美剧最常用这8个俚语rain cats and dogs已经过时了

水摧毁来摧毁腹中的胎儿。

例句：

Have you got that report ready yet? The boss is

having kittens!

你的报告准备好了么？老板非常紧张。

We’re so late –

my mum’ll be having kittens.我们迟到了，

我

妈妈一定心烦意乱。All dressed up like a dog’s dinner

穿

着特别或招摇的衣服

The Brits love their dogs

–

they’re the

most popular pet in the UK. Dogs’ dinners, however, are

not usually very appealing at all

–

in fact, the expression a

dog’s dinner on its own also means a me ss.英国人爱狗，

狗

是英国最受欢迎的动物。

但事实上，

狗的晚餐却并不吸引人，

a dog’s dinner

（狗的晚餐）这样的表达本身的含义确实是

负面 的。

例如：

'Where are you off to then, all dressed up like

a dog’s dinner?'

“你要去哪里啊，穿得这么招摇？”

A cold fish

冷漠的人

Dictionary definition: a adjective fish: a

person who is strange in a specified gh in

theory any adjective can be put before fish, cold is by far

the most common one.

字典定义：

a

形容词

fish

：

某人在某

方面较为特别。尽管在理论上其他形容词同样可 以放在

fish

前，但

cold

是目前最为常用的词。

If you’re a cold fish, you’re unemotional, and

perhaps even

unfriendly. To sound even more British, add a bit of:

如果你

被叫做“cold fish”，

你是有较少感情波动的、

甚至是不友好的。

为了听起来 更英式化，也会在之前添加“a bit of”

例如：I tried talking to Rachel at the party, but she’s a bit of

a cold fish.

在派对上我试图和瑞秋说话，但她有些冷漠。

'What did you think of him?'

–

'Bit of a cold fish, wasn’t

he?'“你认为他怎么样？”“有一些冷漠，

不是吗？”Like a bear

with a sore head

形容人易怒

Brown bears have been

extinct in Britain for over a thousand years, but, like wolves,

they have left their mark in our fairy tales: it seems wise to

stay well away from one of the most dangerous animals in

the world.

棕熊在英国已经灭绝了一千多年，

但是，

像狼 一样，

它们在传说故事中已经留下了印记：远离这种世界上最危险

的动物才是明智的举动。

If you’re a like a bear with a sore head, you’re in a very bad

mood. Interestingly, this phrase is more often used to

describe men than women.

如果你是“like a bear with a sore