山東省臨清市 王安云 供稿

與動物有關的俚語

山東省臨清市 王安云 供稿

動物是人類的朋友，它們和人類共同生活在地球上，所以在人類語言中有很多詞語與動物有關。下面這些由動物單詞構成的俚語非常生動、形象。掌握了它們，會使你的口語和寫作更地道、更生動!請看一看這些有趣的俚語吧！

1.Bee 蜜蜂

★as busy as a bee：very busy

The bee is a lovely small animal.It works very hard all the time.蜜蜂是一種可愛的小動物。它總是非常努力地工作。

Dialog：

A： What’s the matter with Dave recently？戴夫最近怎么樣？

B： He’s always as busy as a bee.He has many things to do.他總是十分忙碌。他有很多事情要做。

A： Let’s help him.我們幫幫他吧。

B：OK.好吧。

2.Wolf狼

★hungry as a wolf：very hungry

Wolf is a very dangerous animal.Wolf always needs lots of food.If you are very hungry,you can say, “I’m hungry as a wolf.”狼是一種非常危險的動物。狼總是需要大量的食物。如果你非常餓，你可以說：“我餓得像一頭狼”。

Dialog：

A：Do you need some water？你想喝水嗎？

B： No， thanks.I am hungry as a wolf.I need much food.Please give some hamburgers first.不，謝謝，我現在非常餓，需要許多食物。請先給我一些漢堡包。

3.Fish 魚

★ bigger fish to fry：to have something more important or more interesting to do

Fish is very delicious.Bigger fish to fry means someone has more important or more interesting things to do.魚很美味。有更大的魚要炸的意思是某人有更重要的或更有意思的事情要辦。

Dialog：

A:Let us discuss what to play.讓我們討論一下玩什么。

B： Sorry,I couldn’t spend a lot of time on the problem—I have bigger fish to fry.抱歉，我不能花太多的時間在這個問題上，我有更重要的事情要做。

4.Bull公牛

★bull in a china shop：a clumsy man

The china is a fragile thing.The bull is very large.It is always foolish.If a bull is in a china shop，it will break the china carelessly.瓷器是易碎的東西。公牛的體型很大，它總是笨笨的。如果公牛在瓷器店里的話，它會不小心弄壞瓷器。

Dialog：

A：Where is Dad？爸爸在哪里？

B： He is helping mom in the kitchen.他正在廚房幫媽媽。

A： Oh，dad is like a bull in a china shop when he tries to help in the kitchen.爸爸在廚房幫忙時，往往顯得笨手笨腳，越幫越忙。

B： So he is.的確如此。

5.Chicken 雞

★chicken：a timid man

Chicken can do many things for the people.It is a helpful animal，but the chicken is always a timid animal. “Someone is a chicken” means that he is a timid man.雞能為人們做許多事情。它是一種有益的動物，但是它也是一種膽小的動物。Someone is a chicken.意為“那個人是一個膽小鬼?！?/p>

Dialog：

A：Dare you walk through the forest at night？你敢在黑夜穿過森林嗎？

B： No，I daren’t.不，我不敢。

A： Don’t be a chicken.不要害怕。