English, like Chinese, has idioms, which are all translated into idioms. You know every word, but when they are combined, you don't necessarily know what you are talking about.

In addition to usage and meaning, some phrases and proverbs are suitable for written statements, some are only used in spoken English, some involve metaphors, some originate from stories, some are famous sayings, some are spoken by British people, but not by Americans, and some countries have different sayings. ...

So learning phrases and proverbs is very interesting. I hope you can not only remember these English phrases and proverbs by reading my series of articles, but also experience foreign culture and some knowledge that is not in books but must be known in life from related stories.

Sometimes a cock is used to refer to a man; Sometimes a rooster is used to refer to a "conceited person", so what are the sayings about the rooster phrase?

* * This is not a video game, nor is it a cock fight.

Meaning: all you know is fighting, not solving problems.

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Word: hen pecks and nags

Meaning: Obey your wife, be responsive, and listen to her a little more.

Howard in The Big Bang Theory is this type. His wife's words are imperial edicts, and "yes, dear" is on her lips.

Howard: Your wife pushed you around? But you're a terrible COP!

Mr. Rostenkowski: You are an astronaut, and your wife pushes you around. And she's only four feet tall!

-the big bang theory

A henhouse is where chickens sleep.

Meaning: Men conquer the world and women conquer men. You can also understand it as "pillow wind" and "bold and beautiful" ......

The cock crows and the hen cackles.

These five sentences all have the same meaning, which was first said by Margaret Thatcher in 1987.

Meaning: Men just talk and don't do it, while women do it.

Most importantly, Thatcher never concealed her belief that women are better at doing things than men. She brought "an indomitable woman's tendency to think that nothing can be done well unless she does it herself" to the government. "The rooster may crow, but the hen lays the eggs," I heard her say at a private dinner on 1987. Men are talkers and dreamers, while women are doers.

Stories of English phrases and words (2) Hen