图说英语词汇 | 9个与狗相关的英语习语

图说英语词汇 | 9个与狗相关的英语习语

Dog eat dog
Intensely competitive
狗咬狗的;残酷无情的竞争;自相残杀

  • The club management take on more women than are needed in a night so it really becomes dog eat dog.
    夜店管理层一晚上雇佣的舞娘往往超过需求数量,于是就真变成狗咬狗的局面了。

Rain cats and dogs
Rain very heavily
下倾盆大雨

  • In the middle of the picnic it started to rain cats and dogs, and everybody got soaked.
    野餐进行中,突然大雨倾盆,每个人身上都湿透了。

Dog and pony show
A flashy presentation, often in a marketing context
盛大表演,这些表演常通过较多的炒作抓住别人的兴趣

  • Happy to help with the dog and pony show.
    很荣幸能帮你做秀。

Fight like cat and dog
Continually arguing with each other
大吵大闹;争吵不休

  • They always fight like cat and dog though they still love each other very much.
    尽管他们彼此深爱着对方,但经常激烈地争吵。

(The) tail that wags the dog
A small part of something that controls the whole thing
本末倒置,主次颠倒

  • It's a depressing environment to work in and a typical case of the tail wagging the dog.
    这种工作环境使人觉得很压抑,真是一个主次颠倒的典型案例。

Every man and his dog
Many people
许多人

  • I thought it would be a private meeting but every man and his dog turned up and I couldn't even get a seat.
    我本以为这是一场私人会面,但结果来了许多人,我甚至找不到位置坐下来。

Go to the dogs
To become disordered, to decay
(国家、机构)大不如前,衰落,衰败

  • Listen to me! You will go to the dogs if you go on drinking and gambling.
    听我一句劝。你如果照这样继续喝酒赌博下去,你终究会毁了自己。

Have a dog in the hunt (fight, race)
To support a certain person in a competition
在比赛中支持某个特定的人

  • I’ll be happy working under either Carl or Sheila - I don’t have a dog in that hunt.
    无论是在卡尔还是在希拉手下工作我都很乐意——我不会特别支持谁。

Puppy dog eyes
A begging look
可怜巴巴地望着,撒娇

  • The other day my daughter gave me the puppy dog eyes so she could borrow the car.
    前几天我的女儿撒娇地望着我,希望我把车借给她。

My dogs are barking
My feet hurt
我的两只脚很疼

  • We had to walk about 30 miles after our car broke down, and my dogs are barking now!
    我们的车坏了之后,我们不得不不行了大约30英里,现在我的两只脚疼死了。