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商务英语中用到猫狗的常用语

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商务英语中用到猫狗的常用语

  “ Let sleeping dogs lie 不要自找麻烦 ”

商务英语中用到猫狗的常用语

  Do not make trouble if you don’t have to.

  Ex:"There’s absolutely no point pursuing this issue. We should just let sleepingdogs lie."

  例句:在这个问题上深究没有意义。我们不要自找麻烦了。

  “ Not enough room to swing a cat 没有足够的空间 ”

  Not enough space.

  Ex:"You should see my new office, it’s tiny. There’s not enough room to swing acat!" (In old English, a cat was a whip not a real cat!)

  例句:你真应该看看我的新办公室。太小了。连转身的空间都没有。(在旧式英语里,cat是指鞭子而不是真的猫。)

  “ To be dog tired 累趴下 ”

  To be exhausted.

  Ex:"I have worked 70 hours this week. I am dog tired."

  例句:我这周工作了70个小时。我都累趴下了。

  “ Let the cat out of the bag 透露秘密 ”

  To reveal a secret.

  Ex:"Great! George in Finance knows about our new product. That’s all we need. Wholet the cat out of the bag?"

  例句:太棒了。财政部的乔治知道了我们的新产品。这就是我们要的结果。谁说出去的?

  “ Go to the dogs 不如过去成功(通常使用进行时) ”

  Not as successful as in the past (usuallyused in the continuous tense).

  Ex:"That company will go bankrupt if it’s not careful. It’s going to the dogs."

  例句:那家公司要是不小心的话就会破产的。它可能会完蛋的。

  “ To put the cat among the pigeons 惹出乱子”

  To cause trouble.

  Ex:"Sending the most unpopular manager to talk to the team was like putting thecat among the pigeons."

  例句:把最不受欢迎的经理派去和队伍谈话一定会惹出乱子的。

  “ A dog’s dinner or dog’s breakfast 搞砸了 ”

  To make a mess.

  Ex:"They made a real dog’s dinner of the website. It’s terrible."

  例句:他们把网站搞砸了。这可太糟了。

  “ To fight like cats and dogs 和某人争吵 ”

  To argue and fight with someone.

  Ex:"It’s a miracle how Sally and John manage this company. They’re always fighting like cats and dogs."

  例句:萨利和约翰来管理公司真是个奇迹。他们总是吵得不可开交。

  “ Top dog 公司里最重要的人物 ”

  The most important person in an organization.

  Ex:“If you want a decision on that, you’re going to have to get it approved by thetop dog."

  例句:如果你想要决定这件事,你需要让它得到老板的同意。

  “ More than one way to skin a cat 不止一种方法”

  More than one way to dosomething.

  Ex:"No problem. If we cannot get our proposal through this way, we’ll trysomething else. There’s more than one way to skin a cat."

  例句:没问题。如果这样我们的提议没法通过的话。我们试试别的方法。还有很多方法的。

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