关于猫的英语谚语
有关动物的英语谚语
关于朋友的英文谚语
cat nap 打个盹儿
let the cat out of the bag 放出袋中猫（泄密，说漏嘴）
more than one way to skin a cat 剥猫皮各有巧妙不同（另有办法）
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
Thats 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 cats away, the mice will play.
[谚]猫儿不在,老鼠成精(大王外出, 小鬼跳粱)。
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