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English Idioms that use the animals of the Chinese Zodiac

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1 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

2 to smell a rat 起疑心

3 The black ox has trod on somebody’s foot
災禍已降臨到某人頭上

4 ride the tiger 騎虎難下

5 A rabbit is never caught twice in the same place
同一個錯誤不會犯兩次

6 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt
強龍難壓地頭蛇

7 snake in the grass 隱藏的危險

8 to flog a dead horse 途勞無功

9 Act the giddy goat 舉止輕浮

10 monkey business 惡作劇

11 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

12 Barking dogs seldom bite
會叫的狗不咬人

13 When pigs fly 絕對不會發生的事情

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