动物是人类的朋友。在英文中，有很多关于“动物”的习语，他们充分利用到了动物的特性，有趣生动地体现在习语中。





"be a chicken"是什么意思？

在英语里人们往往用 chicken 这个词来表示一个胆小鬼。

be a chicken

做一个懦夫

那么 Don't be a chicken 意思就是‘别害怕，别胆怯’。



例：Don't be a chicken. Talk to her about your love for her.

不要做懦夫，告诉她你有多爱她。

You’re such a chicken, you won’t even give skiing a try!

He called me a chicken just because I didn’t want to swim in the ice cold water!

Don’t be such a chicken, just ask her out!

（看看以上例句你可以翻译出来吗？）



请注意！！！

To play chicken - 意思是较量看看到底谁胜谁负

chicken out 意思是服输退出的意思。



例：The company chairman is playing chicken with the shareholders. He knows that the share price will go down if they sack him so he's betting they will back down.