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涉及动物的英语习语和短语
英语中的动物习语
1.
名词
1) ant
蚂蚁
have ants in one’
s pants (因焦
急、
气愤等
)
坐立不安,
急于行
动
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)
bear
熊、粗鲁的人、笨拙的人;股市中的空头一方;
be a bear for punishment
能忍受粗暴待遇的、顽强的、倔强的;
Sell the bear’s fur before one has
caught the bear.
做事过早乐观了。
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)
bug
臭虫,狂热、癖好、??迷;(贬)要人、名人
have a bug about? 热衷于??;
a
camera bug
摄影迷;
a big bug
(
贬
)
大亨
put a bug in sb.’s ear
事先给某人暗示、警告
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)
bird
鸟,(俚)人、家伙、姑娘;(讽)非凡人物
an old bird
老家伙、精明鬼;
What a queer bird!
真是个怪人!
a bird in
the bush
未到手的东西、
未定局的事
(与
a bird in the
hand
相对)
;
a bird of ill omen
猫头鹰、
报凶讯的人;
a bird
of Jove
鹰;
a bird of
Juno
孔雀;
a bird of paradise
极乐鸟;
a bird of passage
候鸟、飘泊不定的人;
a bird
of wonder=a secular bird
凤凰;
a jail bird
囚犯;
an early
bird
早起的人;
birds of a feather
一丘之貉;
Birds of a feather
flock together.
物以
类聚,人以群分。
A little bird told me/whispered to me.
有人私下告诉我。
for the
birds
荒唐可笑、毫无意义;
get the
bird
被喝倒彩、被解雇;
It
is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
家丑不可外扬。
kill two
birds with one stone
一石双鸟;
the birds and the bees (
口
)
关于两性关系的常识;
a ladybird
瓢虫;
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)
bull
公牛,
空话、蠢话;难事;(贬)人
a
lot of bull/throw the bull
胡说八道;
a bull in a china shop
说话或
行事鲁莽的人;
shoot (the) bull
吹牛、空谈、说大话;
take the bull by
the horns
不畏
艰难;
bull-work
苦差事
6) cat
猫,
撒旦的化身、巫婆的守护神、可悲的女人、恶妇;
an old cat
脾气坏的老太婆;
a black cat
令人深恶痛绝的人;
a cat
walk
狭窄的人行道、村道;
a
cat’s paw 被人利用的人;
let the
cat out of the bag
泄露机密
That cat won’t jump. 这一手行不通。
See which way the cat jumps.
视情形再作决策。
A cat
may look at a king.
小人物也该有些权利。
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)
chicken
小鸡、鸡肉,懦夫、胆小鬼;没有经验的人,年轻的女子
a chicken head
笨蛋、蠢才
They are
some chickens. She is no chicken.
Don’t
be a chicken, and you can do it.
别害怕,你能行的。
Never count your
chickens before they are hatched.
你千万别过早乐观了。
8)
cock
公鸡,首领、头目,神气十足的人,弟兄;
Their cocks were making a project to
rob the bank.
Old cock! (
旧时的
称呼
)
老兄!
a cock of the loft
在小天地里称王称霸的人;
a cock of the
walk/school
称王称霸的人;
go off at half cock
仓促行动,超之过急;
live
like fighting cocks
吃得好,吃最好的东西;
set
(the) cock on (the) hoop
纵饮、放荡不羁;
That
cock won’t fight. 这话讲不通(那一手行不通)。
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dog
狗,无赖汉、坏蛋、废物;不受喜爱的人
a dirty dog
卑鄙的家伙、下流货;
a sly dog
奸贼;
a cat and dog life
争吵不休;
a lucky dog
幸运儿;
a dog in the manger
占着茅坑不拉屎的人;
be top
dog
处于支配地位
=be under dog(
反
)
;
Don’t be a sad dog! 别做放荡的人!
go to the dogs
堕落、毁灭;
a sly dog
暗中寻欢的人;
a jolly dog
有趣的家伙;
He who has a mind to beat his dog will
easily find his stick.
欲加之
罪,何患无辞。
Love me, love my dog!
爱屋及乌。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
别惹是非。
He is
always putting on (the) dog.
他老爱摆架子
/
摆阔
/
摆威风。
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Every dog has his day.
凡人都有得意的日子。
That
day he was really in the dog house.
那天,他确实蒙羞了。
rain
dogs and cats
飘泊大雨、倾盆大雨;
10) donkey
驴,笨蛋,固执的人、顽固的人
as
stubborn as a donkey
非常固执;
What a donkey act!
太失策了!(蠢举之至!)
I
met him donkey’s years back.
很久很久以前,我遇见过他。
11) duck
鸭,有吸引力的、可爱的物
/
人
,
宝贝儿,零分
a
dead duck (
注定
)
要完蛋
的人;
chance the duck
好歹要干一场;
in two
shakes of a duck’s tail 立刻、马上;
like a duck to water
如鱼得水、很自然地;
make
ducks and drakes of? 浪费、
挥霍??=play ducks
and drakes with?
Will a duck
swim?
那还用问吗?当然愿意啦!
a lame duck
残废之人、破产者、落选者,坏了的飞机、舰船、车辆等
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elephant
大象,
(
美俚
)
世面、世故;大壕沟
/
防空洞
< br>
What you did has really made us see
the elephant.
你的所为真让我们长
见识了。
The American soldiers were digging
elephants.
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fish
鱼,冷血的人,对周围事物漠不关心
;
(贬)家伙;生手、笨蛋;
a
cold fish
泠漠的家伙
; as mute as
fish
噤若寒蝉;
a queer fish
怪人;
a big fish in
a little pond
矮子里的高子
a loose
fish
放荡者
She is
really a fishwife/fish-woman.
她简直就是个骂街的泼妇。
All’s fish that comes to his net.
他这个人是来者不拒。
cry
stinking(
臭了的
) fish
拆自己的台;
drink like a fish
牛饮;
have other
fish to fry
另有他图
Fish begins to stink at the head.
上梁不正下梁歪。
Never
offer to teach fish to swim.
别班门弄斧!
like a
fish out of water
感到不自在
;
neither fish, flesh, nor fowl
不
伦不类
The best fish smell when they are three
days old.
久住招人嫌。
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fly
苍蝇,美中不足的人
/
事,(贬)人;
a fly in the ointment
使人扫兴的小事;
a fly on a wheel
自高自大的人;
break a
fly on the wheel
浪费精力、杀鸡用牛刀;
Don’t let flies stick to your heels.
别拖拉了!
There are no flies on
him.
他很能干(他不会上当)。
a firefly
萤火虫;
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fox
狐狸,诡计多端的、狡猾的人
/
事
as sly as a fox
像狐狸一样狡猾;
play (the )fox
行为狡诈
An old fox
is not easily snared.
老狐狸是不会轻易被抓的。
When
a fox preaches, take care of your geese.
黄鼠狼给鸡拜年,
没安好心。
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goose
鹅,傻瓜
All his
geese are swans.
他总是言过其实。
a wild-goose chase
徒劳的搜索、无益的举动;
be
sound on the goose
(美)抱正统观点;
cook sb’s goose
干掉某人、毁
人名誉;
kill
the goose that lays the golden eggs
杀鸡取卵;
make a
goose of someone
愚弄、欺骗某人;
shoe the goose
徒劳无益;
The goose hangs high. (
美口
)
前景、形势好。
The old woman is plucking her geese. (<
/p>
儿语
)
下雪了。
be goose flesh all over
浑身起鸡皮疙瘩
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hare
野兔,(英俚)坐车不买票的人;
First catch your hare (then cook
him).
勿谋之过早。
run
with the hare and hunt with the hounds
两面讨好;
make a hare
of somebody
愚弄某人;
18) hen
母鸡,(美俚)爱管闲事的女人、泼妇,阴谋;
This is a hen on.
这是一个策划中的阴谋。
He
suspected there was a hen on.
他怀疑其中有诈。
(as) mad
as a wet hen (
美俚
)
非常生气;
a wet hen
令人讨厌的女人、
泼妇;
like a hen on a hot girdle
极不舒服、安静的;
like a
hen with one chicken
大惊小怪、唠唠叨叨;
sell
one’s hens on a rainy day 亏本出售
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horse
马,(美俚)粗鲁的家伙、笨蛋,(美俚)恶作剧;(贬)人
a dark horse
黑马、竞争中出人意料的获胜者;
a
horse of another/different color
完全另一回事;
a horse
on somebody
针对某人的恶作剧;
as
strong as a horse
壮如牛
back the wrong horse (
赛马中
)
下错赌注、支持失败一方;
be on one’s high horse 趾高气扬;
hold one’s horse 忍耐、镇静;
flog a dead horse
白费力、事后再作无益的议论;
come off one’
s high horse
不再骄傲自大;
hitch horses together
情同意
合;
put the cart before the horse
本末倒置;
talk horse
说大话、吹牛;
You can
take a horse to the water but you cannot make him
drink.
你不要逼迫一个人做他不愿做的事。
Are you speaking horse-
feathers
!
你不会是在讲梦话吧!
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lion
狮子,勇猛彪悍的人、难办的事、名人、名胜(复数)
a lion in the way/path
拦路虎;
beard the lion in his
den
太岁头上动土;
twist
the lion’s tail (美政治家言论)触犯英国;
see the
lions (
英
)
游览名胜;
the lion’s share
最大最好的份额;
the lion’s skin
假勇气
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mouse
< br>耗子,(俚)胆小害羞的人,(俚)姑娘、女人,眼部上的青肿块,
(as) poor as a church mouse
一贫如洗;
like a
drowned mouse
样子狼狈的、处于窘境的;
Mouse and man is born equal.
众生平等。
When the
cat is away, the mice will play.
没了管制者,局面就要乱。
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pig
猪,自私、迟钝、贪婪、肮脏的人
pigs in clover
卑鄙、粗鲁的有钱人;
the pig forces (<
/p>
美俚
)
警察;
bring one’s pigs to a fine market
卖得吃亏、失败、失算;
buy a pig in a
poke (
未见实物而
)
瞎买东西;
drive one’s pigs to
mark
et
打鼾;
please
the pigs
如果运气好的话
teach a pig to play on a flute
赶鸭子上架、做荒谬的事;
when
pigs fly
永不、绝不可能
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pigeon
鸽子,
(
俚
)
傻瓜、易上当受骗的人,特别关心的人
/
事,(美)少
妇
/
少女
Football is not his pigeon. Your sister
is rather a lovely pigeon.
He lives on
by plucking a pigeon.
他靠诈骗傻瓜的钱财过日子。
make a pig of oneself
狼吞虎咽、大吃大喝;
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rat
鼠,讨厌鬼、告密者、密探,工贼,下流的女人
I can smell a rat.
我觉得事情有蹊跷。
You are really a
rat.
你真是宵小
鼠辈之人。
a rat leaving a sinking ship
不能共患难的人;
die like a rat
被毒死;
have a rat
in a garret
不安,近于疯癫;
like a
rat in a hole
瓮中之鳖;
He is really a rat face.
他可真是个阴险卑鄙之徒。
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sheep
绵羊,害羞扭捏的胆小鬼;
goat/ram(
公羊
)
色鬼、淫荡之人,替罪羊、牺牲品
a
black sheep
害群之马;
a lost
sheep
误入歧途的人
cast/make sheep’s eyes at?
向??愚蠢地送秋波;
play/act the
giddy goat
行为如小丑;
milk the
ram
做徒劳的事
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snake
蛇,阴险狡诈的人
a snake
in the grass
潜伏的敌人
; a snake
in one’
s bosom
恩将仇报的人;
warm/cherish a snake
in one’s bosom 姑息养奸、养虎贻患;
have snakes(=see snakes) in one’s boots
喝醉了;
raise/wake snakes
引起骚动
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tiger
< br>虎,凶恶的人;凶性、残性;比赛中的劲敌;(英)穿制服的马夫
How can you catch tiger cubs without
entering the tiger’s lair?
不入
虎穴,焉得虎子?
They
are working like a tiger.
他们正生龙活虎地工作着。
They
shall be our tigers in the coming match.
他们会是我们下一场比赛
的劲敌。
His father used to work as a tiger in
the palace.
他父亲曾经是王宫里
的马夫。
That fellow finally showed his tiger.
那家伙终于显露出凶残的本性。
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whale
< br>鲸,巨大的人
/
物,极好的人
/
物
a whale
at(f
or/on)? 善于??的人、热心于??的人;
a whale at table tennis, a whale for
work, a whale on sports
a whale of?
(口
)
极大的、极好的、了不起的
a whale of a difference
天壤之别,
a whale of a story
极妙的故事,
have a
whale of a good time
玩得很愉快
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wolf
狼,狡诈的人、贪婪的人、色鬼、追逐女性的人、
have/hold a wolf by the ears
骑虎难下、进退两难;