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1、EnglishIdiomsIdiomsaboutanimalsCatAcathasninelives貓有九條命(吉人天相)Catshidetheirclaws.知人知面不知心Aglovedcatcatchesnomice不愿吃苦的人成不了大事業(yè)Thecatshutsitseyeswhenstealingcream掩耳盜鈴Acatmaylookataking.?小人物也應(yīng)有些權(quán)利Itrainscatsanddogs.下傾盆大雨,大雨滂沱Letthecatoutofthebag?說走了嘴seehowthecatjumps看風(fēng)使舵,隨機應(yīng)變Thescaldedcatfear
2、scoldwater.?一朝被蛇咬,三年怕井繩Whenthecat'saway,themicewillplay.大王外出,小鬼跳粱DogAstaffisquicklyfoundtobeatadogwith.欲加之罪,何患無詞Everydoghashisday人人皆有得意時?Letsleepingdogslie勿惹事生非Allarenotthievesthatdogsbarkat.不要以貌取人Giveadoganillname人言可畏Fightdog,fightbear.一決雌雄Anolddogwilllearnnonewtricks老年人很難適應(yīng)新事物Tohelpal
3、amedogoverastile.雪中送炭Betteralivingdogthanadeadlion.好死不如歹活FishNeveroffertoteachfishtoswim.切勿班門弄斧。Gotothesea,ifyouwouldfishwell.不入虎穴,焉得虎子Itisasillyfishthatiscaughttwicewiththesamebait.智者不上第二次當(dāng)Ifwaterisnoisy,therearenofishinit.夸夸其談?wù)邿o真才實學(xué)There'sasgoodfishintheseaasevercameoutofit.海里的好魚多的是.(
4、強中更有強中手.)Fishbeginstostinkatthehead. 上梁不正下梁歪BirdIt’sanillbirdthatfoulsitsownnest. 家丑不可外揚Finefeathersmakefinebirds.人要衣裝,馬要鞍Birdsofafeatherflocktogether.物以類聚,人以群分Abirdisknownbyitsnote,andamanbyhistalk.聽音識鳥,聞言識人Eachbirdlovestohearhimselfsing.鳥兒都愛聽自己唱。(自我欣賞)Youcannotcatcholdbirdswithchaff.有
5、經(jīng)驗的人難騙IdiomsaboutotheranimalsThefoxmaygrowgrey,butnevergood.江山易改本性難移Thefoxpreysfarthestfromhishole.江山易改本性難移Tobeardthelioninhisden.太歲頭上動土Toputthecartbeforethehorse.本末倒置Torunaftertwohares.腳踏兩只船Manistomanawolf爾虞我詐Don’tridethehighhorse勿擺架子?Hairbyhairyouwillpulloutthehorse’stail.水滴石穿Itisapoo
6、rmousethathasonlyonehole.狡兔三窟M(jìn)ayaswellasbehangedforasheepasalamb.一不做,二不休Pigslovethatlietogether. 臭味相投Whatcanyouexpectfromapigbutagrunt?狗嘴里吐不出象牙Idiomsaboutweather1.afacelikethunder=tolookveryangry:滿面怒容eg."What'supwithhimtoday?Hehasafacelikethunder!"2.afair-weatherfriend=afriendwhodoesn't
7、supportyouinbadtimes:酒肉朋友eg."I'mabitdisappointedinJohnandDavid.Itturnedouttheywereonlyfair-weatherfriends."3.asnowball'schance=verylittlechance(asmuchchanceasasnowballhasinhell):微乎其微的機會,一線生機eg."Wedon'thaveasnowball'schanceofwinningthatcontract!”4.?oncloudnine=veryhappybecauseso