A chatterbox：话匣子
An eyesore：碍眼的东西；眼中钉
Cannon fodder：炮灰
A bed of roses：安逸奢华的生活
Have one’s tail between one’s legs：夹着尾巴做人
Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs：杀鸡取卵
Cut up fat：人死了很多钱没花完
A she-devil：母夜叉
A dumb bell：榆木疙瘩，傻子
Eat one’s cake and still have it：鱼与熊掌（不可）兼得
Cat. —
Living a cat-and-dog life：夫妻反目，日夜吵架，鸡犬不宁
See which way the cat jumps：取观望态度，看风头
Cult of the jumping cat：骑墙主义
Rains cats and dogs：大雨倾盆

Dog. —
Go to the dogs：鸡零狗碎，零落，破灭不可收拾
Throw to the dogs：唾弃，牺牲
Every dog has his day：瓦片也有翻身时
Haven’t a dog’s chance：极少希望
Lead a dog’s life：过穷苦生活，苟延残喘
Give a dog a bad name and hang him：欲加之罪，何患无辞？
You lucky dog! 好造化！好狗命！
Love me, love my dog：打狗看主面，爱屋及乌
Let sleeping dogs lie：一动不如一静，勿无事生非
Dog in the manger：狗占马槽（于自己无用者，且不肯让人）
Dust. —
Throw dust in one’s eyes：欲图蒙蔽
Shake off the dust of one’s feet：拂袖而去（不怿）
Bite the dust：战败倒毙
In the dust：归土，入黄泉
Humbled to the dust：大受挫辱，辱在泥涂
Raise a dust：引起纠纷
Dust and heat：风尘劳顿，汗马之劳

Finger. —
Done by the finger of God：由于天意，由于神力
Look through one’s fingers at：佯为不见
Won’t stir a finger：不拔一毛
Turn (or twist) a person round one’s finger：任意播弄，玩之股掌之上
My fingers itch to：手痒，技痒，渴想
His fingers are all thumbs：用手笨拙
With a wet finger：容易，不费吹灰之力，易如反掌
Burn one’s finger：自作孽，好管闲事，招惹是非
Have a finger in the pie：与闻，染指
Let slip through one’s fingers：不觉放弃，轻轻放过
Have a subject at one’s finger-tips：娴熟，拿手好戏
To the finger-nails：浑身，从顶至踵，一身（都是胆）