貓是一種不折不扣的萌物，很多人都甘心當貓奴。下面是小編分享的一些關於貓的英語短語，歡迎大家閱讀!
1) be the cat’s whiskers 了不起的人、東西等(貓的鬍鬚對於貓來說是非常重要的)
He thinks he’s the cat’s whiskers. 他自命不凡。
2) a cat-and-dog life (在一起居住)經常吵架的`生活(取貓和狗不能和睦相處之義)
The husband and wife have lived a cat-and-dog life all through their life. 這夫妻倆吵架吵了一輩子。
3)Curiosity killed the cat. (諺語，用來勸慰某人不要過分好奇。)
4)Let the cat out of the bag. (無意中)洩密;漏馬腳
I wanted mother’s present to be a secret, but my sister let the cat out of the bag. 給母親的禮物我原想保密，可是妹妹漏了馬腳。
5)like a cat on hot bricks 非常緊張;像熱鍋上的螞蟻;如坐鍼氈
He was like a cat on hot bricks before the driving test. 他面臨駕駛考試，緊張得像熱鍋上的螞蟻。
6)play cat and mouse / play a cat-and-mouse game with somebody 對某人時好時懷，忽冷忽熱
If you keep playing cat and mouse with your boyfriend, he’ll get another girl. 要是你總是作弄你的男朋友，他會愛上別的姑娘的。
7)put / set the cat among the pigeons 引狼入室;引來可能招惹是非或麻煩的人或事
The new security guard is a burglar----that’ll set the cat among the pigeons. 新來的警衛是個小偷----這下可要雞犬不寧了。
8)rain cats and dogs 下傾盆大雨
You’d better stay in. It’s raining cats and dogs outside. 你最好呆在屋裡。外面正下大雨。
9)When the cat is away, the mice will play.(諺語)山中無老虎，猴子成霸王。
10)bell the cat (為眾人)主動冒險
He offered to bell the cat when the others refused to go. 別人都不想去的時候，他提出要去冒一下險。
11)wait for the cat to jump / see which way the cat jumps 待情況明朗後再作決定
We needn’t make a decision yet. We have to see which way the cat jumps. 我們現在還用不著做出決定。我們還要看一看形勢。
12)(as) sick as a cat 直想嘔吐
Sorry to say, I am sick as a cat. 對不起，我直想嘔吐。
13)A cat in gloves catches no mice. (諺語)戴手套的貓抓不著耗子。(怕弄髒手的人什麼事也做不成。)
14)A cat may look at the king. (諺語)貓也可以看國王。(小人物也該有權利。)
15)(as) weak as a cat 身體非常虛弱
He is often absent from school, because he is as weak as a cat. 他總是缺課，因為他身體太虛弱了。
16)enough to make a cat laugh 連老貓都會笑掉牙;極其可笑
He said that he could speak eight foreign languages, which was enough to make a cat laugh. 他說他能講八種外語，這簡直太可笑了。
17)enough to make a cat speak 連貓都會講起話來(指事情十分出奇，令人驚訝)
Enough to make a cat speak, the dog which they had given to their friend returned home after walking for two days and nights.
令人驚訝的是，他們送給朋友的那條狗走了兩天兩夜後又回家了。
18)have as many lives as a cat / have nine lives like a cat 死不了;不容易死;富於生命力(源於貓有九條命的傳說)
I have as many lives as a cat. I’ll be as active as before when I get out of hospital. 貓有九條命。我出院後就又會像以前那樣活蹦亂跳了。
19)have more lives than a cat 比貓生命力更強
He has survived many deaths. He has more lives than a cat. 他多次死裡逃生。他比貓的生命力還要強。
20)no room / not room / not room enough to swing a cat (in) 極狹窄;沒有轉身的地方
You are very lucky to have a spacious study like this; there’s not room to swing a cat in mine. 你很幸運有這麼一個寬敞的書房，我的書房卻是非常狹小。
21)an old cat 脾氣壞的老太婆
I do not like our teacher very much. She is an old cat. 我不大喜歡我們的老師。她脾氣太壞了。
22)The cat shuts its eyes when stealing (while it is stealing) cream. (諺語)貓偷吃奶油的時候總是閉著眼睛。(掩耳盜鈴。)
