評(píng)論
打印
A cat has nine lives.
貓有九條命。(英國(guó)迷信, 指貓的生命力強(qiáng))
A cat in gloves catches no mice. (=Muffled cats catch no mice.)
[諺]帶手套的貓捉不到耗子; 四肢不勤, 一事無(wú)成; 怕沾污手指的人做不出什么事。
A cat may look at a king.
[諺]貓也可以看國(guó)王(指小人物也應(yīng)有些權(quán)利)
agree like cats and dogs
[口]像貓和狗一樣合不來(lái), 完全合不來(lái)
All cats are grey in the dark. (=At night all cats are grey; when candles are out, all cats are grey.)
[諺]貓?jiān)诎抵卸际腔疑? 黑暗中難分丑妍
as weak as a cat (=as weak as water)
身體非常虛弱
copy cat
盲目的模仿者
enough to make a cat [horse] laugh
極其可笑; 讓人笑掉大牙
enough to make a cat speak
[口]令人驚訝; 事情太出奇
fat cat
美國(guó)政治運(yùn)動(dòng)的出資人, 捐獻(xiàn)大宗政治款項(xiàng)的富人; 安于現(xiàn)狀的懶漢; 以權(quán)謀私的人, 享受特權(quán)的人
Has the cat got your tongue?
[口]貓把你的舌頭叼去了嗎?為什么不吭聲?
It rains cats and dogs.
下傾盆大雨, 大雨滂沱
let the cat out of the bag
說(shuō)走了嘴, (無(wú)意中)泄露秘密
like a cat on hot bricks
局促不安, 如熱鍋上的螞蟻
live like cat and dog
[口]整天吵架
old cat
脾氣壞的老太婆
see [watch] how [which way] the cat jumps (=wait for the cat to jump)
觀望形勢(shì)然后行動(dòng); 看風(fēng)使舵, 隨機(jī)應(yīng)變
That's like putting the cat near the goldfish bowl.
引狼入室; 等于把貓放在金魚(yú)缸旁。
The cat did it.
[口謔]是貓打破的; 不是我搞的。(推托責(zé)任的話(huà))
The cat is out of the bag.
[口]秘密泄露; 真相大白。
The cat jumps.
[口]形勢(shì)清楚了。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.
[諺]掩耳盜鈴; 貓偷吃奶油的時(shí)候, 總是閉著眼睛。
The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet.
貓兒想吃魚(yú), 又怕濕了腳(想吃魚(yú)又怕腥; 想得到某種東西又怕麻煩或擔(dān)風(fēng)險(xiǎn))。
The scalded cat fears cold water.
[諺] 被燙過(guò)的貓, 連冷水也怕(一朝被蛇咬, 三年怕井繩)
Watch sb. as a cat watches a mouse.
象貓盯耗子般地盯著某人。
When the cat's away, the mice will play.
[諺]貓兒不在,老鼠成精(大王外出, 小鬼跳粱)。
