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老虎
Tiger
In me the tiger sniffs the rose.
在我心中,老虎嗅着玫瑰。
The child of a tiger is a tiger.
老虎的孩子就是老虎。
Who rides a tiger cannot dismount.
骑虎难下。
Now I know why tigers eat their young.
现在我知道为什么老虎要吃幼崽了。
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.
骑虎难下。
He painted a tiger, but it turned out a dog.
他画了一只老虎,结果却是一只狗。
A tiger does not have to proclaim its tigritude.
老虎不必宣称自己是穷凶极恶的。
Sit atop the mountain and watch the tigers fight.
坐在山顶上看老虎打架。
You can't catch a cub without going into the tiger's den.
不进虎穴捉不到幼崽。
The most magnificent creature in the entire world, the tiger is.
老虎是世界上最壮观的动物。
Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the love of food.
哦,老虎会爱你的。没有比对食物的爱更真挚的爱了。
An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.
安抚老虎的一个可靠方法是让自己被吃掉。
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Animal totems, like the tiger, come from the Other Side to protect us while we are away from Home.
动物图腾,像老虎,从另一边来保护我们,当我们离开家。
I have a different constitution. I have a different brain; I have a different heart; I got tiger blood, man.
我有不同的体质。我有不同的大脑;我有一颗与众不同的心;我有老虎的血。
Each of us carries a sleeping tiger inside, and we can’t predict when that cat will wake, stretch, and sharpen its claws.
我们每个人都有一只熟睡的老虎在里面,我们无法预测那只猫什么时候会醒过来,伸伸懒腰,磨磨爪子。
Right now I'm looking at a liger out my bedroom window. He's half lion and half tiger. And he's absolutely beautiful. His name is Patrick.
现在我正看着卧室窗外的一只狮子。他一半是狮子,一半是老虎。他非常漂亮。他的名字叫帕特里克。
Well it's not easy being Tiger Woods on the course. It's not easy being Tiger Woods off the course. In his defense, it's not easy being Tiger Woods.
在球场上做老虎伍兹可不容易。老虎伍兹离开球场并不容易。在他的辩护中,成为老虎伍兹并不容易。