有关动物的习语.docVIP

Animal Idioms ass make an ass of oneself/somebody 干蠢事，出洋相， I made an ass of myself at the party. bark bark up the wrong tree 弄错， She was barking up the wrong tree. bat be/have bats in the belfry 精神失常， She is bats in the belfry. blind as a bat 眼力不行， You must be as blind as a bat. like a bat out of hell 如飞地， The motorbike came round the corner like a bat out of hell. bee bee in one’s bonnet 想得入了迷， He has a bee in his bonnet about women wearing trousers in the office. bee-line 两地之间最短距离， He made a bee-line for the bar. bee’s knees 专家，最好的人， She’s the bee’s knees. busy as a bee 忙忙录录， I’ve been as busy as a bee all day. bug bitten by a bug 热衷于某事， He got bitten by the bug and took up the hobby himself. bugged room 装有窃听器的房间， This room has been bugged by the CIA. bug somebody 故意烦扰， It really bugs me the way he keep drumming his fingers on the table. litter bug 乱丢废物的人， The worst kind of litter bug is the person who throws sweet papers out of the window of a moving car. calf calf/puppy love （少男少女）暂短爱情， It was only calf-love. kill the fatted calf 热烈款待， We’re going to kill the fatted calf for Alfred’s coming. camel the last straw that breaks the camel’s back 不能使人忍受的最后一击， The final demand for payment of the gas bill was the last straw that broke the camel’s back.* cat a cat may look at a king 猫也有权看国王， He should remember that a cat may look at a king! be a copycat （无创造的）模仿者， Don’t be a copycat. bell the cat (为公众)承担危险的事， I decided to bell the cat . cat and mouse game 猫戏老鼠似的， The employer played a cat and mouse game. cat get one’s tongue 为什么不吭声， Come on, speak up—or has the cat got your tongue? cat’s pyjamas /whiskers 绝妙的东西， My new car is just the cat’s whiskers. cat that swallowed the cream 自鸣得意的人， She ‘s been like the cat that swallowed the cream. curiosity killed the cat 好奇招来麻烦， Please stop prying into my private life. Remember, curiosity killed the cat. enough to make a cat laugh 极滑稽， When he slipped on a ban