每天一句(十二)

Our boss looked like the cat that ate the canary.

我们老板看起来很得意.

有关俗语:look like the cat that ate the canary.Canary是金丝雀.Look like the cat that ate the canary这个俗语是用来形容一个人显得非常满足,就像一只猫终于实现了它长期来的愿望,把鸟笼打开,把里面那只可怜的金丝雀吃了一样地感到满足.下面的例子是:

My friend didn't listen to my advice and he bet twenty dollars on the horse.Why,I couldn't believe my eyes!The horse won by a nose and my friend came back with the two thousand bucks he'd just won,looking like the cat that ate the canary.

我的朋友没有听我的劝告,在那个马身上压了二十块美元.我真是难以相信我的眼睛.那匹马跑得快了一点点就赢了.我那朋友拿了他刚赢的二十块美元回来,非常得意.