語文天地－ Animal Idioms
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早前，我們曾經探討了一些以貓及狗（cat and dog）作意象比喻的英文成語，例如a cat on hot bricks, to work like a dog 等等。大家定必覺得於寫作時，恰當地運用成語，可令文章更加生動有趣，又能啟發讀者無窮的聯想，深入領會原文的含意，增加他們閱讀的興趣。在英文成語中，除了以貓及狗(cat and dog)作比喻外，也有很多成語是以其他動物作比喻的，例如to cast pearls before swine, to lock up the stable after the horse is stolen等等。現請大家動動腦筋，完成下列句子。
遊戲第十八則
1.He is the ˍˍˍˍˍˍ(donkey / ass) in a lion's skin.
2.She speaks as if there were a ˍˍˍˍˍˍ(frog / bird) in her throat.
3.He is as stupid as a ˍˍˍˍˍˍ (goose / bull).
4.What happened? You looked like a drowned ˍˍˍˍˍˍ (rat / chicken).
5.He will go ˍˍˍˍˍˍ (ape / bull) if he sees that you haven't followed his instructions.
6.After being told of her fault, she got her ˍˍˍˍˍˍ (monkey / lion) up.
7.Last week, I came across a friend whom I hadn't seen for ˍˍˍˍˍˍ (donkey / goat) 's years.
8.The player missed several chances and the crowd gave him the ˍˍˍˍˍˍ (cat / bird) at the end of the match.
9."Stop this ˍˍˍˍˍˍ (cock / hen) and ˍˍˍˍˍˍ (bull / cow) story! Just tell me the truth, OK?"
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(由警隊善用兩文三語工作小組供稿)
上期語文天地遊戲答案：
1)個 2)終 3)造 4)疚
5)悉 6)躁 7)徵 8)噱
9)鋒 10)彆
得獎者：
1) Pang Yuk, Marine East
2) SPC 8488, EU/NTN, Pln 3.
3) Yuen Suk-yi, PTR II, TPDIV
4) 職員關係課繕校員李淑賢
5) 牌照課社團事務處助理文書主任許祖華
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