与“鼠”有关的谚语

 　　与“鼠”有关的成语

　　1. 洞中之鼠（瓮中之鳖） a rat in the hole—bottled up; trapped

　　2. 鼠目寸光 see only what is under one's nose; as short-sighted as mice; not see beyond the end of one's nose

　　3. 猫哭老鼠 shed crocodile tears; the cat weeping over the dead mouse

　　4. 抱头鼠窜/捧头鼠窜/掉头鼠窜 cover the head and sneak¹ the way like a rat; scurry² （or scamper） off like a frightened rat

　　5. 胆小如鼠 as timid as a mouse; mouse like timidity;

　　6. 狗拿耗子多管闲事 狗逮老鼠 poke³ one's nose into other people's business; a dog trying to catch mice

　　7. 过街老鼠 a person hated by people; a person or thing that provokes a hue⁴ and cry

　　8. 鼠肚鸡肠 鼠腹鸡肠 pretty；narrow-minded

　　9. 鼠窃狗偷 filch⁵ like rats and snatch like dogs—play petty tricks on the sly

　　10.以狸致鼠、以冰致绳 using cats as to catch rats, treating ice as ropes—which is unsuccessful

　　11.掘室求鼠 dig house to find rats—— try to save a little only to lose a lot; penny wise and pound foolish

　　12.贼头鼠脑 贼眉鼠眼 shifty-eyed; thievish-looking

　　13. 马捉老鼠 比喻瞎忙乱 a horse running after rats—one is busy without useful results

　　14. 猫鼠同处 猫鼠同眠 act in collision; conspire⁶; gang up

　　15. 瞎猫碰上死耗子 Every dog has his day. / Everyone has good days.

　　与“鼠”有关的短语

　　1. smell a rat 怀疑某事不对头，另有文章

　　2. play cat and mouse/ play a cat-and-mouse game with someone 对某人时冷时热，时好时坏

　　3. as quiet as a mouse 不出声，无声响

　　4. the rat race 激烈竞争（尤指为保住职位、地位）

　　5. look like a drowned rat 像落汤鸡

　　6. go ratting 抓老鼠

1 sneak   

vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潜行；adj.暗中进行

参考例句：

• He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
• I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。

2 scurry   

vi.急匆匆地走；使急赶；催促；n.快步急跑，疾走；仓皇奔跑声；骤雨，骤雪；短距离赛马

参考例句：

• I jumped on the sofa after I saw a mouse scurry by.看到一只老鼠匆匆路过,我从沙发上跳了起来。
• There was a great scurry for bargains.大家急忙着去抢购特价品。

3 poke   

n.刺，戳，袋；vt.拨开，刺，戳；vi.戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢

参考例句：

• We never thought she would poke her nose into this.想不到她会插上一手。
• Don't poke fun at me.别拿我凑趣儿。

4 hue   

n.色度；色调；样子

参考例句：

• The diamond shone with every hue under the sun.金刚石在阳光下放出五颜六色的光芒。
• The same hue will look different in different light.同一颜色在不同的光线下看起来会有所不同。

5 filch   

v.偷窃

参考例句：

• The theif filched some notes from his wallet.小偷从他的钱包里偷了几张钞票。
• Sure you didn't filch that crown?那个银币真的不是你偷来的？

6 conspire   

v.密谋，（事件等）巧合，共同导致

参考例句：

• They'd conspired to overthrow the government.他们曾经密谋推翻政府。
• History and geography have conspired to bring Greece to a moment of decision.历史和地理因素共同将希腊推至作出抉择的紧要关头。