"Be a chicken"是什么意思?
动物是人类的朋友。在英文中,有很多关于“动物”的习语,他们充分利用到了动物的特性,有趣生动地体现在习语中。剧透一下,标题的"be a chicken",真的不是你想的那个意思。1 a little bird told me
天机不可泄露"How did you know the news?""Oh, a little bird told me."你怎么知道这件事的?天机不可泄露!
2 as gentle as a lamb
天真无邪的;温文尔雅的She is as gentle as a lamb. That's why everybody likes her.
她天真无邪,所以很多人都喜欢她。
3 be a chicken
做一个懦夫Don't be a chicken. Talk to her about your love for her.
不要做懦夫,告诉她你有多爱她。
4 be a cold fish
冷血动物He rarely talks to his colleagues. He's a cold fish.
他很少和他的同事说话。他很冷血。
5 be like a fish out of water
在一个环境中感到不舒服After her divorce, she was like a fish out of water.
她离婚之后,过得很不自在。
6 chicken out
因为害怕拒绝做某事He chickened out just at the time they were taking him to operating theatre.
当他们带他去手术室时,他因为害怕拒绝了。(华尔街英语)
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