Husbands and wives use this doghouse term when they are angry at each other. For example, a woman might get angry at her husband for coming home late or forgetting their wedding anniversary. She might tell him that he is in the doghouse. She may not treat him nicely until he apologizes. However, the husband may decide that it is best to leave things alone and not create more problems. He might decide to let sleeping dogs lie.
夫妻之间彼此生气时就会用到his bark is worse than his bite这个字眼。例如,妻子可能因为丈夫回家太晚或忘记他们的结婚纪念日而生气。她可能会告诉丈夫,他被打入冷宫了(in the doghouse)。在丈夫道歉前她都不会好好对他。然而,丈夫可能会决定最好还是顺其自然,不要再制造更多矛盾。也就是to let sleeping dogs lie。
Dog expressions also are used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.
狗一类的词汇还用来形容天气。The dog days of summer是指一年中最热的三伏天。下雨可以降温,但我们可不希望下倾盆大雨(to rain cats and dogs)。
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