關於rat和mouse，這些短語你必須掌握

今年是鼠年，關於老鼠rat或mouse，英語裏也有不少常用短語，下面就來看看吧。

rat race激烈的競爭；殘酷、高壓的生存環境

The man has been in a rat race all his life. No wonder he is enjoying his retired life to the fullest.

這個人一生都處於激烈的競爭中,難怪他要充分享受他的退休生活。

smell a rat覺得哪裏不對，起疑心

When he made that offer, I smelt a rat. It sounded too good to be true.

當他提出那個建議時，我覺得有點不對勁。它聽起來好得令人難以置信。

play cat and mouse with欲擒故縱，玩弄，忽冷忽熱

If you keep playing cat and mouse with your boyfriend, he will get another girl.

如果你還對你男朋友忽冷忽熱的，他會愛上別的女生的。

mouse potato電腦迷

First, my husband became a coach potato, and now my son is becoming a mouse potato.

我的丈夫先成了一個電視迷，現在我的兒子又成了一個電腦迷。

quiet as a mouse鴉雀無聲，悄無聲息

We remained as quiet as mice to avoid being detected by the guards.

我們十分安靜，以免被警衛發現。