用动物名称表示的习语

作者: felicity229

英语中有为数不少的习语是用动物名称表示的。使用这些习语会使语言生辉，增添文章的文采，起到画龙点睛的作用。

1．go to the dogs 堕落

The poor man went to the dogs after he lost his job． 那可怜的人失业之后就堕落了。

2．make a pig of oneself 猛吃猛喝 He always makes a pig of himself． 他总是暴饮暴食。

3．smell a rat 感到不妙（rat老鼠）

When he saw the policemen walking to him，he smelt arat． 当他看到朝他走来时，就感到不妙。

4．hold one’s horses 耐心

Hold your horses，we still have some time left． 耐心点，我们仍然有时间。

5．get one’s goat 令某人生气／发火

The students got his goat because they didn’t do theirhomework．学生们因为没有做家庭作业使他很生气。

6．do the donkeywork 做呆板的例行工作(donkey驴) He had to do the donkeywork． 他不得不做那些呆板的工作。

7．put one’s monkey up 使某人生气 Your last word put his monkey up． 你最后一句话使他很生气。

8．kill two birds with one stone 一举两得

He killed two birds with one stone by shopping and seeing thefilm．他既买了东西又看了电影，真是一举两得。

9．rise up with the lark 早起（lark云雀） Every day my mother rises up with the lark． 我母亲每天都早起。

10．have a bee in one’s head 神经不正常、胡思乱想 It seems that the woman has a bee in her head． 那妇女看起来神经有点不正常。

11．have other fish to fry 有要紧的事要干

I have no time now．I have other fish to fry． 我现在没有时间，我有要紧的事要干。

12．like a duck to water 轻而易举

He worked out the problem like a duck to water． 他轻而易举地做出了这道题。