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18个“虎虎生威”的词汇

线话英语|2015-05-08 16:41:14

  老虎在中国十二生肖中算是比较威猛的一个生肖了,那么,又有多少词汇是与这位生猛的老虎密不可分的呢?

       1、 work like a tiger

  龙腾虎跃地工作 英语之家

    2、three cheers and a tiger

 

  三声欢呼一声吼

 

    3、How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?

  不入虎穴, 焉得虎子? 英语之家

    4、buck the tiger 玩纸牌(特指与赌棍玩牌)

 

    5、tiger sweat 威士忌酒

 

    6、have a tiger by the tail/ He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. 骑虎难下

    7、paper tiger 纸老虎(形容某人或某事物看起来非常具有威慑力,但实际上却是不堪一击的)

 

    8、to brag and bully by assuming other people’s authority 狐假虎威

 

  9、a strategic fortress as if guarded by a tiger and a dragon 虎踞龙盘

    10、a narrow escape 虎口余生

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    11、a nation of invaders 虎狼之国

    12、to be passionate about something at the beginning but soon lose their interest 虎头蛇尾

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    13、Sitting on a hill watching tigersfight 坐山观虎斗 (It means someone takes a side in a fight until one partyoverwhelms their enemy. )

     14、A goat in tiger's skin 羊质虎皮 (It means someone who appears strong on the outside but is timid on the inside。伙伴,你觉得这词和上面哪个词意思很相近)

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  15、Three people make a tiger. 三人成虎(The idiom suggests that gossip can be as ferocious as a tiger。)

 

     16、A new-born calf has no fear of the tiger. 初生牛犊不怕虎。

 

     17、drive a tiger out from the front door while a wolf comes in the back 前门拒虎,后门进狼。

 

     18、like a tiger with wings 精益求精(It means someone's might is doubled。) 英语

        通过查阅上面的与虎相关的词语,伙伴们有没有发现这些词语大部分都离不开老虎本身的凶猛,强悍之意。看来,祖先们组词还是非常的与自然融合。

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