"be a chicken"是什么意思?(在线收听

  动物是人类的朋友。在英文中,有很多关于“动物”的习语,他们充分利用到了动物的特性,有趣生动地体现在习语中。
  剧透一下,标题的"be a chicken",真的不是你想的那个意思。
  1a little bird told me
  天机不可泄露
  "How did you know the news?"
  "Oh, a little bird told me."
  你怎么知道这件事的?
  天机不可泄露!
  2as gentle as a lamb
  天真无邪的;温文尔雅的
  She is as gentle as a lamb. That's why everybody likes her.
  她天真无邪,所以很多人都喜欢她。
  3be a chicken
  做一个懦夫
  Don't be a chicken. Talk to her about your love for her.
  不要做懦夫,告诉她你有多爱她。
  4be a cold fish
  冷血动物
  He rarely talks to his colleagues. He's a cold fish.
  他很少和他的同事说话。他很冷血。
  5be like a fish out of water
  在一个环境中感到不舒服
  After her divorce, she was like a fish out of water.
  她离婚之后,过得很不自在。
  6chicken out
  因为害怕拒绝做某事
  He chickened out just at the time they were taking him to operating theatre.
  当他们带他去手术室时,他因为害怕拒绝了。
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