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Let's Learn English! Topic: Animal Inspired Words & Phrases! 🐿️🐀🐈

2025/5/25
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Bob the Canadian: 昨天我淋成了落汤鸡，全身湿透又冷。'Drowned rat' 这个短语就是用来形容全身湿透的人。虽然我不确定为什么用溺水的 rat 来形容，但它确实很形象。'Squirrel away' 这个短语则来源于松鼠储存食物的行为，意思是为将来积攒钱或东西。我经常会 squirrel away 一些钱，为了将来买新车做准备。我觉得这些短语都很有趣，能帮助大家更好地理解英语。

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This chapter explores various animal-related idioms in English, starting with the imagery of a 'drowned rat' to describe someone drenched and moving on to discuss the origins and meanings of other phrases such as 'cat nap,' 'catwalk,' and 'to let the cat out of the bag'.
  • The idiom 'drowned rat' describes someone soaking wet.
  • The phrase 'cat nap' refers to a short daytime sleep.
  • Catwalk can refer to a narrow walkway in a building or a fashion runway.
  • To 'let the cat out of the bag' means to reveal a secret.

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In this English class I will help you learn some words and phrases that were inspired by the behaviours or looks of the animals around us. Sometimes animals look or behave in a certain way, and we've decided to add words and phrases to the English language to describe people and things using animal words and phrases.In this English lesson you'll learn words and phrases like: catwalk, drowned rat, to squirrel away, dog days, underdog, to pig out, to hog something, goose-neck, to hold your horses, to have ants in your pants, pecking order, bull market, bear market, and many more!I hope you enjoy this English lesson about animal inspired words and phrases. Have a great day!Note: This is the audio portion of a Youtube English lesson which you can watch right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5tssFNkxsg) or by searching Youtube for, "Bob the Canadian Animals"

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