與貓相關的英語諺語及短語

A cat has nine lives.

貓有九條命。(英國迷信, 指貓的生命力強)

A cat in gloves catches no mice. (=Muffled cats catch no mice.)

[諺]帶手套的貓捉不到耗子; 四肢不勤, 一事無成; 怕沾污手指的人做不出什麼事。

A cat may look at a king.

[諺]貓也可以看國王(指小人物也應有些權利)

agree like cats and dogs

[口]像貓和狗一樣合不來, 完全合不來

All cats are grey in the dark. (=At night all cats are grey; when candles are out, all cats are grey.)

[諺]貓在暗中都是灰色; 黑暗中難分醜妍

as weak as a cat (=as weak as water)

身體非常虛弱

copy cat

盲目的模仿者

enough to make a cat [horse] laugh

極其可笑; 讓人笑掉大牙

enough to make a cat speak

[口]令人驚訝; 事情太出奇

fat cat

美國政治運動的出資人, 捐獻大宗政治款項的富人; 安於現狀的懶漢; 以權謀私的人, 享受特權的人

Has the cat got your tongue?

[口]貓把你的舌頭叼去了嗎?爲什麼不吭聲?

It rains cats and dogs.

下傾盆大雨, 大雨滂沱

let the cat out of the bag

說走了嘴, (無意中)泄露祕密

like a cat on hot bricks

侷促不安, 如熱鍋上的螞蟻

live like cat and dog

[口]整天吵架

old cat

脾氣壞的老太婆

see [watch] how [which way] the cat jumps (=wait for the cat to jump)

觀望形勢然後行動; 看風使舵, 隨機應變

That's like putting the cat near the goldfish bowl.

引狼入室; 等於把貓放在金魚缸旁。

The cat did it.

[口謔]是貓打破的; 不是我搞的。(推託責任的話)

The cat is out of the bag.

[口]祕密泄露; 真相大白。

The cat jumps.

[口]形勢清楚了。

The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.

[諺]掩耳盜鈴; 貓偷吃奶油的時候, 總是閉着眼睛。

The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet.

貓兒想吃魚, 又怕溼了腳(想吃魚又怕腥; 想得到某種東西又怕麻煩或擔風險)。

The scalded cat fears cold water.

[諺] 被燙過的貓, 連冷水也怕(一朝被蛇咬, 三年怕井繩)

Watch sb. as a cat watches a mouse.

象貓盯耗子般地盯着某人。

When the cat's away, the mice will play.

[諺]貓兒不在,老鼠成精(大王外出, 小鬼跳粱)。