与狗相关的英文表达

 　　狗是人类的亲密朋友，在人们的生活、工作中扮演着不可或缺的重要角色。在美国，人们喜欢狗，美国人因此也喜欢使用很多和狗相关的短语表达。

　　1、to lead a dog's life 形容人过着贫困潦倒、惨不忍睹的生活

　　Tom’s been leading¹ a dog's life since he got divorced².

　　汤姆自离婚后一直过着混沌潦倒的日子。

　　2、dog eat dog 残酷、竞争激烈

　　Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world.

　　有人说，我们生活在一个竞争激烈的世界。

　　3、work like a dog 指一个人努力、卖命地工作

　　They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog.

　　他们说，一个人想要成功就得拼命工作。

　　4、dog-tired 筋疲力尽

　　Such hard work can make him dog-tired.

　　如此坚辛的工作使他疲惫不堪。

　　5、sick as a dog 病得严重

　　The situation would be even worse if she became sick as a dog.

　　如果她病得厉害，情况会更糟。

　　6、Every dog has its days.每个人都有属于自己的运气/每个人都有时来运转的一天

　　Don't give up and try your best I believe every dog has its day.

　　不要放弃，继续努力，我相信每个人都会有成功的时候。

　　7、You can never teach an old dog new tricks. 老古董学不会新东西

　　You're never going to teach your father at the age of 79 to use a computer. You can't teach an old dog new tricks, you know.

　　不要指望教你79岁的老父亲学会电脑。年长的人学不会新事物。

　　8、meaner than a junkyard dog 冷漠，不友好

　　He is a man meaner than a junkyard dog.

　　他是一个残酷、冷漠的男人。

　　9、His bark³ is worse than his bite⁴. 刀子嘴、豆腐心

　　I wouldn't be scared of her if I were you. Her bark's a lot worse than her bite.

　　如果我是你，我不会怕她。她是个刀子嘴，豆腐心的人。

　　10、let sleeping dogs lie 不要自找麻烦、自讨苦吃

　　Green is trying to let sleeping dogs lie.

　　格林在努力避免招惹是非。

　　11、the dog days of summer 一年中最热的三伏天

　　I can do nothing except for swimming in the dog days of summer.

　　在三伏天里，除了游泳，我什么事也做不成。

　　12、to rain cats and dogs 下倾盆大雨

　　In the middle of the picnic it started to rain cats and dogs, and everybody got soaked⁵.

　　野餐进行到一半时，天开始下起大暴雨，弄得每个人都湿透了。

1 leading   

adj.领导的，指导的；第一位的，最主要的；扮演主角的；n.领导，率领，领先；引导

参考例句：

• She is one of the leading writers of her days.她是那个时代主要的作家之一。
• Which horse is leading in the race right now?现在赛马中哪匹马领先？

2 divorced   

adj.离婚的；分开的；不相干的；脱离的v.与…离婚(divorce的过去式和过去分词)；分离；与某人离婚，判某人离婚

参考例句：

• Apparently they are getting divorced soon. 看样子，他们很快就要离婚。
• Many divorced men remarry and have second families. 许多离婚的男子再婚组成了新的家庭。

3 bark   

n.（狗）等吠声，狗叫声，树皮；v.狗叫

参考例句：

• The old bark dropped away.老树皮剥落下来。
• Dogs always know who's bad and will naturally bark at them.狗永远知道谁是坏人，而且一定会对他们吠叫。

4 bite   

n.咬，咬伤，一口，刺痛；（= byte）字节，位组，二进位组，信息组；v.咬，刺痛

参考例句：

• The dog may bite at you.狗会咬你的。
• Let me have a bite.让我咬一口。

5 soaked   

adj.被湿透的，浸泡的；淋透的v.浸( soak的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• He woke up soaked with sweat. 他醒了，浑身大汗淋漓。
• He soaked himself in the atmosphere of the place. 他沉浸在那一场合的气氛中。 来自《简明英汉词典》