1A black sheep

你以为是“黑色的绵羊”？实际上是害群之马



Jack has always been the black sheep of our team.

Jack 一直都是我们团队的害群之马

2Don’t have a cow

也并不是“没有奶牛”，而是别大惊小怪



Don’t have a cow! I will pay you back as soon as I get out of the red.

别大惊小怪的，我一摆脱财政赤字就还你钱！

3Pig out

真的不是“猪跑出来了”，而是形容人吃东西狼吞虎咽



We are going to have a buffet this night, that’s to say we can really pig out!

今晚我们要去吃自助餐，这就意味着我们可以大吃特吃了！

4Right off the bat

“马上离开蝙蝠”？什么鬼？！其实是立刻，瞬间的意思



I realized that she is my goddess right off the bat.

那一瞬间我就意识到，她是我的女神。

5Teach a pig to play on a flute

“教猪吹长笛”？实际上就是我们常说的那句“赶鸭子上架”



it’s hard for him to give a speech in front of so many audiences，you are teaching a pig to play on a flute！

对他来说在众多观众面前演讲真的很难，你这纯粹是在赶鸭子上架！

6Donkey work

字面上看是“驴的工作”，实际上是笨重的累活儿，就好像驴日复一日的拉磨一样



The boss just makes decisions and we have to do all the donkey work .

老板只是做决定，苦活累活儿都是我们做。