1. Chicken feed 小钱
I make chicken feed compared to you.
和你比起来,我赚的只是小钱。
释义:直译是鸡食,引申为小钱、不值钱的东西,就是重庆方言“渣渣钱”。
2. Chicken out 退缩,临阵退缩
Bill was going to ask Lisa out, but he chickened out at the last minute.
比尔本来要约丽莎出去,但是最后却不敢开口。
释义:
chicken: 本义是小鸡,后演变为胆小鬼。
chicken out: 比喻计划好要做某事,但是到最后一分钟却退缩了。