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"be a chicken"是什么意思?

互联网2017-05-27 14:09

  动物是人类的朋友。在英文中,有很多关于“动物”的习语,他们充分利用到了动物的特性,有趣生动地体现在习语中。

  剧透一下,标题的"be a chicken",真的不是你想的那个意思。

  1a little bird told me

  天机不可泄露

  "How did you know the news?"

  "Oh, a little bird told me."

  你怎么知道这件事的?

  天机不可泄露!

  2as gentle as a lamb

  天真无邪的;温文尔雅的

  She is as gentle as a lamb. That's why everybody likes her.

  她天真无邪,所以很多人都喜欢她。

  3be a chicken

  做一个懦夫

  Don't be a chicken. Talk to her about your love for her.

  不要做懦夫,告诉她你有多爱她。

  4be a cold fish

  冷血动物

  He rarely talks to his colleagues. He's a cold fish.

  他很少和他的同事说话。他很冷血。

  5be like a fish out of water

  在一个环境中感到不舒服

  After her divorce, she was like a fish out of water.

  她离婚之后,过得很不自在。

  6chicken out

  因为害怕拒绝做某事

  He chickened out just at the time they were taking him to operating theatre.

  当他们带他去手术室时,他因为害怕拒绝了。

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