動物是人類的朋友。在英文中，有很多關于“動物”的習語，他們充分利用到了動物的特性，有趣生動地體現在習語中。

劇透一下，標題的"be a chicken"，真的不是你想的那個意思。

1 a little bird told me
天機不可泄露

"How did you know the news?"

"Oh, a little bird told me."

你怎么知道這件事的？

天機不可泄露！

2 as gentle as a lamb
天真無邪的；溫文爾雅的

She is as gentle as a lamb. That's why everybody likes her.
她天真無邪，所以很多人都喜歡她。

3 be a chicken
做一個懦夫

Don't be a chicken. Talk to her about your love for her.
不要做懦夫，告訴她你有多愛她。

4 be a cold fish
冷血動物

He rarely talks to his colleagues. He's a cold fish.
他很少和他的同事說話。他很冷血。

5 be like a fish out of water
在一個環境中感到不舒服

After her divorce, she was like a fish out of water.
她離婚之后，過得很不自在。

6 chicken out
因為害怕拒絕做某事

He chickened out just at the time they were taking him to operating theatre.
當他們帶他去手術室時，他因為害怕拒絕了。

（來源：華爾街英語  編輯：Julie）