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Today’s English knowledge is related to cats. Do you like cats? Do you know what “cat in the pan” in the title means? To be honest, if the editor hadn't been a little witty at first sight, I almost translated it as "the cat in the pot" for the first time. Of course, based on the environment at that time, I judged that this could not be a simple phrase, it was by no means simple!
As expected, after guidance from a knowledgeable person, the editor understood its true meaning: "cat in the pan" refers to "traitor, a treacherous person". Isn't it a surprise? Why are cats and pans associated with traitors? We all know that foreigners will use some animals to describe people, but with the pan, is it because they want to throw the traitor in the pot and cook it? Of course, this is just my personal opinion. Life is not easy, people always have to be slutty from time to time.
So how do you use this phrase? Let’s take a look at the example sentence:
[Example] He was a cat in the pan.
[Misunderstanding] He is a cat in the pot.
[Resolution] He is a traitor!
[Explanation] cat in the pan is an idiom that means "a traitor, a traitor", which cannot be translated literally!
Of course, you must know that there are many slangs in English that cannot be translated literally. This "cat in the pan" is just one of them, and there are also many slang related to "cat", such as the following:
①take a cat nap Take a nap
[Example] I try to take a little cat nap every Sunday afternoon.
I try to take a nap every Sunday afternoon.
(Maybe it's because cats love to take naps, so there is cat nap slang)
②fat cat Rich and powerful people, tycoons; complacent people
[Example 1] Opera fans and fat cats are descending on Beijing for Zhang Yimou's lavish staging of Puccini's Turandot
Opera fans and wealthy people are visiting Beijing for only the grand debut of Puccini "Turando" directed by Zhang Yimou.
【Example 2】He is a fat cat.
He is a complacent person.
③rain cats and dogs "downpour"
(cat and dogs also refer to "low-value stocks; worthless and unsold goods")
[Example] But it'll perhaps rain cats and dogs tomorrow, as it did yesterday.
However, it may rain heavily tomorrow as yesterday.
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④as sick as a cat I really want to vomit, I am very sick
【Example sentence】Were you never sick as a child?
Have you never got sick when you were a child?
⑤the cat's pajamas Excellent people (or things)
"let the cat out the bag" (leak), "to rain cats and dogs", "like a cat on hot bricks/tin roof" (restless), "no room to swing a cat" ( The place is narrow)
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