有关动物的习语AnimalIdioms

1、仅供个人参考不得用于商业用途featherbe spitt ing feathers非常愤怒，口渴，Len was spitt ing feathers whe n he saw some van dal had done ton his new car .feather-bedHis mother has feather-bedded him.feather-bra ined溺爱，They had some feather-bra ined scheme.feather-friend鸟，We mustnforget to put out food for our feathered frie

2、nds in frosty weather.feather in one某人的卓越成就，荣誉标志，He was the final feather in his cap after years of dedicated service to the com muni ty.feather onesine私t肥己，The Chairma n is taki ng money out of the compa ny to feather his ownn est.in fine feather情绪极好，身体健康，Youre in fine feather thimorning.make the f

3、eather fly引起骚动，争斗，That will make the feather fly!show the white feather显示懦弱，The challenger showed the white feather.smooth somebody (ruffled) feathers冷静下来，仅供个人参考不得用于商业用途I smoothed her ruffled feathers.you could have kno eked me dow n with a feather使我十分震惊，You could have knocked me down with a feather

4、 when I knew this.fishbig fish大人物，The boss shows some big fish around the factory.big fish in a small pond井底之蛙，小地方的要人，Hes only a big fish in samall pond.cold fish冷冰冰的人，Sue is a cold fish.feed the fishes葬身鱼腹，If you fall overboard, you end upfelel ding the fishes.fish for compliments寻找别人恭维，The new gir

5、l is always fishing for compliments when she talks to the men. fish in troubledwaters混水摸鱼，He fishes in the troubled waters of marital strife.fish out捞出，把鱼捕尽，She fished out a purse from her pocket.have other fish to fry另有它图，Ive got plenty of other fistho fry.仅供个人参考不得用于商业用途like a fish out of water如鱼离水

6、，I feel like a fish out of water. neither fish nor fowl不伦不类，This fellow is neither fish nor fowl.(fine/pretty) kettle fish一团糟，You are going to be prosecutedfor careiess driving, thats a fine kettie offish.queer fish怪人，small fish小人物，Im only a small fish.smell something fishy可疑，He said he was ill, but

7、 I smell something fishy.there are pie nty more fish in the sea有水何患无鱼，碰到的人多得很，My boyfriend and I have split up but I doncare therets ptylenmorefish in the sea.fowldress a fowi把家禽去毛开膛，Very few women today know how to dress a fowi.fox be foxed使迷惑，The crossword puzzie usuaiiy foxed me.Johns a queer fis

8、h, nh early always wears odd socks.仅供个人参考不得用于商业用途cunning as a fox非常狡猾，Hes as cunning as a fox anwdill try to take advantage of you. old/sly fox老奸巨滑，You old fox, you talked her into selling the car for much less than its worth.frogfrog in the throat轻咽喉炎，Ive got frog in my throatht is morning.frog mar

9、ch蛙式押送，The landlord frog marched him out the door.goatact/play the goat干蠢事，Glen is always acting the goat.get somebodys g使a某人恼怒，His way gets my goat.sort out/separate the sheep from the goa区分合格与不合格者，That should sort out thesheep from the goat.goosegoose flesh/pimple鸡皮疙瘩，Merely the thought of holding

10、 a snake makes me come out in goose flesh.kill the goose that lays the golde n egg杀鸡取卵,t want to kill thgeoose that lays the golden egg.We don仅供个人参考不得用于商业用途say“boo”to a gd吓唬某人，The boss wouldnt say to“a bgoos”e.what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gande对寸另U人怎样，对自己也怎样，s sauthce fgoorose is sau

11、ce for the gander.hare hare-brained愚蠢的，轻率的，Whose hare-brained idea was it to padlock the fire exits? mad as a March hare非常疯狂，He must be as mad as a March hare.run with the hare and hunt with the hounds两面讨好，You cant run with the h arned hunt with the hounds.henhen-party女人聚会，She has invited all her gi

12、rlfriends to a hen-party on Friday night. hen-pecked惧内的，Hes he-pnecked from morning to night.like a hen with one (only) chicken大惊小怪的，Shes like a hen with onloyne chicken.mother hen(忙乱、小题大做的)女人，She fusses over them like a mother hen.horse horse talk horse吹牛，flog a dead horse白费力ivoryivory tower象牙塔，Aca

13、demics in their ivory towers have no idea what it is like to earn onesHe is a man what仅供个人参考不得用于商业用途living.kidkids stuff易，This crossword puzzle is kids stuff for him.with kid gloves非常柔顺的，You have to learn to handle her with kid glove,youre kidding我不相信你！lambgo like a lamb (to the slaughter)逆来顺受地干某事，T

14、here goesJones to the headmaster tudy lsikse a lamb to the slaughter. one might as wellbe hung for a sheep as a lam明知要受处罚，索性干 完坏事，彻底享受一番，Ill have another drink, I might be hung for saheep as a lamb. mutton dressed up as lamb乍年轻妇女打扮的老年妇女，In a better light I realized she was mutton dressed up as lamb.

15、leoparda leopard n ever cha nges its spots本 性难易，lionas brave as a lion非常勇敢，My young daughter is as brave as a lion and will tackle any of the boys. beard the lion in hisden面对上司，权势，I must beard the lion in his den and go and ask the boss for a day off next week.仅供个人参考不得用于商业用途lion-hunter巴结权势，名人，He is

16、a typical lion-hunter.lions sha其大作用，最大份额，I found myself doing the lions wshoarkre. of theput ones head in the lion处于危险Uh地，Ill have to put my head in the lions mouth.throw somebody to the lions（为保全自己）而使他人处于危险境地，He warned me that if I make a mistake she throw me to tlhl e lions. twist the lion触犯ta英国，F

17、rance seems to use many EEC meetings meretlyo twist the lions tail.locustswarm like locusts贪婪地围着，The children swarmed round like locusts.mousethe best laid schemes of mice and men每人都有失算之时/智者千虑， 必有一失。poor as a church mouse清贫，My parents were as poor as church mouse.quiet as a mouse非常宁静，Tina is as quie

18、t as a mousey,ou hardly know shes there. mulestubborn as a mule非常顽固，Shes as stubborn as a mule.nest仅供个人参考不得用于商业用途foul ones (own) n家s丑夕卜扬，All hes doing is fouling ohwisn nest.peacockproud as a peacock非常自豪，Dads as a proud as a peacock of that shelf he put up. pigbuy a pig in a poke盲目购买，You are buying

19、a a pig in a poke.live like a pig in clover生活奢侈，舒适，He has lived like a pig in clover ever since.make a pig of oneself狼吞虎咽地吃喝，I couldnt help marking aopf imgyself.make a pigs ear of someth把某事办得很糟，Youve made a right pigofit. s earpig(gy)-in the-middle(无意中)夹在敌对双方之间的人，I find myself pig-in-the-middle.pig

20、s might fly不可能发生的事，He said he would pay me back the money he owns me next Mondayand pigs might fly!pigeonstool pigeon密探，The police couldnptossibly have known I was there unless they were told by a stoolpigeon.not ones pige与某人不相干的事，Dont ask me to fill in theforms, Thats not my pigeon.仅供个人参考不得用于商业用途ra

21、bbitbreed like rabbits大量繁衍，Her family breed like rabbits!pull/produce a rabbit out of the hat意外发现难题解法，ratas wet as/like a drow ned rat浑身湿透，The shower made me as wet as a drowned rat.rat on some body告发某人，Tim saw us smoking and ratted on us to the teacher.rat race激烈竞争，He have adjusted to the rat race

22、already.smell a rat感到有可疑之处，I smell a ratI wonder what he wants.sheepblack sheep (of the family)害群之马，She always has been the black sheep of the family.snakesn ake in the grass隐患，Some snake in the grass has told the manager that I was late for work this morning.swallowone swallow doesnt make a suimme推

23、论必成大错，仅供个人参考不得用于商业用途We shouldremember that one swallow doesnt make a summer. swallow up耗尽，New clothes for the children seem to swallow up all her money.swanswan around四处闲逛，He swanned around the local food and wine.turtleturn turtle底部朝天地翻转过来，The deck turned turtle.whalewet ones whist过得很愉快，The childre

24、n had a whale of a time playing in the sand pit.wingclip somebodys w扼杀某人的雄心，使无计可施，That will really clip his wings!spread ones wi开始独立行事，My daughter wants to spread her wings.take somebody under ones wi关照某人，The pupils took him under his wing.wolfthrow somebody to the wolves使某人处于危险境地，Theyll throw him to thewolves.仅供个人参考不得用于商业用途cry wolf在不需援助时求援，Susan is always crying wolf.keep the wolf from the door免于饥饿，I have a spare-time job which helps to keep the wolf from the door.lone wolf不喜与人往来的人，He is a l