日语里“have a cat tongue”表示“吃不了烫的东西” 英语里有关cat和tongue的谚语“'cat got your tongue?” 表示我们认为某人该开口时，那人却啥也没说 例：After she finished the story, I kept silent. What's the matter, cat got your tongue?&...
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猫抓住你舌头了吗？表达不说话，哑口无言。I have asked you many times.Has thecat got your tongue?译：我已经问了你好多遍了。你怎么不说话？
例如：
Speak up boy or cat got your tongue?
伙计，怎么不大声说了，还是你哑口无言了?
解析：短语动词 speak up 是不及物动词，意为“大声说话”，后面接 for sb/sth 意为“明确表态;(尤指为…)说好话，辩护”，例如：
She has often spoken up for the rights of working mothers.
她经常为职业母亲的权利辩护。
Amanda grew so quiet during the heated argument that I was forced to ask her "Cat got your tongue?"
在激烈的争论中，阿曼达变得沉默了，我被迫问她“无言以对了吧?”
解析：so … that 引导的结果状语从句。
The shy boy was afraid to speak up and his mates kept asking him "Cat got your tongue?"
这个害羞的男孩不敢开口说话，他的伙伴们一直问他：“无言以对了吧?”
Are you dumb or cat got your tongue?
你是哑巴了还是无言以对了?
