英语中有很多和动物相关的短语，千万不能按照字面意思来理解和翻译，否则真的会笑掉大牙。今天就和大家分享下面几组和动物相关的短语，供参考。
pig篇
❖ pig out (on)
字面意思好像是“猪出来了”？但真正意思其实是“大吃一顿”、“狼吞虎咽”。
to eat (a specific thing) gluttonously or to excess.
例句：Once a month, my friends and I get together and pig out on pizza.
❖ Pigs might fly.
人们常说“站在风口，猪都能飞。”但猪本身是不会飞的，因此pigs might fly指“不可能发生的事”、“无稽之谈”。
used ironically to express disbelief.
例句：“Maybe he's trying to change.” “And pigs might fly.”"
❖ pig-headed
这里可不是我们日常生活中说的“猪头”的意思，pig-headed用来形容一个人固执。
(adjective)stupidly obstinate.
例句：I was too pig-headed to listen."
dog篇
❖ dog people
千万不要以为这是骂人的话。dog people是指爱狗人士，同样还有cat people。你是哪种？
The terms "dog people" and "cat people" refer to aperson's domesticated animal preference.
例句：What % cat person and what % dog person are you?
❖ dog days
中文中很多与狗相关的短语都带有贬义，英文则不然。dog days是指热天，三伏天的意思，也指一段停滞或不活跃的时期。
1, the period between early July and early September when the hot sultry weather of summer usually occurs in the northern hemisphere; 2, a period of stagnation or inactivity.
例句：The dog days are over.
❖ work like a dog
这个短语是卖命工作的意思，同时也表示做这种工作很没有尊严。
To work very hard. The phrase sometimes implies that the work is demeaning.
例句：I've been out here working like a dog while you sit inside sipping lemonade.
❖ top dog
大佬，或者竞争中的夺魁者、优胜者
a person who is successful or dominant in their field.
例句：He was a top dog in the city.
cat篇
❖ fat cat
不要想当然把 fat cat理解为“大肥猫”。根据具体语境，可以表示非常富有或有权势的人，通常是政商界人士。
a wealthy and powerful person, typically one involved in business or politics.
例句：These days it seems as though the fat cats do better and better, but the workers do worse and worse.
❖ rain cats and dogs
天上下猫和狗？其实是指倾盆大雨、瓢泼大雨。很常用的一种地道英文表达，《面纱》、《玩具总动员四》中都曾出现过。
rain very heavily
例句：Look! It’s raining cats and dogs.
❖ To put the cat among the pigeons
引发骚乱或混乱，通常是故意为之。把猫咪扔进鸽子堆里，后果可想而知。
cause a disturbance or disruption, usually intentionally
例句：If we question the suspect now, it will put the cat among the pigeons, and his associates will scatter. Let’s hold off for now.
❖ bell the cat
源自民间故事（老鼠）给猫戴上铃铛（作为预警），通常指接受一项艰难或不可能完成的任务。
take on a difficult or impossible task
例句：Who will bell the cat and take on the job of reducing corruption in this country?
其它动物篇
❖ love rat
爱情骗子；感情骗子；负心汉，尤其指那些经常在恋人背后出轨的人。
to refer to a man whotreats his wife or girlfriend in a cruel way, especially by having sexual relationshipswith other women.
例句：Love rats are terrible. Stay away from them.
❖ love birds
这个短语可以按字面意思理解。
an openly affectionate couple
例句：They were like lovebirds and spent as much time together as they could.
❖ black sheep
字面意思是黑羊。因为羊通常是白色，因此它用来指代有辱家族的人；害群之马。
a member of a family or group who is regarded as a disgrace to them.
例句：Randy is the black sheep of the family.
❖horse sense
常识
common sense.
例句：Horse sense tells me that it would be suicide to do such a thing
❖ monkey business
并不是猴子生意，而是胡闹、欺骗、恶作剧。
mischievous or deceitful behavior.
例句：Now go take a shower, and no more monkey business or you'll be late for school, she says grumpily.
❖ donkey work
大家都知道，拉磨的驴子的工作辛苦而枯燥乏味。如果你正在做donkey work，想办法辞职吧。
the boring or laborious part of a job; drudgery.
例句：The supervisor got a research student to do the donkey work.
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