¡¡¡¡£¨1£© Top dog£º´¦Ö§ÅäµØλÕß
¡¡¡¡In the present world, why should a country, often a super power, sometimes act as top dog over other countries?
¡¡¡¡£¨2£© Go to the dogs£º¶éÂ䣻£¨¾¼Ã£©Ë¥ÍË
¡¡¡¡No matter a business or a country, if it is not properly managed, it is sure to go to the dogs one day.
¡¡¡¡£¨3£© Do the donkey work£º´ô°åµÄÀý³£¹¤×÷
¡¡¡¡Jack is not a person to work with. He will just sit back and let you do the donkey work.
¡¡¡¡£¨4£© A sitting duck£ºÈÝÒ×±»´ò»÷µÄ¶ÔÏó
¡¡¡¡Out in the open, the hunter is a sitting duck for unseen wild animals.
¡¡¡¡£¨5£© A cold fish£ºÀäÄ®ÎÞÇéµÄÈË
¡¡¡¡Among the guests at the same table was Dr Wee's wife, who looked unfeeling and was a real cold fish to me .
¡¡¡¡£¨6£© A fish out of water£ºÈçÓãÀëË®£»²»ÊÊÓ¦
¡¡¡¡Qi never likes to go to a party, without friends, as he will feel like a fish out of water there.
¡¡¡¡£¨7£© Have other fish to fry£ºÁíÓиüÖØÒªµÄÊÂÒª¸É
¡¡¡¡As I had other fish to fry yesterday, I was forced to decline David's invitation to a dinner.
¡¡¡¡£¨8£© There are plenty more fish in the sea£º¿É¹©Ñ¡ÔñµÄÈË»òÊ»¹ºÜ¶à
¡¡¡¡Since Andrew had gone off with another girl friend, Laura couldn't care less, knowing that there were plenty more fish in the sea.
¡¡¡¡£¨9£© Cannot say boo to goose£ºÐßÇÓ
¡¡¡¡When foreign students first came here, they could not say boo to a goose, but there is now no shortage of eloquent speakers and outspoken thinkers.
¡¡¡¡£¨10£© A wild-goose chase£ºÍ½À͵ÄËÑË÷
¡¡¡¡To look for a pin in the sea? Isn't it tantamount to a wild-goose chase?
¡¡¡¡£¨11£© A guinea pig£º±»µ±ÊµÑéµÄÈË»òÎï
¡¡¡¡Whenever there is a research or something innovative, someone or something will be used as a guinea pig.
¡¡¡¡£¨12£© Back the wrong horse£ºÖ§³Öʧ°ÜµÄÒ»·½
¡¡¡¡Many spectators backed the wrong horse by favouring the British team, which lost to the German team.
¡¡¡¡£¨13£© A dark horse£ºÊµÁ¦ÄѲâµÄ¾ºÕùÕß
¡¡¡¡No one expected Jimmy to win, but he did win. He was a dark horse.
¡¡¡¡£¨14£© Change horses in mid-stream£º°ë;¸Ä±äÖ÷ÕÅ£¬»òÖ§³ÖÁíÒ»·½
¡¡¡¡If you support a person, do so from the beginning to the end; don't change horses in mid-stream.
¡¡¡¡£¨15£© The lion's share of¡¡£º×î´ó×îºÃµÄ²¿·Ö
¡¡¡¡When the old man died, the eldest son took the lion's share of the inheritance.
¡¡¡¡£¨16£© The rat race£º¼¤ÁҵľºÕù
¡¡¡¡In the rat race of today's world, only the fittest survives.
¡¡¡¡£¨17£© A snake in the grass£ºÇ±·üµÄµÐÈË
¡¡¡¡There has often been something suspicious about William's behaviour and he has really turned out to be a snake in the grass.
