汉语中,人们往往以十二生肖中的动物来比喻人,即把不同性格、特征、习性的人比作动物,如常以“胆小如鼠”来比喻胆小怯懦的人。英语中同样可用十二生肖中的动物来比喻人,其所表达的意思更加广泛而有趣。鼠(Rat)在英语中用来比喻卑鄙的人,叛徒。当看到smell a rat这一词组时,是 In Chinese, people tend to use the animals in the zodiac to compare people, that is, people with different characters, characteristics, and habits are compared to animals, and people who are often called timid as mice are used as metaphors for timidity. In English, animals in the Zodiac can also be used to describe people. The meaning of the expression is more extensive and interesting. Rat is used in English as a metaphor for scornful people, traitors. When you see the phrase smell a rat, it’s