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鸡飞蛋打 (hen flown and eggs broken) all is lost; to gain nothing; to fall between two stools: 落了个～ end up losing everything | 鸡飞狗走 also 鸡飞狗跳 /- - - tiào/, 鸡飞狗窜/- - - cuàn/ (hens flying and dogs running) mass confusion; great disorder; panic-stricken: 被吓得～be frightened out of one’s wits
鸡口牛后 (better to lead as a chicken than follow as an ox) better to reign in hell than serve in heaven: 宁为鸡口，无为牛后 better to reign in hell than serve in heaven | 鸡口虽小，犹进食；牛后虽大，乃出粪也 a chicken’s beak, though small, can take food; a cow’s rump, though big, just discharges dung
鸡零狗碎 (bits of chicken and pieces of dog) bits and pieces; odds and ends: 那～的事，恕不细说 such a trivial thing is hardly worth elaborating （选自“鸡年话说汉英词典中的‘鸡’”， 《英语世界》2017年第1期）
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