaired.
Dodo.
Pugnosed (not sure of that etymology.)
Pigeontoed.

Sounds like the pick of the litter of my ideal mating pool.

#8

Crazy like a fox?

Wait… is this another furry thread?!

#9

Lounge Lizard
Parrothead

#10

Batshit Crazy?
Hooch Hound?

#11

For vegetata:
…lily livered, cauliflower eared, carrot top, vegetable.

#12

I guess the only strict example of this linguistic type (since I am apparently stupid for offering other cognates), that I can think of is Wolf Pack, as applies to transportation and traffic.

#13

Horndog.

Sex Kitten.

War Hawk.

Dove.

Bookworm.

Toady.

Smug Snake.

#14

Booze Hound
Clothes Horse
Fishwife
Grease Monkey
Hep Cat
Legal Eagle
News Hound
One-Trick Pony
River Rat
Social Butterfly
Stool Pigeon
War Horse

#15

Smelly cat!

#16

Imperialist Dog.

Capitalist Pig.

#17

Busy Bee
Horny Toad
Lame Duck
Full Bird Colonel

#18

Full Bird Colonel doesn’t exactly fit. It refers to the fact that an O-6 in the US Army, Air Force or Marines, wears an eagle insignia on his collarpoints/shoulderboards, whereas a Lieutenant Colonel (or light colonel) wears a silver oak leaf. But they’re both addressed as “Colonel.”

#19

snakebitten

#20

You can stork someone. Especially if you trying to give them babies.