Chapter 3 cat and dog proverb

Dear Xiaowen: How many dogs and cats do you see in America? There are some interesting English words about dogs and cats. 下雨 is rain cats and dogs, which means "heavy rain pouring cats and dogs" in Chinese.Chinese describes heavy rain, saying that a basin of water is turned over; in English, cats and dogs are poured down.Husband and wife quarreled all day long. In English, He and his wife led a cat-and-dog life. (Live the life of cats and dogs). Everyone has a proud day, and tiles also have a time to stand up. In English, The cat will mew and dog will have his day. (Cats can meow, dogs have their good days), it can also be said that Every dog ​​has his day.

This is the dog that worried the cat that killed the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built.It’s a funny English sentence, but when it’s translated into Chinese, it’s the other way around: “There’s malt in the house Jack built, the malt was eaten by the mouse, the mouse was killed by the cat, and the cat was eaten by the dog (ㄉㄧㄠ) , this is the dog that caught the cat." The affectionate names for cats in English are puss, pussy, and pussycat, and the game of grabbing seats played by children is called puss-in-the-corner.Kittens are kitten and kitty. When a kitten is born, its eyes are closed and it takes eight to ten days to open them. sex-kitten can be translated as "natural beauty".

Cats are very dexterous and can overcome many difficulties, so there is a saying "A cat has nine lives." In fact, cats can only live for fourteen years, and the maximum life is thirty years Twelve, three years).Although a cat has nine lives, it will kill you if you worry about it. What's more, people only have one life. There is a saying in English that Care killed the cat.It means "worry can hurt the body".There is also a sentence Curiosity killed a cat. (Curiosity will kill the cat), it is to persuade people not to be too inquisitive. Cats are always unreliable when they encounter something to eat. In Chinese, there is a saying "a cat sleeps on the head of a big fish, and will touch it a few times if it does not eat"; there are similar words in English - Honest as a cat when the cream is out of reach. Describing a person is unreliable.

This picture is a Siamese cat (Siamese cat), Siam is now Thailand (Thailand), this kind of cat is white when it is born, and it changes color within a year. dad January 2-4, 1973 two Dear Xiaowen: Write some interesting English about dogs for you: 1.A dogs nose and a maids knees are always cold. (A dog nose and a maids knees are always cold.) 2. Before you hit the dog, look at the master. (Beat the dog to see the master. This sentence is a Chinese idiom translated into English. Because you beat a person's dog, you offend its master. If you beat a dog, you insult his master.) 3. When the dog is beaten, the lion is tamed. (The lion is tamed, the dog is beaten. In Chinese, there is a very similar idiom: "The high bird is exhausted, the good bow is hidden; the cunning rabbit is dead, the running dog is cooked." It can also be simply said "The rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked", translated into English is After the cunning hare is killed, the hound is boiled. Here hound is a hunting dog, and hare is a hare. Most of the hare is also hare. There is a game called hare and hounds. Chase from behind. There is also an English sentence that is Run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. It means to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. It means to run with the hare and chase with the dog, which means that a person is riding a wall to please both sides, and neither side will offend.)

4. He who has a mind to beat a dog, will easily find a stick. (If you want to beat a dog, you don't have to worry about finding a stick.) 5. Every dog ​​has his day.It is an idiom, but it is said that Every dog ​​has its day and every cat its night.More interesting (every dog ​​has its proud day, every cat has its proud night). 6. The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs. (The more people I see, the more I appreciate dogs.) The characteristic of dogs is loyalty, especially not doing things like beating down dogs just because the owner is unlucky.It is man's job to beat a dog in the water, not a dog's job.This English sentence means that people are not as good as dogs.The one who said this was Madame Roland, a famous French woman.She was later killed by an old comrade.

7. He that sleeps with dogs, must rise with fleas. (If you lie down with a dog, you should get up with the fleas. This sentence has a Chinese meaning of "near the vermilion is red, and near the ink is black". It advises people to be careful when making friends.) (If you raise a puppy, you should pay attention to catching fleas for them, And ask how to bathe them.) 8. Dog wont eat dog, but men will eat each other up like cannibals. (Dogs don't eat dogs, but people eat people. Cannibals are barbarians who eat human flesh, but civilized people also "eat people". The way to eat is different.)

dad September 21, 1974