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点击进入 fowl’s beak and ox buttocks:鸡口牛后 preferable to lead in petty position than to follow behind greater leader "宁为鸡口，无为牛后"已广为流传，并被人们经常使用。它比喻宁愿在局面小的地方自主，而不愿在局面大的地方听人支配。 bull market：牛市 所谓“牛市”，也称多头市场，指证券市场行情普遍看涨，延续时间较长的大升市。 此处的证券市场，泛指常见的股票、债券、期货、选择权、外汇、可转让定存单、衍生性金融商品及其它各种证券。 bull point:优势，略胜一筹 A bull point for the Lancashire and Midland operators is the new monopoly position within the companies' own areas. 对兰开厦和米律兰的经营者来说，略胜一筹之处是他们在各自公司经营范围内所确立的新的垄断地位。 like a red rag to a bull：使人愤怒的, 令人极端烦恼的 if a statement or an action is like a red rag to a bull, it makes someone very angry. For Claire, the suggestion of a women-only committee was like a red rag to a bull. 设立仅有女性的委员会的提议彻底激怒了克莱尔。 hit a bull’s eye:命中靶心，达到预定目标，取得成功. In target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target He hit a bull’s eye in their argument with that witty retort. 他以机智的反驳赢得了辩论胜利。 bull-headed：固执的，任性的，一根筋 someone who is bull-headed is determined to do exactly what they want to do, and does not think about what other people want. He's completely bull-headed. I asked him not to throw out that old table, but he did it anyway. 他太固执了。我告诉他不要扔了那个旧桌子，但他到底还是扔了。 a cock-and-bull story荒诞的故事，无稽之谈 a story or explanation which is obviously not true. She told me some cock-and-bull story about her car breaking down. 她给我讲的车如何坏掉的事情非常荒诞。 John Bull约翰牛，英国佬 a character who represents a typical English man or the English people. “约翰牛”是英国人的绰号。19世纪的著名作家狄更斯就曾引用过。随着时间的推移，“约翰牛”的形象发生了耐人寻味的变化，由最初那个身强力壮、满脸横肉的中年船长想象，变成了一个年过半百、五短身材的矮胖子。于是漫画上出现的“约翰牛”，是个头戴宽边礼帽，足蹬翻口皮鞋，身穿茄克衫的绅士摸样。当年那种杀气腾腾的气概收敛不少，其原来的贬义似乎变成了褒义。“约翰牛”逐渐变成了一位饱经事故的实干家形象，他的行为成了英国的人的标准行为。这样一来，John bull这个成语就成了英国人或者英国的代名词了；而与之相关的John Bullism就指“英国精神”“英国习气”或“英国人的典型性格”，John Bullist则常指“英国迷”。 In the cartoon, John Bull appears as a short, stocky figure wearing a waistcoat with the British flag on. 在漫画中，“约翰牛”常以矮小健壮的形象出现，身穿印有英国国旗的背心。 Take the bull by the horns：遇到困难情形果断做出决定，当机立断 We'll have to take the bull by the horns and tackle the Medicare question. 我们必须当机立断，想办法解决医疗保险问题。 shoot the bull：惬意轻松聊天，随聊 We sat out on the porch until late, just shooting the bull. 我们在走廊外坐到很晚，随便聊了聊。 bull session: 漫谈，自由讨论 Some students of the economics department had a bull session last Sunday. 上星期天，经济系的一些学生聚集在一起漫谈。 最后修改于 2009/2/20 21:06:29
The cow that's first up gets the first of the dew.
早起母牛先得露。 Not all butter that the cow yields. 母牛所产的未必全是黄油。 Many good cows have evil calves. 很多好母牛，会生坏小犊。 You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk. 不能既要卖母牛，又想喝牛奶。 Old oxen have stiff horns. 牛老角硬。 The ox is never woe, till he to the harrowgo. 挂耙去耕地，牛才知辛苦。 An ox is taken by the horns, and the man by the tongue. 牛因角被执，人因舌陷身。 If the ox falls, whet your knife. 牛一倒，快磨刀；人遭难，众人踩。 The black ox has trod on his foot. 祸事临头。 The ox when weariest treads surest. 牛困走得稳。 No one knows the luck of a lousycalf. 邋遢小牛的运气如何,谁也不知道. He has an ox on his tongue. 心事重得张不开口. An old ox makes a straight furrow. 老牛犁沟直.(生姜还是老的辣) You cannot flay the same ox twice. 一头牛不能剥两次皮。 You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk. 你不可能出售乳牛，同时又要喝牛奶。 |
