1.as busy as a bee.忙碌至极
2.as merry as a cricket/grig.非常高兴；非常快活.(cricket蟋蟀）
3.as slippery as an eel.油滑；不可靠.（ell是一种油滑的鱼类）鳝、鳗
4.at one fell swoop.一举；一下子；刹那之间.
5.beard the lion 捋虎须；奋勇还击；在太岁头上动土.
6.bell the cat.猫脖子拴铃铛；为了大家的利益承担风险.
7.bird of passage.漂泊不定的人.
8.birds of feather.一丘之貉.9.black sheep.败家子；害群之马；无用之辈.
10.dark horse.黑马；竞争中出人意料的获胜者.
11.break a butterfly on a wheel.小题大做；杀鸡用牛刀.
12.buy a pig in a poke 买下没有看的东西；隔山买老牛.
13.a pig in a poke 上当之货.14.by/on shanks’s mare.骑两脚马----徒步,步行.mare是母马或母驴
15.cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’ ear.朽木不可雕也.坏材料做不出好东西.sow大母猪
16.cannot say boo to a goose.胆小如鼠.
17.cast peals before swine.明珠暗投；对牛弹琴.swine是指猪或卑贱的人
18.cast sheep’s eyes 送秋波；抛媚眼；以目传情.
19.the cat among the pigeons.猫在鸽群中---人为刀俎,我为鱼肉.pigeon鸽子
20.cat’s paw.被人当爪牙利用的人；受人愚弄的人.paw爪子
21.a cock-and-bull story.无稽之谈；荒诞的故事.cock-and-bull adj.荒唐的
22.cock-a-hoop.（俚）得意扬扬；自鸣得意.hoop铁环
23.cock of the walk.称王称霸的人.
24.don’t count one’s chickens before they are hatched.不要过早乐观.
25.Don’t count your chickens!不要打如意算盘.
26.crocodile tears.假慈悲.crocodile鳄鱼27.cry wolf.发假警报.
28.dog in the manger.自己不干也不让别人干；自己能享受也不让别人享受的人.
29.dog’s life.悲惨的景况.30.lead a dog’s life.过者悲惨的生活.
31.dog-tired.累极了；疲惫之至.
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