跟猫有关的英语短语
猫是一种不折不扣的萌物,很多人都甘心当猫奴。下面是我分享的一些关于猫的英语短语,欢迎大家阅读!
1) be the cat’s whiskers 了不起的人、东西等(猫的胡须对于猫来说是非常重要的)
He thinks he’s the cat’s whiskers. 他自命不凡。
2) a cat-and-dog life (在一起居住)经常吵架的生活(取猫和狗不能和睦相处之义)
The husband and wife have lived a cat-and-dog life all through their life. 这夫妻俩吵架吵了一辈子。
3)Curiosity killed the cat. (谚语,用来劝慰某人不要过分好奇。)
4)Let the cat out of the bag. (无意中)泄密;漏马脚
I wanted mother’s present to be a secret, but my sister let the cat out of the bag. 给母亲的礼物我原想保密,可是妹妹漏了马脚。
5)like a cat on hot bricks 非常紧张;像热锅上的蚂蚁;如坐针毡
He was like a cat on hot bricks before the driving test. 他面临驾驶考试,紧张得像热锅上的蚂蚁。
6)play cat and mouse / play a cat-and-mouse game with somebody 对某人时好时怀,忽冷忽热
If you keep playing cat and mouse with your boyfriend, he’ll get another girl. 要是你总是作弄你的男朋友,他会爱上别的姑娘的。
7)put / set the cat among the pigeons 引狼入室;引来可能招惹是非或麻烦的人或事
The new security guard is a burglar----that’ll set the cat among the pigeons. 新来的警卫是个小偷----这下可要鸡犬不宁了。
8)rain cats and dogs 下倾盆大雨
You’d better stay in. It’s raining cats and dogs outside. 你最好呆在屋里。外面正下大雨。
9)When the cat is away, the mice will play.(谚语)山中无老虎,猴子成霸王。
10)bell the cat (为众人)主动冒险
He offered to bell the cat when the others refused to go. 别人都不想去的时候,他提出要去冒一下险。
11)wait for the cat to jump / see which way the cat jumps 待情况明朗后再作决定
We needn’t make a decision yet. We have to see which way the cat jumps. 我们现在还用不着做出决定。我们还要看一看形势。
12)(as) sick as a cat 直想呕吐
Sorry to say, I am sick as a cat. 对不起,我直想呕吐。
13)A cat in gloves catches no mice. (谚语)戴手套的猫抓不着耗子。(怕弄脏手的人什么事也做不成。)
14)A cat may look at the king. (谚语)猫也可以看国王。(小人物也该有权利。)
15)(as) weak as a cat 身体非常虚弱
He is often absent from school, because he is as weak as a cat. 他总是缺课,因为他身体太虚弱了。
16)enough to make a cat laugh 连老猫都会笑掉牙;极其可笑
He said that he could speak eight foreign languages, which was enough to make a cat laugh. 他说他能讲八种外语,这简直太可笑了。
17)enough to make a cat speak 连猫都会讲起话来(指事情十分出奇,令人惊讶)
Enough to make a cat speak, the dog which they had given to their friend returned home after walking for two days and nights.
令人惊讶的是,他们送给朋友的那条狗走了两天两夜后又回家了。
18)have as many lives as a cat / have nine lives like a cat 死不了;不容易死;富于生命力(源于猫有九条命的传说)
I have as many lives as a cat. I’ll be as active as before when I get out of hospital. 猫有九条命。我出院后就又会像以前那样活蹦乱跳了。
19)have more lives than a cat 比猫生命力更强
He has survived many deaths. He has more lives than a cat. 他多次死里逃生。他比猫的生命力还要强。
20)no room / not room / not room enough to swing a cat (in) 极狭窄;没有转身的地方
You are very lucky to have a spacious study like this; there’s not room to swing a cat in mine. 你很幸运有这么一个宽敞的'书房,我的书房却是非常狭小。
21)an old cat 脾气坏的老太婆
I do not like our teacher very much. She is an old cat. 我不大喜欢我们的老师。她脾气太坏了。
22)The cat shuts its eyes when stealing (while it is stealing) cream. (谚语)猫偷吃奶油的时候总是闭着眼睛。(掩耳盗铃。)
1.as weak as a cat (=as weak as water) 身体非常虚弱
2.copy cat 盲目的模仿者
3.enough to make a cat [horse] laugh 极其可笑; 让人笑掉大牙
4.enough to make a cat speak 令人惊讶; 事情太出奇
5.like a cat on hot bricks 局促不安, 如热锅上的蚂蚁
6.live like cat and dog 整天吵架
7.Cat in gloves catches no mice. (=Muffled cats catch no mice.)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。
8.It rains cats and dogs. 下倾盆大雨, 大雨滂沱
9.let the cat out of the bag 说走了嘴, (无意中)泄露秘密
10.The cat did it. 是猫打破的; 不是我搞的。(推托责任的话)
11.The cat is out of the bag. 秘密泄露; 真相大白。
12.The cat jumps. 形势清楚了。
13.The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 掩耳盗铃; 猫偷吃奶油的时候, 总是闭着眼睛。
14.The scalded cat fears cold water. 被烫过的猫, 连冷水也怕(一朝被蛇咬, 三年怕井绳)
15.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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