英语中关于猫的短语有哪些?
Cat Proverbs and Sayings
A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。(英国,指猫的生命力强)
A cat in gloves catches no mice. (=Muffled cats catch no mice.) [谚]带手套的猫捉不到耗子;四肢不勤,一事无成;怕沾污手指的人做不出什么事。
A cat may look at a king. [谚]猫也可以看国王(指小人物也应有些权利)
agree like cats and dogs [口]像猫和狗一样合不来,完全合不来
All cats are grey in the dark. (=At night all cats are grey; when candles are out, all cats are grey.) [谚]猫在暗中都是灰色;黑暗中难分丑妍
as weak as a cat (=as weak as water) 身体非常虚弱
copy cat 盲目的模仿者
enough to make a cat [horse] laugh 极其可笑;让人笑掉大牙
enough to make a cat speak [口]令人惊讶;事情太出奇
fat cat 美国运动的出资人,捐献大宗款项的富人;安于现状的懒汉;以权谋私的人,享受特权的人
Has the cat got your tongue? [口]猫把你的舌头叼去了吗?为什么不吭声?
It rains cats and dogs. 下倾盆大雨,大雨滂沱
let the cat out of the bag 说走了嘴, (无意中)泄露秘密
like a cat on hot bricks 局促不安,如热锅上的蚂蚁
live like cat and dog [口]整天吵架
old cat 脾气坏的老太婆
see [watch] how [which way] the cat jumps (=wait for the cat to jump) 观望形势然后行动;看风使舵,随机应变
That’s like putting the cat near the goldfish bowl. 引狼入室;等于把猫放在金鱼缸旁。
The cat did it. [口谑]是猫打破的;不是我搞的。(推托责任的话)
The cat is out of the bag. [口]秘密泄露;真相大白。
The cat jumps. [口]形势清楚了。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. [谚]掩耳盗铃;猫偷吃奶油的时候,总是闭着眼睛。
The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet. 猫儿想吃鱼,又怕湿了脚(想吃鱼又怕腥;想得到某种东西又怕麻烦或担风险)。
The scalded cat fears cold water. [谚]被烫过的猫,连冷水也怕(一朝被蛇咬,三年怕井绳)
Watch sb. as a cat watches a mouse. 象猫盯耗子般地盯着某人。
When the cat’s away, the mice will play. [谚]猫儿不在,老鼠成精(大王外出,小鬼跳粱)。...
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