听说学英语日报No.069

We can't have a party at my house. I don't have room to swing a cat.

◆not room to swing a cat
字面词义：没有空间摇晃猫。
真正含义：十分狭小，几乎没有容身的地方。

◆句子翻译
我们不能在家聚会，我那里太狭窄了，几乎不能容身。

1、We can't have enough space to have sports. There isn't room to swing a cat on the playground of school.
我们没有足够的地方来举办运动会，学校的运动场太小了。
2、At London I am pent up in frowzy lodgings, where there is no room to swing a cat.
在伦敦，我闷守在肮脏的住所里，那地方窄得没地方转身。
3、Our new kitchen is tiny, with not enough room to swing a cat.
我们的新厨房极小，连转身的余地都没有。
4、The little attic bedroom was so small that there wasn't room to swing a cat.
那间小的顶楼寝室是那样的狭窄，我们连转个身的余地也没有。

5、He is very lucky to have a spacious study like this; there's not room to swing a cat in mine.
他很幸运有这么一个宽敞的书房，我的书房却是非常狭小。
6、In our old flat we didn't have enough room to swing a cat, but now we've got plenty of space.
我们从前住的那套房间很狭小，没有活动的余地，现在我们已得到很宽敞的住所了。
7、In their old flat they didn't have enough room to swing a cat, but now they've got plenty of space.
在旧套间里，他们连活动的余地都没有，现在他们有相当宽敞的地方了。
8、I'd rather live in this old house with all its inconveniences than in one of those poky bungalows where you haven't room to swing a cat.
尽管诸多不便，我宁愿住在这幢老房子里，也不愿住到那种狭小的平房里，在那里你连转身的地方都没有。