study animal

study animal

Someone who studies very hard or very often. An ironic play on the phrase "party animal," meaning someone who attends parties engages in recreational activities very frequently. I goofed off for the first two years of college, but I turned into a real study animal once I realized I was close to flunking out. You'd have a lot more fun if you weren't such a study animal all the time!
See also: animal, study
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

study animal

n. someone who studies hard. (A play on party animal.) At the end of the school year every party animal turns into a study animal.
See also: animal, study
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • be out of (one's) league
  • be out of somebody's league
  • brief (someone) about (someone or something)
  • brief about
  • accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey
  • accompany on a journey
  • be in (someone's) shoes
  • be in another person's shoes
  • be in somebody's shoes
  • bell, book, and candle things that are miraculous or that signal that
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