古人对老鼠可谓是恨得牙痒痒
鼠目寸光、胆小如鼠、抱头鼠窜
和老鼠相关的好成语就没几个
其实
老鼠的待遇在国外也好不到哪儿去
虽然说也有些老鼠脱颖而出
比如米老鼠、杰瑞
但毕竟是少数
今天就和小E一起get一下英语中
和老鼠相关的俗语吧！
01
a pack rat
someone who collects things that they do not need.
囤积狂；好收集一大堆自己不需要的东西的人
My father is a pack rat because you don't even have any space too move if you come to his room.
我父亲是一个囤积狂，如果你到他的房间去，你连一点活动的空间都没有。
02
a rat race
an unpleasant way in which people compete against each other at work in order to succeed.
过于激烈的竞争；争先恐后、一拥而上
I'd love to get out of the rat race and buy a house in some remote part of the countryside.
我真想退出这激烈的龙争虎斗，到乡下偏僻的地方买栋房子住。
03
look like a drowned rat
to be very wet, especially because you have been in heavy rain.
落汤鸡；多是因为大雨而湿透
I had to cycle home in the rain and came in looking like a drowned rat.
我不得不淋雨回家，结果就成落汤鸡了。
04
rat-arsed ['rætɑː(r)st]
extremely drunk
烂醉如泥
They came home completely rat-arsed.
他们回到家的时候已经完全烂醉如泥了。
05
smell a rat
to start to believe that something is wrong about a situation, especially that someone is being dishonest.
感觉不对劲儿；特指有人不诚实的情况下
She smelled a rat when she phoned him at the office where he was supposed to be working late and he wasn't there.
他本该是在加班的，但她打电话过去的时候他却不在，她便觉得不对劲儿了。
06
a rat fink
an extremely unpleasant person, or someone who has given secret information about you to the police.
卑鄙小人；极端惹人厌的家伙
If I find the rat fink who informed on me, he won't live long enough to do it again.
要给我找出哪个卑鄙小人出卖我，他就活不长了。
这些俗语下次可别用错了哦！不然，会被打的……
閱讀更多 英語君 的文章
