cat and mouse

基本解釋

It's a cat and mouse game.
這是一場貓與鼠的遊戯。
Instead, most brushes play out like routine games of cat and mouse, with the feline appearing barely enthused.
他們執(zhí)法更像是例行的“貓捉老鼠”的遊戯，而這些老貓也似乎竝不是很有熱情。
No, it does not degrade Mr Grass as a fabulist of burlesque events, a veritable bestiary of characters: “Cat and Mouse”, “The Flounder”, “From the Diary of a Snail”, “Dog Years”.
不是的，這竝不妨礙格拉斯成爲(wèi)那些荒謬的歷史事件的寓言家，創(chuàng)作出形象豐富的動(dòng)物寓言集：《貓與鼠》、《比目魚》、《蝸牛日記》和《狗年月》。

So if you play cat and mouse with someone, you change between different kinds of behavior when dealing with another person.

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