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  A cat has nine lives.
  猫有九条命。(英国迷信, 指猫的生命力强)

  A cat in gloves catches no mice. (=Muffled cats catch no mice.)
  [谚]带手套的猫捉不到耗子; 四肢不勤, 一事无成; 怕沾污手指的人做不出什么事。

  A cat may look at a king.
  [谚]猫也可以看国王(指小人物也应有些权利)

  agree like cats and dogs
  [口]像猫和狗一样合不来, 完全合不来

  All cats are grey in the dark. (=At night all cats are grey; when candles are out, all cats are grey.)
  [谚]猫在暗中都是灰色; 黑暗中难分丑妍

  as weak as a cat (=as weak as water)
  身体非常虚弱

  copy cat
  盲目的模仿者

  enough to make a cat [horse] laugh
  极其可笑; 让人笑掉大牙

  enough to make a cat speak
  [口]令人惊讶; 事情太出奇

  fat cat
  美国政治运动的出资人, 捐献大宗政治款项的富人; 安于现状的懒汉; 以权谋私的人, 享受特权的人

  Has the cat got your tongue?
  [口]猫把你的舌头叼去了吗?为什么不吭声?

  It rains cats and dogs.
  下倾盆大雨, 大雨滂沱

  let the cat out of the bag
  说走了嘴, (无意中)泄露秘密

  like a cat on hot bricks
  局促不安, 如热锅上的蚂蚁

  live like cat and dog
  [口]整天吵架

  old cat
  脾气坏的老太婆

  see [watch] how [which way] the cat jumps (=wait for the cat to jump)
  观望形势然后行动; 看风使舵, 随机应变

  That's like putting the cat near the goldfish bowl.
  引狼入室; 等于把猫放在金鱼缸旁。

  The cat did it.
  [口谑]是猫打破的; 不是我搞的。(推托责任的话)

  The cat is out of the bag.
  [口]秘密泄露; 真相大白。

  The cat jumps.
  [口]形势清楚了。

  The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.
  [谚]掩耳盗铃; 猫偷吃奶油的时候, 总是闭着眼睛。

  The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet.
  猫儿想吃鱼, 又怕湿了脚(想吃鱼又怕腥; 想得到某种东西又怕麻烦或担风险)。

  The scalded cat fears cold water.
  [谚] 被烫过的猫, 连冷水也怕(一朝被蛇咬, 三年怕井绳)

  Watch sb. as a cat watches a mouse.
  象猫盯耗子般地盯着某人。

  When the cat's away, the mice will play.
  [谚]猫儿不在,老鼠成精(大王外出, 小鬼跳粱)。



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