[老鼠篇]
as poor as a church mouse
非常窮困
*My uncle is as poor as a church mouse and never has any money to spend. 我的叔叔一貧如洗，從來沒有閒錢可花。
as quiet as a mouse
非常膽小、害羞
*I was as quiet as a mouse on my first day at school. 我上學的第一天簡直膽小如鼠。
play cat and mouse with (someone)
玩貓抓老鼠，就是欲擒故縱
*The man is playing cat and mouse with his company about his plans to quit or not. 他一直沒有決定是否要退出，和夥伴玩貓捉老鼠的遊戲。
when the cat's away, the mice will play
貓不在，老鼠作亂；山中無老虎，猴子稱大王
*When the cat's away, the mice will play and when the teacher left the classroom the students began to play around. 山中無老虎，猴子稱大王，老師一離開教室，學生就開始搗亂。
To rat out (someone)
背叛某人
*You can’t trust him! He would rat out his best friends! 你不能相信他！他會背叛自己的好朋友！
Rat race
通常是指為了金錢和權力激烈競爭
*After years of the rat race on Wall Street, my brother retired to a quiet farm. 在華爾街汲汲營營打拼多年之後，我哥哥決定到一處幽靜的農莊退休靜養。
To smell a rat
感到懷疑、覺得狀況有異
*I knew him couldn’t be trusted! I smelled a rat from the very beginning. 我就知道不能相信他！我一開始就覺得不對勁。
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