It was raining cats and dogs almost all day.

幾乎一整天都下著傾盆大雨。

Where are you going? Can’t you see it’s raining cats and dogs? You’ll get soaked in a minute if you go out now.

你去哪兒??？你看不到下著傾盆大雨嗎？ 你現(xiàn)在出去的話，不到一分鐘就會被淋成落湯雞。

She didn’t say anything

but her face was like thunder.

她一句話沒說，但看得出來她非常生氣。

I don’t know what was happening. I just saw that a man with a face like thunder was chasing a little boy.

我不知道發(fā)生了什么事，我只看到一個怒氣沖沖的人在追一個小男孩。

（美語中用法：a tempest in a teacup）

I really think you’re making

a storm in a teapot over this.

It’s just a tiny scratch on the car.

我真覺得你是小題大做。

只不過是車上有條小擦痕而已。

Their fight was just

a tempest in a teapot.

他們的爭吵只不過是小題大做。

He can’t seem to settle down and enjoy life.

He’s always chasing rainbows.

他看來不能安定下來享受生活。

他總是在追尋不切實際的夢想。

My wife never believed

I would make it as a musician;

she always thought

I was just chasing rainbows.

我太太從來不相信我能成為一名音樂家，

她總是覺得我在追尋不切實際的夢想。

（看到這個詞忽然想到瘋狂動物城中的樹懶“閃電”?）

I don’t think we can keep up with him;

he’s got a lightning fast bike.

我覺得我們追不上他；

他的自行車速度超快。

The robbery lasted only a minute,

and then the robbers disappeared

in a lightning fast car.

搶劫一分鐘就結(jié)束了，

搶劫犯們坐上一輛飛快的車消失了。

Do you have your head

in the clouds?

你是不是走神了？

Is your sister in love?

I see her walking around all day

with her head in the clouds.

你姐姐是不是談戀愛了？

我看她整天心不在焉地走來走去。

I can’t go;

I’m just snowed under with work.

我去不了。我工作太多了。

I’d love to help you,

but I’m completely snowed under at the moment.

我很想幫你，

但我現(xiàn)在實在是忙得不可開交。

I’m feeling under the weather.

I may have the flu.

我感到難受，我可能是感冒了。

Whatever I ate for lunch is making me

feel a bit under the weather.

中午吃的東西讓我有點不舒服。