4PHRASE (尤指对孩子讲的)性知识 Some people refer to the birds and the bees when they are talking about sex, especially to children. (尤指对孩子讲的)性知识 [humorous]
5PHRASE [VERB inflects]坐牢;蹲班房 Someone who is doing bird is in prison. 坐牢;蹲班房 [British, informal]
They warned him that next time he'd find himself doing bird.
他们警告他下次他可能就要进监狱了。
6PHRASE 志趣相投的人;一路人 If you refer to two people as birds of a feather, you mean that they have the same interests or are very similar. 志趣相投的人;一路人
7PHRASE [VERB inflects] [VERB inflects]给…喝倒彩;嘘… If an audience gives someone the bird, they shout loudly in order to show their disappointment or disapproval. 给…喝倒彩;嘘…
8PHRASE (表示侮辱)被竖中指/冲…竖中指 If you get the bird or if someone gives you the bird, they make a rude gesture with their middle finger at you. (表示侮辱)被竖中指/冲…竖中指
9PHRASE 到手之物A bird in the hand is something that you already have and do not want to risk losing by trying to get something else. 到手之物
10PHRASE 消息灵通的人;某人 If you say that a little bird told you about something, you mean that someone has told you about it, but you do not want to say who it was. 消息灵通的人;某人
11PHRASE [adj PHR](用于对人进行描述)…的人 Some people use the phrase old bird to refer to someone and say what they are like. (用于对人进行描述)…的人 [old-fashioned]
As usual, Wheeler, a wise old bird, got it right.
和往常一样,惠勒—一个非常聪明的人—又做对了。
She was such a decent old bird.
她是一个如此端庄的女人。
12PHRASE [NOUN inflects, usually verb-link PHRASE]少见的人;稀有之物;凤毛麟角 If you say that someone or something is a rare bird, you mean that they are very unusual. 少见的人;稀有之物;凤毛麟角
13PHRASE 一石二鸟;一箭双雕;一举两得 If you say that doing something will kill two birds with one stone, you mean that it will enable you to achieve two things that you want to achieve, rather than just one. 一石二鸟;一箭双雕;一举两得
Quotations
Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as dovesBible: St. Matthew
magpie: a bird whose thievish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talkAmbrose BierceThe Devil's Dictionary
Oh, a wondrous bird is the pelican! His beak can hold more than his belican. He takes in his beak Food enough for a week. But I'll be darned if I know how the helicanDixon Lanier Merritt
No ladder needs the bird but skies To situate its wings, Nor any leader's grim baton Arraigns it as it singsEmily Dickinson
Who wills devoutly to absorb, contain, birds give him painRichard WilburThe Beautiful Changes
I know what the caged bird feels, alas!Paul Lawrence DunbarSympathy