"Be a chicken"是什么意思,？

冬咚

動(dòng)物是人類的朋友,。在英文中，有很多關(guān)于“動(dòng)物”的習(xí)語(yǔ),，他們充分利用到了動(dòng)物的特性,，有趣生動(dòng)地體現(xiàn)在習(xí)語(yǔ)中。

劇透一下,，標(biāo)題的"be a chicken",，真的不是你想的那個(gè)意思。

1 a little bird told me
天機(jī)不可泄露

"How did you know the news?"

"Oh, a little bird told me."

你怎么知道這件事的,？

天機(jī)不可泄露,！

2 as gentle as a lamb
天真無(wú)邪的；溫文爾雅的

She is as gentle as a lamb. That's why everybody likes her.
她天真無(wú)邪,，所以很多人都喜歡她,。

3 be a chicken
做一個(gè)懦夫

Don't be a chicken. Talk to her about your love for her.
不要做懦夫，告訴她你有多愛(ài)她,。

4 be a cold fish
冷血?jiǎng)游?/strong>

He rarely talks to his colleagues. He's a cold fish.
他很少和他的同事說(shuō)話,。他很冷血。

5 be like a fish out of water
在一個(gè)環(huán)境中感到不舒服

After her divorce, she was like a fish out of water.
她離婚之后,，過(guò)得很不自在,。

6 chicken out
因?yàn)楹ε戮芙^做某事

He chickened out just at the time they were taking him to operating theatre.
當(dāng)他們帶他去手術(shù)室時(shí)，他因?yàn)楹ε戮芙^了,。

（華爾街英語(yǔ)）