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当有人对你说"You're a fat cat "，

千万不要理解错了哟~

“cat”是“猫”，“fat”是“肥胖的”

“fat cat”可不是“肥猫”

fat cat

fat cat是一个比较常用的俚语，形容有钱、有势的人，也可以理解为大亨、大款、阔佬。

图源：Cambridge Dictionary

例句：
fat cat bosses/directors有财有势的老板/董事
The report criticized boardroom fat cats who award themselves huge pay increases.报告批评董事大亨们为自己大幅提薪。

After graduation he's become very successful and he's turned into a real fat cat.

毕业后，他很成功，变成一个非常有钱的人了。

除了fat cat，还有哪些词是表示“有钱人”或形容人“富有的，有钱的”：

old money

释义：

used to refer to rich people whose families have been rich for a long time

祖上殷实的富人，富裕世家

例句：

Much of big business is still controlled by old money.

大型企业很大程度上仍然由传统富家控制着。

loaded

释义：

rich

富有的，有钱的

例句：

He inherited the family business - he must be loaded!

他继承了家族企业——一定很有钱！

self-made

释义：

rich and successful as a result of your own work and not because of family money

靠自己奋斗成功的，白手起家的

例句：

He is a self-made man.

他是一个靠自我奋斗成功的男子。

well off
释义：rich富有的，有钱的
例句：Her family was very well off.她的家庭非常富有。
the one percent
释义：the richest one percent of people, who are said to have most of the money, property, and power in society最富有的那百分之一（指社会上拥有最多金钱、房产和权力的那一小部分人）
例句：He promised to govern in the interests of all, and not just the one percent.他承诺为所有人的利益而治理，而不仅仅是那百分之一的富豪。

与cat相关的英语表达

最后，分享一些关于cat的常见表达，供大家学习~

curiosity killed the cat

释义：

said to warn someone not to ask too many questions about something

好奇害死猫，过于好奇会惹祸上身

例句：

You had better not ask Betty about her husband. You know, curiosity killed the cat.

你最好别过问贝蒂有关她先生的事。你知道好奇心足以致命。

cool cat
释义：a fashionable person时尚的人

例句：

You are a cool cat.

你真酷啊！

like a cat on a hot tin roof
释义：used to describe someone who is in a state of extreme nervous worry如热锅上的蚂蚁，坐立不安
例句：What's the matter with her? She's like a cat on a hot tin roof this morning.她今天怎么了？一早上都坐立不安的。

has the cat got your tongue?

释义：

something you say to someone when you are annoyed because they will not speak

（用于生气地质问）舌头让猫给叼走了吗？为什么不吭声？

例句：

What's the matter? Has the cat got your tongue?

你怎么了？为什么不吭声？

let the cat out of the bag

释义：

to allow a secret to be known, usually without intending to

无意中泄秘，说漏嘴

例句：

I was trying to keep the party a secret, but Mel went and let the cat out of the bag.

我尽力守住要举办聚会这个秘密，可是梅尔一去就说漏了嘴。

play cat and mouse
释义：to try to defeat someone by tricking that person into making a mistake so that you have an advantage over them玩猫戏老鼠的游戏；耍弄
例句：The 32-year-old singer spent a large proportion of the week playing cat and mouse with the press.那位32岁的歌手这周大部分的时间都花在了与媒体玩猫戏老鼠的游戏上。

not have a cat in hell's chance
释义：to be completely unable to achieve something毫无机会，根本不可能做
例句：They haven't a cat in hell's chance of getting over the mountain in weather like this.在这样的天气，他们根本不可能翻越这座山。

本文来源：华研外语、Cambridge Dictionary

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