【俚語】
chicken n. 膽小鬼,懦夫
coward n. /ˈkaʊəd/
a person who is not brave
【例句】
Jump, you're a chicken!
跳呀,你這膽小鬼!
Chicken out v.
(因害怕而)退縮,放棄
【例句】
I was going to go bungee jumping, but I chickened out.
我原打算去玩蹦極的,可是因為害怕放棄了。
A chicken and egg situation 雞與蛋誰先誰后的情況
【例句】
You need experience to get a job,but you need a job to get experience. It's a chicken and egg situation.
你需要經驗才能找到工作,但你需要一份工作才能獲得經驗。這是一個雞和蛋的情況。
Run around like a headless chicken
忙得像只無頭蒼蠅
【例句】
Let’s make sure everything is ready for the wedding next week, so we don’t have to run around like headless chickens!
讓我們確認好下周婚禮一切都已經準備就緒,這樣我們就不用像沒頭蒼蠅一樣到處亂跑了!
Spring chicken [幽默] 年輕人
【例句】
I don’t know how old Mike is, but obviously he is no spring chicken.
我不知道邁克多大年紀,但顯然他已不再年輕了。