【正文】 n a cast peals before the cat weeping over the dead mouse貓哭老鼠a narrow winding trail羊腸小道 even a worm will turn狗急跳墻 glare like a tiger eyeing its prey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魚龍混雜 pass off fish eyes as pearls魚目混珠 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：1. as busy as a 2. as merry as a cricket/；非?？旎?。3. as slippery as an ；不可靠。4. at one fell ；一下子；剎那之間。5. beard the lion 捋虎須；奮勇還擊；在太歲頭上動土。6. bell the ；為了大家的利益承擔風險。7. bird of 。8. birds of 。9. black ；害群之馬；無用之輩。10. dark ；競爭中出人意料的獲勝者。11. break a butterfly on a ；殺雞用牛刀。12. buy a pig in a poke 買下沒有看的東西；隔山買老牛。13. a pig in a poke 上當之貨。14. by/on shanks’s mare. 騎兩腳馬徒步，步行。15. cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’ 。壞材料做不出好東西。16. cannot say bo/both/boo to a goose. 膽小如鼠。17. cast peals before ；對牛彈琴。18. cast sheep’s eyes 送秋波；拋媚眼；以目傳情。19. the cat among the pigeons. 貓在鴿群中人為刀俎，我為魚肉。20. cat’s paw. 被人當爪牙利用的人；受人愚弄的人。21. a cockandbull ；荒誕的故事。22. cockahoop.（俚）得意揚揚；自鳴得意。23. cock of the walk. 稱王稱霸的人。24. don’t count one’s chickens before they are 。25. Don’t count your chickens!不要打如意算盤。26. crocodile 。27. cry 。28. dog in the ；自己能享受也不讓別人享受的人。29. dog’s 。30. lead a dog’s 。31. ；疲憊之至。32. donkeywork 沉重的苦活兒；呆板的例行工作。33. donkey’s years 多年；很久。34. drink like a ；牛飲；狂飲；酩酊大醉。35. even a worm will ，狗急跳墻；人急了也會咬人。36. an/one’s ewe ；唯一的孩子；最珍貴的東西。37. fine feathers make fine ，馬配鞍；（諷刺）好的衣裳只能打扮出一個好的外表。2. Idioms38. fish out of ；不得其所；感到生疏，不適應(yīng)。39. flog a dead ；白費力氣；事后再做無益的議論。40. fly in the face of 公然違抗；悍然不顧。41. fly in the ointment. 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋湯；美中不足之處；使人掃興的小事。42. fly on the wheel. 狂妄自大的人； 盲目自大的人。43. get one’s monkey ；發(fā)脾氣。44. get someone’s goat.（俚）觸怒某人；惹某人發(fā)火；使某人失去自制力。45. give someone the bird. 喝倒彩。46. get the (big) 。47. go to the ；失??；墮落；江河日下。48. gone ；沒有希望的人。49. gone goose. （同上）50. grin like a Cheshire 。51. white ；沉重的負擔。52. wildgoose chase. 徒勞的搜索；無益的追求。53. wild horse would/could not drag it from/out of ；無論使用什么手段，不能從某人那里探聽到虛實。54. a wolf in sheep’s ；口蜜腹劍的人。55. ugly 。56. take a hair of the dog that bite 。57. talk the hind leg off a donkey/horse/dog..嘮叨不休；說的天花亂墜。58. talk a dog’s hind leg off.（同上）59. till/until the cows e ；無限期。60. hangdog ；慚愧的臉色；垂頭喪氣的樣子。61. have a bee in one’s bonnet/head/；想入非非；有某種根深蒂固的怪念頭。62. horseplay 胡鬧；惡作劇；鬧哄哄的游戲。63. keep the wolf from the ；免于饑餓。64. kettle of ；亂七八糟。65. kill the goose that lays the golden ；竭澤而漁。66. kill two birds with one ；一舉兩得。67. lame duck 損壞的東西；落選的議員；可憐蟲。68. let the cat out of the ；泄露秘密。69. let sleeping dog 。70. wake a sleeping 。71. like a bull in a china 。72. like a red rag to/at a 。73. like water off/on a duck’ ；毫無作用；漠不關(guān)心；猶如耳旁風。74. lion in the path/；攔路虎。75. lion’s 。76. a little bird told ；我自然知道；我不告訴你我是怎么知道的。77. live like fighting 。78. the loaves and 。79. cock the stable door after the horse is stolen. 亡羊補牢80. a gift horse in the …..吹毛求疵。81. look like a dying duck in a 。82. mad as a March 。83. neither fish nor ；非驢非馬。84. not to have/stand a dog’s ；毫無希望。85. onehorse ；簡陋的。86. other fish to ；有更重要的事要干。87. pull dog, pull ；加把勁。88. put/set the cart before the ；到行逆施。89. queer ；瘋子。90. rain cats and 。91. scotch the 。92. see how the cat ；窺探虛實。93. wait for the cat to jump. （同上）94. see which way the cat jumps. （同上）95. find out which way the cat has jump. （同上）96. (as) sick as a cat/；生大病。97. smell a ；感到事情不妙。98. throw a sprat to catch a mackerel/，賺大錢；吃小虧占大便宜。99. swan ；絕筆；最后的演出。 17