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3. A scaredy-cat
解释：胆小鬼
例子：It's only a little spider. Don't be such a scaredy-cat.
            那只是一只小蜘蛛，别这么胆小鬼。

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4.The cat's whiskers
解释：比别人都强
例子：She thought she was the cat's whiskers when she got the part in the play.
            当她获得演出角色时，她觉得自己是最棒的。

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5.To let the cat out of the bag
解释：揭秘
例子：Everybody knows about the redundancies. Someone let the cat out of the bag.
            每个人都知道裁员的事了。有人走漏了风声。

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6.To look like the cat that got the cream
解释：看上去对某事沾沾自喜
例子：I guess you passed your exam. You look like the cat that got the cream.
            我猜你考试及格了。你看上去很开心。

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7. It's raining cats and dogs.
解释：瓢泼大雨
注释：相比这个用语，现在日常比较多用的简单说法是it's pouring.

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8. To put a cat among the pigeons

解释：引起麻烦
例子：When the photos showed him kissing a young woman, it really put the cat among the pigeons.
           照片显示他在亲吻一个年轻女子，这着实制造了麻烦。

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看完关于猫的习语，现在我们再来看看有关狗的习语。
1. A shaggy dog story解释：冗长杂乱的滑稽故事（文艺版翻译）；又臭又长的故事。
例子：The way he kept going on led me to suspect it was a shaggy dog story.

他一直那样，让我怀疑这是一个又臭又长的故事。

frankyuanwei

星烁 发表于 23-11-2014 15:42
[测一测]What's the meaning of "Stay on top of"?

A.坐在某物上

B

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2.To be like a dog with two tails
解释： 非常高兴
例子:
When we won the game,our team leader was like a dog with two tails.
我们比赛胜利后，我们队长高兴地不得了。

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3.To be dog-eared

解释：书面折角

例子：

I won't lend her any more books。The last one she gave back to me was dog-eared.

我不会再借书给她了。她还给我的上一本书被折角了。