翻译误区：望文生义（4）

与动物有关的习语：

31.A worm will turn. (谚)如果被逼太甚，最温顺的人也会反抗。

32.You’d think he has ants in his pants. 你会觉得他坐立不安。

33.It really bugs me when the bus comes late and l can’t go to work on time. 由于汽车晚点而不能按时上班，真让我感到烦恼。

34.l don’t feel well.I think I picked up some kind of bug in my travels abroad. 我感觉有点不适，可能是出国旅行时偶染微恙。

35.He’s a camera bug.他是个摄影迷。

36.Never offer to teach fish to swim.(谚)不要班门弄斧。

37.He’s like a fish out of water. 他感到生疏。

38.He drinks like a fish. 他喝起酒来不要命。

39.All’s fish that comes to his net. 凡是到手的他都要。

40.When we were young，my sister and l shared the same bed，but she usually hogged all the room.小时候姐姐和我共睡一张床，可她总是占很多地方。

41.When he does something, he usually goes the whole hog. 他要干什么，就真的干到底。

42.When he gets up in the morning, he’s usually a crab (or in a crabby mood). 他早上起床时，总是很烦躁。

43.She had a rather sheepish smile. 她笑起来很害羞的样子，

44.He is a black sheep. 他是个败家子。

45.Did you hear that Bob got a scholarship? What a lucky dog!听没听说鲍勃得了奖学金?他真幸运。

46.He doesn’t have (or stand) a dog's chance. 他根本没有机会。

47.Who’s the top dog in the company? 公司里谁是头儿?

48.Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 欲加之罪，何患无辞。

49.Every dog has his day. (谚)人人皆有得意时。

50.Love me，love my dog. (谚)爱屋及乌。

51.Barking dogs do not(或seldom)bite. (谚) 吠犬不咬人。

52.Watch out for him.He’s an old fox. 防着点儿，他是只老狐狸精。

53.He's more stubborn than a mule. 他顽固得很。

54.He went ape when he heard that he got the highest grade. 他听说自己得了最高分的时候，高兴得要发狂。

55.Whatever you do, just don't let the cat out of the bag! 不管你干什么，只是不要泄露秘密!

56.The weather was terrible yesterday. It rained cats and dogs a whole day. 昨天的天气真可怕,下了一整天的倾盆大雨。

57.A cat has nine lives. (谚)猫有九命。

58.That cat won’t jump. 这一手行不通。

59.What a lamb she is! 她真是个小宝贝儿!

60.She looks like a lamb. 她看上去很温柔。