英语常用俚语总结
You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig.“给猪涂上口红,它还是猪。”意思是做无用功。
A hog in a silk waistcoat is still a hog.
某项政策、措施或行动并不能改变事情的本质，甚至更为糟糕。
You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
粗瓷碗雕不出细花来
in a pig's eye
某件事根本不可能发生
casting pearls before swine
明珠暗投;对牛弹琴
piggy bank
储蓄罐
high on the hog
奢侈地;豪华地
hog-wild
(美国俚语)极粗野的，疯狂的，发疯的
hog
贪心攫取;独占
road hog
自私的司机;鲁莽的驾驶员
earmarks
指定款项
pork
联邦或州政府给手下人的好处(金钱或位置)
bring home the bacon
养家糊口;谋生
pig out / make a pig of oneself
大吃大喝
When pigs fly
无稽之谈;不可能的事
go the whole hog
干到底;彻底地干
ground hog
土拨鼠
bleed like a pig
血流如注
buy a pig in a bag
没有仔细看货就买下来;盲目答应
get the wrong pig by the tail
[美]捉错了人;;怪错了人;;搞错了对象
give sb. a pig of his own sow
以其人之道还治其人之身
sell a pig in a poke
用欺骗手段出售货品; 挂羊头卖狗肉
sweat like a pig
(因出力或恐惧而)全身冒汗
teach a pig to play on a flute
教猪吹笛, 做荒唐[不可能]的事
What can you expect from a pig but a grunt.
狗嘴里吐不出象牙来。
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