chase rainbows
做白日夢,追尋一些遙不可及的事情
natural phenomenon
自然現(xiàn)象
sunrise 日出
sneak the sunrise past the rooster:
means to do something extremely difficult or impossible
字面意義是逃過公雞的日出。因為清晨日出公雞先知,沒有日出是逃得過公雞的眼睛的。所以它用來比喻表示嘗試做不可能的事或者狡猾地暗中做某事。
raining cats and dogs 瓢潑大雨
It means it's raining very heavily.
傾盆大雨,瓢潑大雨
lightning 閃電
as swift as lightning
風(fēng)馳電掣,快如飛箭。
thunderstorm 大雷雨;雷電交加的暴風(fēng)雨
sit there like a dying duck in a thunderstorm
驚慌失措的,要死不活的樣子
fog 霧
somebody is in a fog:
means the person is confused
表示某人非常疑惑不清楚
flood 洪水
flood the market 充斥市場