英语俚语天天说 第368期:"you're a chicken"是"你是一只鸡"的意思?
时间：2019-02-21 作者：英语课 分类：英语俚语天天说
【俚语】
chicken n. 胆小鬼，懦夫
coward 1 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 obviously 2 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。
- 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。