1. Expressions about
cats and dogs

2. • Alan Austen, as nervous as a kitten,……
The Chaser

3. Cat’s paw
• a monkey convinces a cat
to pull chestnuts from a hot
fire.
• the cat burns his paw
• the monkey eagerly eats
them quickly, leaving none
for the cat.
• one used by another to
accomplish his purposes
• 火中取栗；为他人作嫁衣裳

4. Cat’s pajamas
• popular in the U.S.
in the 1920s

5. • Cat ---- a young woman
in the 1920s
fashionable clothes,
short hair
interested in modern
music and new ideas
• pajamas ---- a relatively
new fashion

6. Cat’s pajamas
• A highly sought-after
and fancy example
of something
• E.g.
• That new car was really
the cat's pajamas.

7. To let the cat out of the bag
• Sell piglets in the bag
• Cat in the bag
• Careless----cheated
• Careful----open the bag
• To give away a secret

8. • 狗血喷头
• 狗急跳墙
• 狗仗人势
• 狗眼看人低
• 狗嘴里吐不出象牙
• ……

9. the dog in the manger
站着茅坑不拉屎
• sleeps in the manger
• keeps the cattle from
eating the hay
• people who prevent
others from having
something that they
themselves have no use
for.

10. He who lies down with dogs will rise with fleas

11. The dog returns to his vomit.
狗改不了吃屎
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12. • Hot dog

13. Hot dog in slang
• A hot dog • To hot dog
=to show off
--Did you have a good time?
--Hot dog!

14. Doggy (doggie) bag
• "Waiter, could you please wrap up the rest
of this steak for me ? I'd like to take it
home for my dog."

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