广播电视英语短句 第 140 课：鸟类的表达-5

Anyone who eats crow has to admit a mistake or defeat. 每一个“忍辱、屈服”（ eats crow ）之人，都“不得不承认错误或者失败。

Now let's talk about my sister. She is not very young. She is no spring chicken . 现在，让我们来谈谈我的姐姐。她老大不小了，已不是“年轻人”（ spring chicken ）。

She will work any job for chicken feed -- a small amount of money. She is easily frightened. 她会为“一点小钱”（ chicken feed ）——很少的钱而工作。她很容易被吓到。

For example, she is too chicken-livered to walk down a dark street alone at night. 比如，她太胆小，不敢在晚上独自沿街行走。

Often she will chicken out - she will not go out alone at night. 经常“因害怕而退缩”（ chicken out ）——她不会一个人晚上出去。