小時候大家應(yīng)該都看過《貓和老鼠》吧
雖然全程沒有一句話
但畫面卻有很強的吸引力
Tom & Jerry 陪伴了我整個童年時光
尤其喜歡小老鼠Jerry的聰明機智
但現(xiàn)實中的老鼠就沒有這么可愛了
我們漢語中關(guān)于老鼠的描述也多為貶義
比如膽小如鼠啊、賊眉鼠眼啊
過街老鼠人人喊打之類的
其實在英語當(dāng)中，也多是如此……
下面就來看看英文中關(guān)于老鼠的表達吧
釋義：“when someone suspect that something is wrong about a situation”，we say he smells a rat”
指某人懷疑或者察覺到了什么
I don't want to say he steals my book, but I really smell a rat.
雖然我不想說他偷了我的書，但我確實覺得不對勁。
釋義：be very poor
一貧如洗、窮得叮當(dāng)響，不名一文
Some people are as poor as church mice, but they are happy.
有些人窮得要命，可他們卻很快樂。
釋義：“to play a cruel game with somebody in your power by changing your behaviour very often, so that they become nervous and do not know what to expect”
玩兒貓戲耍老鼠的把戲，也就是中文里的“欲擒故縱”。
He thought the police were playing a cat-and-mouse game and waiting to trap him.
他認為警察是在欲擒故縱，等著抓他。
釋義：“leaving a place, organization, activity, etc. very quickly and in large numbers, because it is failing in some way”
這句短語常常帶有諷刺意味，與中文里的“大難臨頭各自飛”有些相似。
Former friends have deserted the couple like rats leaving a sinking ship.
從前的朋友像老鼠棄沉船般離開了這對夫妻。
釋義：“people enjoy themselves more and behave with greater freedom when the person in charge of them is not there”
也就是中國的那句老話：山中無老虎，猴子稱大王。
釋義：“a way of life in modern society, in which people compete with each other for power and money”
現(xiàn)代社會中人們?yōu)榱藱?quán)力和金錢而互相競爭的一種生活方式
He decided to get out of the rat race, and went to work on a farm.
他決定退出激烈競爭，然后去一個農(nóng)場工作。
