16-05-05 1. The lights are on but nobodys home 人没在家，灯却开着（形容某人比较笨） 2. When pigs fly 猪都会飞啦（说明某事完全不可能发生） 3. To have Van Goghs ear for music 对音乐的品味犹如梵高的耳朵（指乐盲、五音不全，注：梵高只有一个耳朵） 4. To pig out 似...

16-04-05 A fruit called the noni -- now hyped for a vast array of unproven health benefits -- is distinctly unhealthy for the fruit fly, which has fascinated geneticists for a century. For the species of Drosophila that lives in labs around the world, noni s...

15-12-11 According to legend, there was a kind of birds called dais (swallow) on the East China Sea. The Yidais were slow in reaction. They could not fly very high and seemed clumsy and incapable. But when they moved about, they always moved in groups, depen...

15-12-11 In the fields, there was a small animal called wu shu (the flying squirrel). It would say to everyone it met: I have five skills: flying, walking, swimming, climbing trees, and digging holes in the ground. Thereupon, its pals would laugh at it, sayi...

15-03-30 A new paper to be published in the journal Zootaxa (April 6, 2015) describes 30 new insect species in a single genus, Megaselia, of the fly family Phoridae. Describing 30 species in a single paper is rare, but what's especially striking is that all...

14-11-27 Yi Dai is a kind of talentless bird over the East Sea. They fly slowly and lowly and have to be led by other birds while flying. They always hide among the others while resting, dare not fly ahead while proceeding, dare not be left behind while retr...

14-10-23 Bright colors appear on a fruit fly's transparent wings against a dark background as a result of light refraction. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have now demonstrated that females choose a mate based on the males' hidden wing colors. Ou...

14-10-15 The house fly might be a worldwide pest, but its genome will provide information that could improve our lives. From insights into pathogen immunity, to pest control and decomposing waste, the 691 Mb genome has been sequenced and analyzed by a global...

14-10-13 You spend years trying to get them off the ground. You run with them until you're both breathless. They crash. They hit the rooftop. You patch comfort, and sure that someday they would fly Finally they are airborne... They need more string and you k...

14-08-28 苏轼《水调歌头》 明月几时有？把酒问青天。不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年？我欲乘风归去，又恐琼楼玉宇，高处不胜寒。起舞弄清影，何似在人间。 转朱阁，低绮户，照无眠。不应有恨，何事长向别时圆？人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。 许...