老美口中的各種“貓”

　　很多人都喜歡養(yǎng)貓做寵物，覺得它們可愛、慵懶而又溫暖。小編今天發(fā)現(xiàn)，關于貓的詞組也分外奇特有趣。我們一起來學習一下吧!

　　1. Bill can tell a dead cat on the line before anybody knows there's something wrong。

　　比爾總能比別人先發(fā)現(xiàn)問題。

　　2. Jill: I've hinted to Mary several times that I need her to pay me the money she owes, but she just ignores me。

　　Jane: A cat in gloves catches no mice, Jill. Tell her bluntly that you need the money。

　　吉爾：我跟瑪麗暗示了好幾次，說她應該還欠我的錢了，但是她就是裝不知道。

　　珍妮：吉爾，過分謹慎可能一事無成。你就直接告訴她讓她還錢就行了。

　　3. Has the cat got your tongue? I'm waiting for an explanation。

　　你啞巴了嗎?你倒是解釋啊!

　　4. What's the matter with her? She's like a cat on a hot tin roof this morning。

　　她今天怎么了?一早上都坐立不安的。

　　5. This year the other party is way ahead of us when it comes to campaign money. They have all the fat cats on their side。

　　今年對方黨派的競選經費比我們多很多，因為那些有錢的贊助人都在他們那邊。

　　6. Your presentation must have gone well. You look like the cat that swallowed the canary。

　　你的發(fā)言反響一定不錯，你看起來滿面春風的。

　　7. Poor Dave looks like something the cat drug in. He must have been out late last night。

　　可憐的戴夫看起來累極了，他昨晚肯定很晚才回來。

　　8. It's a secret. Try not to let the cat out of the bag。

　　這是個秘密，別告訴別人啊!

　　9. We get on very well as adults but as kids we fought like cat and dog。

　　我們小時候經常吵吵鬧鬧，但是長大之后相處得很好。你是哪種“貓”?

　　10. When the teacher left for a few minutes, the children nearly wrecked the classroom. When the cat's away, the mice will play。

　　老師出去了幾分鐘，那些孩子們在教室里鬧翻了天。真是“大王 外出，小鬼作怪”。

　　11. Tell them all they've got to work on Saturday. That should set the cat among the pigeons。

　　告訴他們說周日得加班，這消息肯定能引起軒然大波。

　　12. The terrorists were playing cat and mouse with the hostages. One minute they thought that they were going to be released, the next they thought that they were going to be killed。

　　恐怖分子像貓戲老鼠似的戲弄人質，讓他們時而感到就要被釋放，時而又感到就要被殺害。

　　13. Your new car is the cat's meow。

　　你的新車太棒了。