The cat's whiskers 了不起的人物
This cream long-haired cat at the National Cat Show in London looks rather grumpy
今日小常識(shí)
Cats are a common cause of pet allergies. Proteins in cat saliva, urine and dried flakes of skin can cause allergic reactions to appear in just a few minutes. In other people, they can take several hours to develop.
貓是引起人們對(duì)寵物過敏最常見的動(dòng)物種類之一。對(duì)貓過敏的人其實(shí)是對(duì)存在于貓的唾液、尿液和皮屑中的蛋白質(zhì)有過敏反映。對(duì)貓過敏的癥狀呈現(xiàn)時(shí)間可以是在短短幾分鐘內(nèi)不過也可能長(zhǎng)達(dá)幾小時(shí)。
今日短語(yǔ)
To be the cat's whiskers 是一個(gè)老式表達(dá)，指某人成為了了不起的人物。
例句
Mary thought she was the cat's whiskers in her new coat.
This is a posh school and everybody thinks its students are the cat's whiskers but the teachers know they are not!
請(qǐng)注意
在英語(yǔ)里，人們用 look like something the cat dragged in 這個(gè)表達(dá)來形容某物很臟或看起來很邋遢。
My friends and I went to Rio last year during the Carnival. After partying all day and all night, we looked like something the cat dragged in.
