英语动物成语Animal Idioms.ppt

A mid-day nap A short nap; a light sleep. cat·napped, cat·nap·ping, cat·naps To take a short nap; doze lightly Warning about being curious. Something that you say in order to warn someone not to ask too many questions about something Why are you going away so suddenly? to many questions havent you heard, Curiosity killed the cat? Unable to speak. Something that you say to someone when you are annoyed because they will not speak “Well, has the cat got your tongue? Im waiting for an explanation.” A sneaky and despised person. “How could I ever have trusted that snake in the grass?” “John is such a snake in the grass” Someone who pretends to be your friend while secretly doing things to harm you “Its upsetting to learn that someone you once viewed as a good colleague is in fact a snake in the grass.” the dangerous situation developed suddenly A hornets nest is a violent situation or one with a lot of dispute. (If you create the problem, you stir up a hornets nest.) Take decisive action and not worry about the results to confront a problem head-on and deal with it openly “My aunt decided to take the bull by the horns and begin preparations for the family reunion.”  look very self-satisfied, look as if one just had a great success “You look like the cat that swallowed the canary. What happened?” Someone who is easily frightened (used by children)“The children were calling their friend a scaredy-cat because she wouldn’t go into the empty house.”  choose the wrong course of actionto make the wrong choice; to ask the wrong person; to follow the wrong course. If you think Im the guilty person, youre barking up the wrong tree. “He is barking up the wrong tree. He accuses me of causing the computer problem but I was away at the time.” Accomplishing two things at the same time. When you kill two birds with one stone, you resolve two difficulties or matters with a single action someone who seems to be pleasant and friendly but is in fact