古人對老鼠可謂是恨得牙癢癢
鼠目寸光、膽小如鼠、抱頭鼠竄
和老鼠相關的好成語就沒幾個
其實
老鼠的待遇在國外也好不到哪兒去
雖然說也有些老鼠脫穎而出
比如米老鼠、傑瑞
但畢竟是少數
今天就和小E一起get一下英語中
和老鼠相關的俗語吧！
01
a pack rat
someone who collects things that they do not need.
囤積狂；好收集一大堆自己不需要的東西的人
My father is a pack rat because you don't even have any space too move if you come to his room.
我父親是一個囤積狂，如果你到他的房間去，你連一點活動的空間都沒有。
02
a rat race
an unpleasant way in which people compete against each other at work in order to succeed.
過於激烈的競爭；爭先恐後、一擁而上
I'd love to get out of the rat race and buy a house in some remote part of the countryside.
我真想退出這激烈的龍爭虎鬥，到鄉下偏僻的地方買棟房子住。
03
look like a drowned rat
to be very wet, especially because you have been in heavy rain.
落湯雞；多是因為大雨而溼透
I had to cycle home in the rain and came in looking like a drowned rat.
我不得不淋雨回家，結果就成落湯雞了。
04
rat-arsed ['rætɑː(r)st]
extremely drunk
爛醉如泥
They came home completely rat-arsed.
他們回到家的時候已經完全爛醉如泥了。
05
smell a rat
to start to believe that something is wrong about a situation, especially that someone is being dishonest.
感覺不對勁兒；特指有人不誠實的情況下
She smelled a rat when she phoned him at the office where he was supposed to be working late and he wasn't there.
他本該是在加班的，但她打電話過去的時候他卻不在，她便覺得不對勁兒了。
06
a rat fink
an extremely unpleasant person, or someone who has given secret information about you to the police.
卑鄙小人；極端惹人厭的傢伙
If I find the rat fink who informed on me, he won't live long enough to do it again.
要給我找出哪個卑鄙小人出賣我，他就活不長了。
這些俗語下次可別用錯了哦！不然，會被打的……
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