English Idioms that use the animals of the Chinese Zodiac 十二生肖 CHINESE ZODIAC English Idioms that use the animals of the Chinese Zodiac
to smell a rat 起疑心
The black ox has trod on somebody’s foot 災禍已降臨到某人頭上
ride the tiger 騎虎難下
A rabbit is never caught twice in the same place 同一個錯誤不會犯兩次
Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt 強龍難壓地頭蛇
snake in the grass 隱藏的危險
to flog a dead horse 途勞無功
Act the giddy goat 舉止輕浮
monkey business 惡作劇
What was hatched a hen must not try to be a rooster 孵出來是母雞就别想冒充公雞
Barking dogs seldom bite 會叫的狗不咬人
When pigs fly 絕對不會發生的事情
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