学学和猫Cat有关的短语

1. It rains cats and dogs. 倾盆大雨

It was raining cats and dogs by the time I got home.
 我回家的时候，外面下着瓢泼大雨。

2. Let the cat out of the bag 说漏了嘴, 无意中泄露了秘密

I'm afraid I let the cat out of the bag. I hid it under my socks and My wife found it when she was putting my clean clothes away.

我把手表藏在袜子底下，可是当我太太替我把干净衣服放好的时候，她发现了那只表。我的秘密恐怕已经泻露了。

3. see how the cat jumps 观望形势

You had better see how the cat jumps first and then decide.

 您最好先观望一下形势,然后再做决定。

4. when the cat is away,the mice will play.字面意思是：猫儿不在岗，老鼠闹翻天。引申含义类似于中文里面的：“山中无老虎，猴子称代王”。

The old saying of“ When the cat's away, the mice will play” could very well apply to this situation.

“山中无老虎，猴子称代王”这句谚语可以很好地形容这种情况。