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1、与dog有关的短语 MostdogsintheUnitedStatesseemtohaveaneasylife.Theysleepalotandgetfatoften.Peopletaketheirdogsforawalktwiceadayandalsoletthemplayoutside.Dogsgetmedicalcarewhentheyaresickorinjured.Whatagreatlife!Right?Butaman’slifecannotbesoeasylikethis.Somepeoples

2、ay,"Weliveinadog-eat-dogworld."Thatmeansmanypeoplearecompetingforthesamethingssuchasagoodjob.Theysaythattobesuccessfulapersonhastoworklikeadog.Thismeanstheyhavetoworkveryhard.Suchhardworkcanmakepeopledog-tired.Andthesituationwouldbeevenworseiftheybecamesick

3、asadog.Still,peoplesay,"Everydoghasitsday."Thismeansthateveryper-sonenjoysasuccessfulperiodduringhisorherlife.Tobesuccessful,peopleoftenhavetolearnnewskills.Yet,somepeoplesaythatyoucanneverteachanolddognewtricks.Theybelievethatolderpeopledonotliketolearnnew

4、thingsandwillnotchangethewaytheydothings.Somepeoplearecomparedtodogsinbadways.Peoplewhoareunkindoruncaringcanbedescribedasmeanerthanajunkyarddog.Junkyarddogsliveinplaceswherepeoplethrowawaythingstheydonotwant.Meandogsareoftenusedtoguardthisproperty.Theybark

5、orattackpeoplewhotrytoentertheproperty.However,sometimesamanappearstobethreatening,butheisreallynotsobad.Wesayhisbarkisworsethanhisbite.ManydogsintheUnitedStatessleepinsafelittlehousesneartheirowner’shome.Thesedoghousesprovideshelter.Husbandsandwivesoftenus

6、ethisdoghousetermwhentheyareangryateachother.Forex-ample,awomanmightgetangrywithherhusbandforcominghomelateorforgettingtheirweddinganniversary.Shemighttellhimthatheisinthedoghouse.Shemaynottreathimnicelyuntilheapologizes.However,thehusbandmaydecidethatitisb

7、esttoleavethingsaloneandnottocreatemoreproblems.Hemightdecidetoletsleepingdogslie.Dogexpressionsalsoareusedtodescribetheweather.Thedogdaysofsummerarethehottestdaysofayear.Arainstormmaycooltheweatherbutwedonotwantittoraintoohard.Wedonotwantittoraincatsanddog

8、s.短语串记1.dog-eat-dog残酷无情的竞争，损人利己的角逐，相互残杀字面意思为：狗吃狗。大家都知道，狼有吃掉死去的同伴的习惯，而狗一向被视为温顺、友好的一类动物，正因为如此，“狗吃狗”的行为才会显得更加残酷、无情。eg:We’reoperatinginadog-eat-dogworld.我们在一个竞争残酷的世界里经营着。2.worklikeadog直译为：像狗一样工作。引申为：拼命地工作。