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关于十二生肖的英语习语

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关于十二生肖的英语习语

  12生肖全家福

  十二生肖 12种动物:鼠:Rat,牛:Ox,虎:Tiger,兔:Hare,龙:Dragon ,蛇:Snake,马:Horse,羊:Sheep,猴:Monkey,鸡:Cock,狗:Dog,猪:Boar。

  “生肖”代替十二地支:子丑寅卯辰巳午未申酉戌亥。“生肖”即俗话说的“属相”,相当于西方的黄道十二星座(双鱼座、白羊座、金牛座、双子座、巨蟹座、狮子座、室女座、天秤座、天蝎座、人马座、摩羯麻、宝瓶座)。

  问:What animal sign were you born under ? 你属什么?

  答:I was born in the year of theOx 或 Mine is the Ox.我属牛。

关于十二生肖的英语习语

  十二生肖和英语习语

  子鼠rat,mouse, mice

  a mousy person 小人物 smell a rat 感到可疑

  a drowned rat 落汤鸡a rat in a hole 瓮中之鳖

  When the cat is away, the mice will play.

  Rats desert a falling house. 树倒猢狲散。

  丑牛ox, bull, cow,calf

  a bull market 牛市 to milk the bull 徒劳之举

  a cock-and-bull story 无稽之谈

  a bull in the china shop 笨拙莽撞的人

  take the bull by the horn 勇敢地面对困境

  寅虎 tiger, tigress

  a paper tiger 纸老虎

  ride the tiger 处于险境

  the four Asian Tigers 亚洲四小龙

  卯兔 hare, rabbit

  start a hare 提出话题

  set a cow to catch a hare 徒劳之举

  run with the hare and hunt with the hounds 两面讨好

  If you run after two hares, you'll catch neither. 同时追两兔,两手空空归。

  辰龙dragon

  dragon boat 龙舟

  Dragon Boat Festival 端午节

  dragon teeth 龙齿;相互争斗的根源

  巳蛇 snake

  a snake in the grass 潜伏的危险;奸细

  a snake in sb’s bosom 恩将仇报的人

  narrow snaky roads 羊肠小道

  午马horse, mare

  a dark horse 黑马(意外获胜的人)

  work like a horse 工作卖力 hold your horse 且慢;请三思

  look a gift horse in the mouth 挑剔

  put the cart before the horse 本末倒置

  sell horse-meat as beef-steak 挂羊头卖狗肉

  Money makes the mare go. 有钱能使鬼推磨。

  未羊sheep, ram, ewe, goat, , lamb

  scapegoat 替罪羊

  play the goat 举止轻浮 follow like sheep 盲从

  a black sheep 害群之马;败家子

  sheepwithout a shepherd 乌合之众

  a wolf in sheep's clothing 披着羊皮的狼

  申猴 monkey

  monkey see, monkey do 上行下效

  monkey business 骗人的把戏;鬼名堂

  as fun as a barrel of monkeys 很有趣

  to monkey around (with) 胡闹

  酉鸡 cock, rooster, hen, chicken, chick

  a hen-pecked man 怕老婆的人;妻管严

  dressed chicken 白条鸡(去毛和内脏)

  Don't chicken out. 不要害怕/退缩。 chicken-hearted 胆小的

  be no spring chicken 老大不小;不再年轻

  a chicken-and-egg problem 因果难定的问题

  Like hen, like chicken. 龙生龙,凤生凤。

  戌狗dog, bitch

  dog days 三伏天 die like a dog 悲惨地死去

  a dog in the manger 狗占马槽;占着茅坑不拉屎的人

  a/the hair of the dog (that bit one) 以毒攻毒

  Every dog has his day. 人人都有得意之日。

  Barking dogs do not bite. 吠犬不咬人。

  You can't teach an old dog new tricks. 朽木不可雕。

  Better a living dog than a dead lion. 好死不如赖活着。

  亥猪 boar, pig, swine, hog, sow

  pig-headed 固执的, 顽固的

  cast pearls before a swine 对牛弹琴

  make a pig of oneself 大吃,猛吃

  Don't be a pig./Don't pig out. 别贪吃了。

  Pigs might fly.(表怀疑)太阳从西边出来。

  pig in the middle 两头受气、左右为难的人

  Pigs love that lie together. 臭味相投。

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