世博习惯用语【7】As quiet as a mouse 非常安静

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As quiet as a mouse

Definition: Extremely quiet, doesn't talk much.

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和老鼠一样安静，指非常安静，没什么声音，主要用于形容人的寡言少语。The little girl is as quiet as a mouse. 这个小姑娘很安静。近似的表达法有She is a girl of few words. 她不怎么说话。和老鼠有关的成语还有一些，与quiet as a mouse像类似的有 poor as a church mouse，表示一贫如洗。原来教堂的老鼠很吃不开呀。

Example dialog:

Jim: I’ll never send my kid brother to any blind date again! It always ended up with the girl’s comments like “I’m wondering why he was just sitting out there as quiet as a mouse”
Jim:我再也不安排我小弟弟去约会了，最后哪些女孩总是说“我真搞不懂他干嘛总是安静地坐在哪儿。”

John: Good thing is that those girls were not wondering why Mike appeared always as poor as a church mouse.
John: 好在这些女孩们没奇怪Mike怎么总是看起来一贫如洗的样子。