2. love-rat 爱情骗子
这是一个和老鼠相关的词汇。许多人都be scared of rats，想来和老鼠相关的都不该是好词。love-rat，爱情老鼠，听起来也是全身不舒服。
的确，love rats are terrible, they're people who cheat on their partners, and they're quite often men. love-rat 爱情老鼠的真正意思就是爱情骗子，指那些经常在恋人背后出轨的人。
例句：
i've met people who just can't stop cheating on their partners. they're love-rats and they're getting away with it.
对话：
a: have you read the story on britain's biggest love-rat in the papers this morning?
b: no, not yet. what did it say?
a: well, apparently britain's biggest love-rat has 12 children with 12 different women, all of whom he has cheated on at least five times.
b: that's disgraceful. he shouldn't be getting away with it.
we also hear the expression love-rat used quite often in popular newspapers. 爱情老鼠这个表达也经常出现在那些通俗小报上。
have you ever met someone who's a love-rat? 过街老鼠，人人喊打。爱情老鼠，也该人人喊打。