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act/play the goat (informal)

to behave in a silly way, sometimes in order to make people laugh. Insecure and lonely, he resorted to acting the goat to get people's attention.

See also: act, play

get your goat (British, American & Australian, informal, Australian, informal)

to annoy you. It really gets my goat when people push past without saying 'Excuse me'. The kid never stops whingeing - he really gets on my goat.

separate the sheep from the goats (British, American & Australian, British & Australian)

to choose the people or things of high quality from a group of mixed quality. I'll look through the application forms and separate the sheep from the goats.

See also: from, separate, sheep

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get your goat

to make you very annoyed or angry. The message on her answering machine is really annoying, and I think she leaves it on there just to get my goat.