【用美国人的一天学英语】去公园 03

Proverbs & Idioms
谚语与惯用语

a big fish in a small pond

大才小用

Tom is a big fish in a small pond. You need to force him to do something more challenging.

汤姆真的是大才小用。你要强迫他做一些有挑战性的事情。

 

squirrel something away

偷藏东西

My father sometimes squirrels some money away before he gives his salary to my mom.

我爸爸有时会在将薪水交给我妈妈之前偷藏私房钱。

 

a stool pigeon

密探

The policeman got a stool pigeon. That is why he can always get the first-hand information.

那位警察有个密探。这就是为什么他总有第一手消息的原因。

 

be somebody's pigeon

负责人

Accounting is not my pigeon. You should find Jack.

会计不是我负责的。你要找杰克