用美国人的一天学英语 Unit 5 Go to Park 去公园 03

 　　Proverbs & Idioms

　　谚语与惯用语

　　a big fish in a small pond

　　大才小用

　　Tom is a big fish in a small pond. You need to force him to do something more challenging.

　　汤姆真的是大才小用。你要强迫他做一些有挑战性的事情。

　　squirrel something away

　　偷藏东西

　　My father sometimes squirrels some money away before he gives his salary to my mom.

　　我爸爸有时会在将薪水交给我妈妈之前偷藏私房钱。

　　a stool pigeon

　　密探

　　The policeman got a stool pigeon. That is why he can always get the first-hand information.

　　那位警察有个密探。这就是为什么他总有第一手消息的原因。

　　be somebody's pigeon

　　负责人

　　Accounting¹ is not my pigeon. You should find Jack².

　　会计不是我负责的。你要找杰克。

　　put the cat among the pigeons

　　闹得鸡飞狗跳

　　If you tell them this shocking news, I believe that will put the cat among the pigeons.

　　如果你告诉他们这则可怕的新闻，我相信那将会闹得鸡飞狗跳。

1 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

2 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。