locust
swarm like locusts 贪婪地围着，
The children swarmed round like locusts.
mouse
the best laid schemes of mice and men 每人都有失算之时，/智者千虑，必有一失。
poor as a church mouse 清贫，
My parents were as poor as church mouse.
quiet as a mouse 非常宁静，
Tina is as quiet as a mouse, you hardly know she’s there.
mule
stubborn as a mule 非常顽固，
She’s as stubborn as a mule.
nest
foul one’s (own) nest 家丑外扬，
All he’s doing is fouling his own nest.
peacock
proud as a peacock 非常自豪，
Dad’s as a proud as a peacock of that shelf he put up.
pig
buy a pig in a poke 盲目购买，
You are buying a a pig in a poke.
live like a pig in clover 生活奢侈，舒适，
He has lived like a pig in clover ever since.
make a pig of oneself 狼吞虎咽地吃喝，
I couldn’t help marking a pig of myself.
make a pig’s ear of something 把某事办得很糟，
You’ve made a right pig’s ear of it.
pig(gy)-in the-middle （无意中）夹在敌对双方之间的人，
I find myself pig-in-the-middle.
pigs might fly 不可能发生的事，
He said he would pay me back the money he owns me next Monday—and pigs might fly!
pigeon
stool pigeon 密探，
The police couldn’t possibly have known I was there unless they were told by a stool pigeon.
not one’s pigeon 与某人不相干的事，
Don’t ask me to fill in the forms, That’s not my pigeon.
rabbit
breed like rabbits 大量繁衍，
Her family breed like rabbits!
pull/produce a rabbit out of the hat 意外发现难题解法，
rat
as wet as/like a drowned rat 浑身湿透，
The shower made me as wet as a drowned rat.
rat on some body 告发某人，
Tim saw us smoking and ratted on us to the teacher.
rat race 激烈竞争，
He have adjusted to the rat race already.
smell a rat 感到有可疑之处，
I smell a rat—I wonder what he wants.
sheep
black sheep (of the family) 害群之马，
She always has been the black sheep of the family.
snake
snake in the grass 隐患，
Some snake in the grass has told the manager that I was late for work this morning.
swallow
one swallow doesn’t make a summer 轻率推论必成大错，
We should remember that one swallow doesn’t make a summer.
swallow up 耗尽，
New clothes for the children seem to swallow up all her money.
swan
swan around 四处闲逛，
He swanned around the local food and wine.
turtle
turn turtle 底部朝天地翻转过来，
The deck turned turtle.
whale
wet one’s whistle 过得很愉快，
The children had a whale of a time playing in the sand pit.
wing
clip somebody’s wings 扼杀某人的雄心，使无计可施，
That will really clip his wings!
spread one’s wings 开始独立行事，
My daughter wants to spread her wings.
take somebody under one’s wing 关照某人，
The pupils took him under his wing.
turtle
turn turtle 底部朝天地翻转过来，
The deck turned turtle.
whale
wet one’s whistle 过得很愉快，
The children had a whale of a time playing in the sand pit.
wing
clip somebody’s wings 扼杀某人的雄心，使无计可施，
That will really clip his wings!
spread one’s wings 开始独立行事，
My daughter wants to spread her wings.
take somebody under one’s wing 关照某人，
The pupils took him under his wing.
wolf
throw somebody to the wolves 使某人处于危险境地，
They’ll throw him to the wolves.
cry wolf 在不需援助时求援，
Susan is always crying wolf.
keep the wolf from the door 免于饥饿，
I have a spare-time job which helps to keep the wolf from the door.
lone wolf 不喜与人往来的人，
He is a lone wolf.
wolf in sheep’s clothing 披着羊皮的狼，
He turn out a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
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