最近，国产悬疑网剧《隐秘的角落》火了。豆瓣评分高达8.9，足以证明其质量优良。很多人都追着看完，里面很多梗也出圈了。
还记得让人起鸡皮疙瘩的“一起爬山”吗？
小编看这个情节时，的确被吓到，差点放弃。
还有“时间管理大师”朱朝阳。让很多网友自叹不如。
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《隐秘的角落》改编自紫金陈的小说《坏小孩》，
其中一个译名是The Bad Kids。另外一个译名则是Cat's Cradle。
那么，这部剧和猫有什么关系呢？
Cat's Cradle的字面意思是：猫的摇篮。
其实，它另外一个意思是“翻花绳”游戏。相信很多人小时候都玩过吧。
Cat's cradle definition is-a game in which a string looped in a pattern like a cradle on the fingers of one person's hands is transferred to the hands of another so as to form a different figure.
Cat's Cradle还可以表示
精心策划的事件
Something that is intricately and often bewilderingly complex.
追完剧后，你会发现用Cat's Cradle作为英文名非常贴切。
分享几个和猫（cat）相关的英语短语
❖ fat cat
不要想当然把 fat cat理解为“大肥猫”。根据具体语境，可以表示非常富有或有权势的人，通常是政商界人士。
a wealthy and powerful person, typically one involved in business or politics.
例句：These days it seems as though the fat cats do better and better, but the workers do worse and worse.
❖ rain cats and dogs
天上下猫和狗？其实是指倾盆大雨、瓢泼大雨。很常用的一种地道英文表达，《面纱》、《玩具总动员四》中都曾出现过。
rain very heavily
例句：Look! It’s raining cats and dogs.
❖ To put the cat among the pigeons
引发骚乱或混乱，通常是故意为之。把猫咪扔进鸽子堆里，后果可想而知。
cause a disturbance or disruption, usually intentionally
例句：If we question the suspect now, it will put the cat among the pigeons, and his associates will scatter. Let’s hold off for now.
❖ bell the cat
源自民间故事（老鼠）给猫戴上铃铛（作为预警），通常指接受一项艰难或不可能完成的任务。
take on a difficult or impossible task
例句：Who will bell the cat and take on the job of reducing corruption in this country?
“pig out”千万别翻译成“猪出来了”，要被笑死了！
分享几个和摇篮（cradle）相关的英语短语：
❖ rob the cradle
rob是“抢劫、掠夺”的意思，rob the cradle字面意思是抢劫抢摇篮，实际含义则是：老牛吃嫩草。
1. To court, seduce, copulate , or marry someone much younger. 2. To have a relationship or relations with a person of much younger years; an intergenerational relationship .
例句：Are you sure it doesn't bother you how much older I am? I feel like people are judging me for robbing the cradle.
❖ cradle snatcher
snatch的意思是抢夺。相似的， cradle snatcher可以表示和比自己年龄小很多的人谈恋爱的人，也就是忘年恋人。
someone who has a romantic or sexual relationship with a much younger partner (British & Australian humorous)；(slang, pejorative) A person who prefers to date people significantly younger than themselves.
例句：People were quite cruel about the age difference and him being a cradle-snatcher.
❖ from the cradle to the grave
字面意思是从摇篮到坟墓，很好理解，从生到死，也就是贯穿人的一生。
throughout life
例句：The bond of brotherhood was one to last from the cradle to the grave.
《隐秘的角落》你看了吗？感受如何？欢迎留言分享。