狗是人類的親密朋友，在人們的生活、工作中扮演著不可或缺的重要角色。在美國(guó)，人們喜歡狗，美國(guó)人因此也喜歡使用很多和狗相關(guān)的短語(yǔ)表達(dá)。
lead a dog's life 形容人過(guò)著貧困潦倒、慘不忍睹的生活
Tom’s been leading a dog's life since he got divorced.
湯姆自離婚后一直過(guò)著混沌潦倒的日子。
eat dog 殘酷、競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈
Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world.
有人說(shuō)，我們生活在一個(gè)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈的世界。
like a dog 指一個(gè)人努力、賣命地工作
They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog.
他們說(shuō)，一個(gè)人想要成功就得拼命工作。
-tired 筋疲力盡
Such hard work can make him dog-tired.
如此堅(jiān)辛的工作使他疲憊不堪。
as a dog 病得嚴(yán)重
The situation would be even worse if she became sick as a dog.
如果她病得厲害，情況會(huì)更糟。
6.Every dog has its days.每個(gè)人都有屬于自己的運(yùn)氣/每個(gè)人都有時(shí)來(lái)運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)的一天
Don't give up and try your best I believe every dog has its day.
不要放棄，繼續(xù)努力，我相信每個(gè)人都會(huì)有成功的時(shí)候。
7.You can never teach an old dog new tricks. 老古董學(xué)不會(huì)新東西
You're never going to teach your father at the age of 79 to use a computer. You can't teach an old dog new tricks, you know.
不要指望教你79歲的老父親學(xué)會(huì)電腦。年長(zhǎng)的人學(xué)不會(huì)新事物。
than a junkyard dog 冷漠，不友好
He is a man meaner than a junkyard dog.
他是一個(gè)殘酷、冷漠的男人。
9.His bark is worse than his bite. 刀子嘴、豆腐心
I wouldn't be scared of her if I were you. Her bark's a lot worse than her bite.
如果我是你，我不會(huì)怕她。她是個(gè)刀子嘴，豆腐心的人。
sleeping dogs lie 不要自找麻煩、自討苦吃
Green is trying to let sleeping dogs lie.
格林在努力避免招惹是非。
dog days of summer 一年中最熱的三伏天
I can do nothing except for swimming in the dog days of summer.
在三伏天里，除了游泳，我什么事也做不成。
rain cats and dogs 下傾盆大雨
In the middle of the picnic it started to rain cats and dogs, and everybody got
soaked.
野餐進(jìn)行到一半時(shí)，天開(kāi)始下起大暴雨，弄得每個(gè)人都濕透了。
最后復(fù)習(xí)一下：
to lead a dog's life 形容人過(guò)著貧困潦倒、慘不忍睹的生活
dog eat dog 殘酷、競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈
work like a dog 指一個(gè)人努力、賣命地工作
dog-tired 筋疲力盡
sick as a dog 病得嚴(yán)重
Every dog has its days.每個(gè)人都有屬于自己的運(yùn)氣/每個(gè)人都有時(shí)來(lái)運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)的一天
You can never teach an old dog new tricks. 老古董學(xué)不會(huì)新東西
meaner than a junkyard dog 冷漠，不友好
His bark is worse than his bite. 刀子嘴、豆腐心
let sleeping dogs lie 不要自找麻煩、自討苦吃
the dog days of summer 一年中最熱的三伏天
to rain cats and dogs 下傾盆大雨
