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VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: Hold Your Horses!

2012-09-09来源:VOA

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1. Talk horse.吹牛。（horse译为“牛”）

2. Ass in a lion's skin.狐假虎威。（ass译为“狐”，lion译为“虎”）

3. Black sheep.害群之马。（sheep译为“马”）

4. Lock the stable door after the horse is stolen.亡羊补牢。（horse译为“羊”）

5. Cast pearls before swine.对牛弹琴。（swine译为“牛”）

6. When the cat is away, the mice will play.山中无老虎，猴子称大王。（cat译为“老虎”，mice译为“猴子”）

7. As hungry as a bear.饿得像狼。（bear译为“狼”）

8. Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.杀鸡取卵。（goose译为“鸡”）

9. As timid as a hare.胆小如鼠。（hare充为“鼠”）

10.Neither fish, flesh nor fowl.非驴非马。（fish, flesh译为“驴”owl译为“马”）

11.Break a fly upon the wheel.杀鸡用牛刀。（fly译为“鸡”）