Cat Proverbs and Sayings

charlotte · 发表于 2005-5-1 09:29:00

A cat has nine lives. 
猫有九条命。(英国迷信, 指猫的生命力强) 
  A cat in gloves catches no mice. (=Muffled cats catch no mice.) 
[谚]带手套的猫捉不到耗子; 四肢不勤, 一事无成; 怕沾污手指的人做不出什么事。 
  A cat may look at a king. 
[谚]猫也可以看国王(指小人物也应有些权利) 
  agree like cats and dogs 
[口]像猫和狗一样合不来, 完全合不来 
  All cats are grey in the dark. (=At night all cats are grey; when candles are out, all cats are grey.) 
[谚]猫在暗中都是灰色; 黑暗中难分丑妍 
  as weak as a cat (=as weak as water) 
身体非常虚弱 
  copy cat 
盲目的模仿者 
  enough to make a cat [horse] laugh 
极其可笑; 让人笑掉大牙 
  enough to make a cat speak 
[口]令人惊讶; 事情太出奇 
  fat cat 
美国政治运动的出资人, 捐献大宗政治款项的富人; 安于现状的懒汉; 以权谋私的人, 享受特权的人 
  Has the cat got your tongue? 
[口]猫把你的舌头叼去了吗?为什么不吭声? 
  It rains cats and dogs. 
下倾盆大雨, 大雨滂沱 
  let the cat out of the bag 
说走了嘴, (无意中)泄露秘密 
  like a cat on hot bricks 
局促不安, 如热锅上的蚂蚁 
  live like cat and dog 
[口]整天吵架 
  old cat 
脾气坏的老太婆 
  see [watch] how [which way] the cat jumps (=wait for the cat to jump) 
观望形势然后行动; 看风使舵, 随机应变 
  That's like putting the cat near the goldfish bowl. 
引狼入室; 等于把猫放在金鱼缸旁。 
  The cat did it. 
[口谑]是猫打破的; 不是我搞的。(推托责任的话) 
  The cat is out of the bag. 
[口]秘密泄露; 真相大白。 
  The cat jumps. 
[口]形势清楚了。 
  The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 
[谚]掩耳盗铃; 猫偷吃奶油的时候, 总是闭着眼睛。 
  The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet. 
猫儿想吃鱼, 又怕湿了脚(想吃鱼又怕腥; 想得到某种东西又怕麻烦或担风险)。 
  The scalded cat fears cold water. 
[谚] 被烫过的猫, 连冷水也怕(一朝被蛇咬, 三年怕井绳) 
  Watch sb. as a cat watches a mouse. 
象猫盯耗子般地盯着某人。 
  When the cat's away, the mice will play. 
[谚]猫儿不在,老鼠成精(大王外出, 小鬼跳粱)。

Xtiantian · 发表于 2005-5-1 14:27:00

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