与动物有关的俚语

山东省临清市 王安云 供稿

与动物有关的俚语

山东省临清市 王安云 供稿

动物是人类的朋友，它们和人类共同生活在地球上，所以在人类语言中有很多词语与动物有关。下面这些由动物单词构成的俚语非常生动、形象。掌握了它们，会使你的口语和写作更地道、更生动!请看一看这些有趣的俚语吧！

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.蜜蜂是一种可爱的小动物。它总是非常努力地工作。

Dialog：

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

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

A： Let’s help him.我们帮帮他吧。

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.”狼是一种非常危险的动物。狼总是需要大量的食物。如果你非常饿，你可以说：“我饿得像一头狼”。

Dialog：

A：Do you need some water？你想喝水吗？

B： No， thanks.I am hungry as a wolf.I need much food.Please give some hamburgers first.不，谢谢，我现在非常饿，需要许多食物。请先给我一些汉堡包。

3.Fish 鱼

★ 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.鱼很美味。有更大的鱼要炸的意思是某人有更重要的或更有意思的事情要办。

Dialog：

A:Let us discuss what to play.让我们讨论一下玩什么。

B： Sorry,I couldn’t spend a lot of time on the problem—I have bigger fish to fry.抱歉，我不能花太多的时间在这个问题上，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.瓷器是易碎的东西。公牛的体型很大，它总是笨笨的。如果公牛在瓷器店里的话，它会不小心弄坏瓷器。

Dialog：

A：Where is Dad？爸爸在哪里？

B： He is helping mom in the kitchen.他正在厨房帮妈妈。

A： Oh，dad is like a bull in a china shop when he tries to help in the kitchen.爸爸在厨房帮忙时，往往显得笨手笨脚，越帮越忙。

B： So he is.的确如此。

5.Chicken 鸡

★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.鸡能为人们做许多事情。它是一种有益的动物，但是它也是一种胆小的动物。Someone is a chicken.意为“那个人是一个胆小鬼。”

Dialog：

A：Dare you walk through the forest at night？你敢在黑夜穿过森林吗？

B： No，I daren’t.不，我不敢。

A： Don’t be a chicken.不要害怕。