英语俚语天天说 第368期:"you're a chicken"是"你是一只鸡"的意思?

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chicken n. 胆小鬼，懦夫
coward¹ n. /ˈkaʊəd/
a person who is not brave

【例句】

Jump, you're a chicken!
跳呀，你这胆小鬼！

Chicken out v.
（因害怕而）退缩，放弃

【例句】

I was going to go bungee jumping, but I chickened out.
我原打算去玩蹦极的，可是因为害怕放弃了。

A chicken and egg situation 鸡与蛋谁先谁后的情况

【例句】

You need experience to get a job,but you need a job to get experience. It's a chicken and egg situation.
你需要经验才能找到工作，但你需要一份工作才能获得经验。这是一个鸡和蛋的情况。

Run around like a headless chicken
忙得像只无头苍蝇

【例句】

Let’s make sure everything is ready for the wedding next week, so we don’t have to run around like headless chickens!
让我们确认好下周婚礼一切都已经准备就绪，这样我们就不用像没头苍蝇一样到处乱跑了！

Spring chicken [幽默] 年轻人

【例句】

I don’t know how old Mike is, but obviously² he is no spring chicken.
我不知道迈克多大年纪，但显然他已不再年轻了。

1 coward   

n.懦夫，胆小鬼

参考例句：

• The newspapers had unjustly labelled him as a coward.那家报纸不公正地称他为懦夫。
• I was basically a dreadful coward.从根本上说，我非常胆小怕事。

2 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。