put on the dog 装腔作势; 摆架子; 耍派头 Her colleague always puts on the dog. 她同事总是装腔作势。 Hot dog ! 太棒了!好啊! You won the game? Hot dog! 你赢了比赛?太棒了! lead a dog's life 过着牛马不如的生活;过着贫困的生活 He has been leading a dog’s life for years. 多年来他一直过着贫困的生活。 let sleeping dogs lie 莫惹是非,别惹麻烦,不自找麻烦;别多事; 过去的事就让它过去吧 Don’t ask it anymore. It’s better to let sleeping dogs lie. 别再问了。最好不要自找麻烦. teach an old dog new tricks 教老狗学新把戏; 使守旧的人接受新方法(或新思想) It’s not easy to teach an old dog new tricks. 使因循守旧的人接受新事物并不容易。 done up/dressed up like a dog's dinner 衣冠楚楚;打扮得花枝招展 The girl dressed up like a dog’s dinner is his girlfriend. 那个打扮得花枝招展的女孩是她的女朋友。 see a man about a dog 出去一下;有点事(通常用来作为离开或缺席的借口) I’m sorry. I have to see a man about a dog. 不好意思,我得出去一下。 Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 给人强加恶名(毁掉他);人言可畏; 流言可畏 a dog in the manger 占着茅坑不拉屎的人 barking dogs seldom bite 爱叫的狗不咬人;吠犬不咬人 the dog's bollocks 最优秀的人(或物) a dog's breakfast 乱七八糟的东西;一团糟的人 the tail wagging the dog 本末倒置,主次颠倒 not have a dog’s chance 毫无成功的机会,毫无希望 |
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