英语动物王国：5个必会习语

To be dog tiredMeaning: This expression is used when you are so tired you have difficulty in keeping your eyes open.意思 ：这个短语用来形容你累到眼睛都睁不开。Example: I had to go to bed as soon as I got home last night. I was dog tired. I didn’t even have the energy to cook.例句 ：昨晚我一到家就不得不上床睡觉。我累坏了，连做饭的力气都没有。To smell a ratMeaning: We use this idiom to indicate that we are suspicious about something.意思 ：这个习语用来表示我们对某事感到怀疑、觉得不对劲。Example: There’s something not quite right with the balance sheet. I smell a rat.例句 ：这张资产负债表有点不对劲，我觉得其中有猫腻。To have ants in your pantsMeaning: When you are agitated about something or excited and you cannot keep still. You are always moving. If you really had ants in your pants, in the literal sense, you would not be able to sit down.意思 ：形容因焦虑、激动而坐立不安，总是动来动去。从字面意思看，如果裤子里真有蚂蚁，你肯定坐不住。Example: You’ve got ants in your pants. What’s wrong with you? You’ve been pacing up and down all morning.例句 ：你坐立不安的，怎么了？一整个上午都在来回踱步。It sounds fishyMeaning: We use this expression when something seems very suspicious.意思 ：用来形容某件事看起来很可疑、很蹊跷。Example: The price of this car is far too low. We’d better find out why. It sounds fishy to me.例句 ：这辆车的价格太低了，我们最好弄清楚原因，我觉得这事很可疑。We can also say: ‘There’s something fishy going on.’ This means that something suspicious is happening.我们还可以说 ：There’s something fishy going on. 意思是有可疑的事情正在发生。Go on = happenGo on = 发生It’s fishy businessMeaning: This means the same. Something is not quite right. We suspect something.意思 ：和上面意思一样。指某件事不太对劲，我们有所怀疑。To be a night owlMeaning: This is used to describe person who likes doing things until very late in the evening - usually into the early hours of the morning instead of going to bed.意思 ：用来形容喜欢熬夜做事、直到深夜甚至凌晨才睡觉的人。Example: He’s a real night owl, but he can’t get up in the morning.例句 ：他真是个夜猫子，但是早上却起不来。