有关于猫的实用英语 实用英语培训

　　Why aren’t you talking? 你为什麽不说话了?
　　* This idiom is usually said when someone is silenced or unable to speak. The
　　question, “What’s the matter?” often precedes this idiom.
　　某人不得不沉默或无法说话时，经常会用到这句语。这个成语常常接在「怎麽了?」的问句后。
　　Synonym Cat got your tongue? 舌头被猫咬了吗?
　　When Allen became silent out of embarrassment, his sister said jokingly, “What’s the matter Allen? Does the cat have your tongue?” 艾因出糗而默不作声时，他的妹妹开玩笑说道：「怎麽了，艾?猫咪抓了你的舌头吗?」
　　get one’s back up 使人不爽(让某人的背部拱起)
　　to show anger or annoyance. 表现生气或恼怒之情。
　　Why are you getting your back up? I am just trying to help you with your work.
　　你干嘛那麽不爽?我只不过是要帮你做好工作而已。
　　grin like a Cheshire cat 笑容满面(像柴郡猫咪般咧嘴大笑)
　　to display a broad smile in a self-satisfied way. 自我满足地张口大笑。

　　After completing an impressive presentation for his out-of-town boss, John couldn’t help grinning like a Cheshire cat. 约翰为他外地的老闆做完精彩的简报展示后，不禁满意地咧嘴大笑。
　　The cat’s out of the bag 秘密已洩漏(猫咪逃出了袋子)
　　The secret is no longer a secret. 秘密已经不再是秘密了。
　　Well, it looks like the cat’s out of the bag. Everybody now knows that my girlfriend and I secretly became engaged last weekend. 唉，看起来有人说溜了嘴。现在每个人都知道我和我女友上週偷偷订婚了。
　　Who will bell the cat? 挺身而出(给猫咪套上铃铛)
　　Who has enough courage to do a dangerous job?有足够的勇气进行危险的任务。
　　Someone has to tell the teacher that it was his son who vandalized the school bathroom, but who will bell the cat?
　　总要有人去跟老师说破坏学校厕所的人就是他儿子，不过谁要挺身而出呢?