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1. early bird      早起的鳥

   喻指：早起的人；早到的人

   【例句】：

   The early bird catches the worm.

   早起的鳥兒有蟲吃；即捷足先登。

2. eat like a bird      像鳥在吃

   喻指：吃得很少

   【例句】：

   She is worried about her daughter; she eats like a bird and is very thin.

   她很擔心她的女兒，長得又瘦，吃得又少。

3. eat like a horse      像馬在吃

   喻指：吃得很多，狼吞虎嚥。

   【例句】：

   Those workers ate like horses in the restaurant.

   那些工人在餐廳裡大吃一頓。

4. eat one's words      收回自己的話

   自認失言，坦誠所言有誤。

   【例句】：

   I think I have to eat my words.

   我想我必須承認說錯了話。

5. eat (a person) out of house and home      把某人家裡的東西都吃光

   喻指：把某人吃窮。

   【例句】：

   My two boys have an appetite; they eat me out of house and home.

   我的兩個兒子胃口很好，快把我吃窮了。

6. even a worm will turn      即使是蟲子也會轉身

   喻指：人急造反；狗急跳牆。

   【例句】：

   Even a worm will turn, you had better give him a way out.

   如被逼急了，最溫順的也會反抗，你最好給他出路。

7. every dog has his day      每條狗都有它得意的日子

   喻指：每個人都有得意的時候；時來運轉。

   【例句】：

   You will be able to go to college like your brother after you graduate from KLSH. Every dog has his day.

   你從基中畢業後，也可以像你哥哥一樣去唸大學。人人都有出頭時。

8. eye for eye      以眼還眼

喻指：以其人之道還治其人之身。

【例句】：

He swore to revenge himself on his enemy and took eye for eye.

他發誓要向敵人報仇，並且以眼還眼。

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