【正文】 虎視眈眈 pull a tooth from the tiger‘s mouth虎口拔牙 a tiger ‘s head and a snake‘s tail虎頭蛇尾 dragons and fishes jumbled together魚(yú)龍混雜 pass off fish eyes as pearls魚(yú)目混珠 monsters and demons牛神蛇鬼 the fox borrows the tiger‘s fierceness狐假虎威 a pack of rogues狐朋狗黨 evil associates狐朋狗友 in bits and pieces雞零狗碎 a mouse can see only an inch鼠目寸光 a horse galloping without a stop馬不停蹄 gain an immediate馬到成功 chicken feathers and garlic skins雞毛蒜皮 even fowls and dogs are not spared雞犬不寧 the crowing of cocks and the barking of dogs雞鳴犬吠 monstrously audacious狗膽包天 mere trash狗屁不通拓展歸類(lèi)：1. as busy as a 2. as merry as a cricket/；非?？旎睢?3. from the horse’s mouth.（指勸告，情報(bào)等）來(lái)自直接參與者的；從可靠的人那里獲得的；大道消息。25. the rat race.（貶）激烈的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。17. monkey ；騙人的把戲；惡作劇。9. a snake in the ；陰險(xiǎn)的人。 dog life 爭(zhēng)吵不休的生活cat around 尋歡作樂(lè)let the cat out of bag 泄密like a cat on hot bricks 熱鍋上的螞蟻make a cat laugh 好笑的see how the cat jumps 觀望形勢(shì)turn cat in the pan 背叛when the cat is away,the mice will play. 山中無(wú)老虎，猴子稱(chēng)代王1. have a whale of a ；過(guò)的非常愉快。 (3) He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf. 甘心做綿羊，必然喂豺狼。 (8) Lock the barn door after the horse is stolen. 失馬之后鎖馬廄。 10. Horse (1) You can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink. 帶馬到河邊容易，逼馬飲水難。 (4) There’s as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海里的好魚(yú)多的是。 7. Fox (1) The fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐貍毛色可變灰，但是本性難移。（不要以貌取人。（不要過(guò)早樂(lè)觀。） (4) A gloved cat catches no mice. 戴手套的貓，老鼠抓不到。 (7) Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鳥(niǎo)兒都愛(ài)聽(tīng)自己唱。s pace 慢吞吞的smell a rat 察覺(jué)事情不對(duì)頭mall rats 商場(chǎng)里年輕的不買(mǎi)東西的逛客pig out 狼吞虎咽地大吃pig headed 頑固的，愚蠢的Buy a pig in poke . 草率同意或接受，隔山買(mǎi)老牛a can(bag) of worms 復(fù)雜而麻煩的難題a black sheep 敗家子like a lamb 逆來(lái)順受bull shit 吹牛皮bull dyke 同性戀中的男性角色a social butterfly 交際花busy like a bee 忙忙碌碌to be a jelly fish 做事無(wú)頭腦的have other fish to fry 另有要事得干plenty fish in the sea 人才濟(jì)濟(jì)cold fish 性情怪癖不和群之人Fish begins to rot (stink) from the head. 上梁不正下梁歪play camels 喝多了，醉醺醺的 上面所列舉的俚語(yǔ)和成語(yǔ)中，有一些意義比較直觀，比如chicken平時(shí)給我們一種警覺(jué)，膽小的感覺(jué)，這些在”chicken out“chickenliveredbe chicken都有所體現(xiàn)；但是有些俚語(yǔ)和成語(yǔ)的意義看起來(lái)卻與其中涉及的動(dòng)物風(fēng)馬牛不相及，比如”dog days“bell the catstool pigeon等，若想知道其中的所以然，恐怕就得花點(diǎn)功夫親自探詢(xún)它們的文化背景和歷史淵源了。 he’s always on his high horse.You know I’m right! Get off high horse and admit your mistake.2a lucky dog 幸運(yùn)兒 top dog 當(dāng)權(quán)派 dog in the manger 占著 to put on the dog 耍闊 go to the dogs 破產(chǎn)，潦倒2bear down 加倍努力 You will bear down if you expect to pass the exam.2 for the birds 無(wú)聊、無(wú)趣、愚蠢的Their opinions on art are simply for the birds.2don’t have a cow 別大驚小怪Don’t have a cow! I’ll pay for the damages.2till the cows e home 很久，很久I’ll stand here till the cows e home unless you pay me back the money I lend you.2get one’s goat 把某人氣炸了You’ve carried it too far， that really gets my goat!2a big fish in a small pond 小地方的大人物In her hometown, she was a big fish in a small pond, but she moved to New York, she was just only one among many millions. (蕓蕓眾生之一)in the dog house 陷入困境The whole team was in the dog house because they lost the game.3rain cats and dogs 傾盆大雨It’s raining cats and dogs, so we can’t go out to play right now.3talk turkey 嚴(yán)肅地談某事The time has e to talk turkey about our hometown debt.We have to talk turkey about the project.3cash cow 搖錢(qián)樹(shù)The new movie theater near our school is a real cash cow. Tickets are really expensive, but we don’t have a choice because there aren’t any other movie theaters nearby.3Has the cat got your tongue ? 你怎么不說(shuō)話了？3be like a cat on hot bricks 熱鍋上的螞蟻He’s always very uneasy like a cat on hot bricks whenever he is waiting to hear the results of the exam. 3sick as a dog 病的十分嚴(yán)重Yesterday I was sick as a dog with the flu. I stayed in bed all day.3What a tur