little bird

相当于"well-informed sources": 消息灵通的人

A little bird told me that they had already divorced secretly.

一位消息灵通的人告诉我他们早已秘密离婚了。

beautiful bird

"bird"本身可形容“少妇、美女”

Many beautiful birds emerged in 1970's in HK.

80年代的香港涌现出许多绝代佳人。



for the birds

索然无味或荒唐至极、愚蠢可笑

This episode is totally for the birds!

这一集简直是无聊透顶！

Their opinion on world is for the birds.

他们对世界的看法荒唐可笑。

bird of wonder

"wonder"是“奇迹”的意思，“奇迹般存在的鸟”---phoenix（凤凰）象征了“重生”“复活”，而中国的凤凰是中国古代神话传说中的“百鸟之王”或“长生鸟”

The Phoenix and the dragon are the totem of the Chinese nation.

凤凰与龙同为中华民族图腾。



get the bird

被喝倒彩；被嘲笑；被解雇

The singer went on the stage and got the bird last night.

昨晚这位歌手一上台就被喝倒彩。

birds of a feather

同样种类的鸟一般身上都有相同的羽毛，后衍伸形容“物以类聚，人以群分、志同道合“

Are they two birds of a feather, as you say?

他们是不是像你们说的是半斤八两？

We are finished ! We are not birds of a feather.

我们玩完了！我们根本不是一类型的人。

songbird告密的人，similar to tipster.