英语中动物的习惯用法 Bird 鸟1
He eats like a bird.他吃得很少
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.[谚」双鸟在林不如一鸟在手
We’re all early birds in my family because we live on a farm
由于我们生活在农场,所以全家人都起得很早
Birds of a feather flock together.[谚]物以类聚,人以群分
That’s for the birds
It’s an ill bird that fouls its own nest.「谚」家丑不可外扬
A little bird told me.有人私下告诉我
Horse 马8
He eats like a horse.他吃得很多
That’s just a lot of horse and donkey dust
那不过都是些废话
It’s time to study now and stop horsing around.学习时间已到,别胡闹了
I got it straight from the horse’ s mouth.我是听当事人亲口说的
Just hold your horses
She works like a horse all day long.她整天辛辛苦苦地干活
That’s a horse of a different color
那完全是另外一回事
You can take a horse to the water,but you can't make him drink
[谚]带马到河边容易,逼马饮水难
Monkey