A Fox
Both Chinese people and English people consider the fox a cunning animal.A cunning person is often compared to a fox.We can say "so-and-so is an old fox" or "so-and-so is as cunning as a fox."
Now that you know "fox" is a synonym (代名词)for cunning,it should be easy for you to understand the idiom "play fox".A cheat often plays fox,pretending to be honest or innocent.A lazy student,in order to play truant,may piay fox,pretending to be ill to have a stomachache,for example.
查字典,翻译下列短语和句子。
1、a cunning animal__________________
2、play fox______________
3、A lazy student,in order to play truant,may play fox,pretending to be ill to have a stomachache,for example._________________________________