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Cat Proverbs and Sayings
A cat has nine lives.
猫有九条命。(英国迷信，指猫的生命力强。)
A cat in gloves catches no mice. (=Muffled cats catch no mice.)
[谚]带手套的猫捉不到耗子；四肢不勤，一事无成；怕沾污手指的人做不出什么事。
A cat may look at a king.
[谚]猫也可以看国王。(指小人物也应有些权利。)
agree like cats and dogs
[口]像猫和狗一样合不来；完全合不来。
All cats are grey in the dark. (=At night all cats are grey; when candles are out, all cats are grey.)
[谚]猫在暗中都是灰色：黑暗中难分丑妍。
as weak as a cat (=as weak as water)
身体非常虚弱。
copy cat
盲目的模仿者。
enough to make a cat [horse] laugh
极其可笑；让人笑掉大牙。
enough to make a cat speak
[口]令人惊讶；事情太出奇。
fat cat
美国政治运动的出资人，捐献大宗政治款项的富人；安于现状的懒汉；以权谋私的人，享受特权的人。
Has the cat got your tongue?
[口]猫把你的舌头叼去了吗？为什么不吭声？
It rains cats and dogs.
下倾盆大雨，大雨滂沱。
let the cat out of the bag
说走了嘴，(无意中)泄露秘密。
like a cat on hot bricks
局促不安，如热锅上的蚂蚁。
live like cat and dog
[口]整天吵架。
old cat
脾气坏的老太婆。
see [watch] how [which way] the cat jumps (=wait for the cat to jump)
观望形势然后行动；看风使舵，随机应变。
That"s like putting the cat near the goldfish bowl.
引狼入室；等于把猫放在金鱼缸旁。
The cat did it.
[口谑]是猫打破的；不是我搞的。(推托责任的话)
The cat is out of the bag.
[口]秘密泄露，真相大白。
The cat jumps.
[口]形势清楚了。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.
[谚]掩耳盗铃；猫偷吃奶油的时候，总是闭着眼睛。
The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet.
猫儿想吃鱼，又怕湿了脚。(想吃鱼又怕腥；想得到某种东西又怕麻烦或担风险。)
The scalded cat fears cold water.
[谚]被烫过的猫，连冷水也怕。(一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。)
Watch sb. as a cat watches a mouse.
象猫盯耗子般地盯着某人。
When the cat"s away, the mice will play.
[谚]猫儿不在，老鼠成精。(大王外出，小鬼跳粱。)
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