22-03-23 拾人牙慧是一个汉语成语，比喻拾取别人的一言半语当作自己的话（pick up phrases from somebody and pass them off as ones own），也比喻窃取别人的语言和文字（steal others ideas/sayings）,带有贬义。 例句： 他只是鹦鹉学舌，拾人牙慧罢了！ He talks like a parr...

16-08-17 There was a guy who went into a shop to buy a parrot. There werethree parrots in the shop. One was $5,000; another one, $10,000; and the third one, $30,000. The customer asked the owner, How come this guy is $5,000? Thats so expensive for this kindo...

14-10-08 A man once bought a parrot and gave it the run of his house. It reveled in its liberty, and presently flew up on to the mantelpiece and screamed away to its heart's content. The noise disturbed the cat, who was asleep on the hearthrug. Looking up at...

14-08-21 There was a little old lady who was nearly blind, and she had three sons who wanted to prove which one was the best to her. Son 1 bought her a 15-room mansion, thinking this would surely be the best that any of them could offer her. Son 2 bought her...

14-08-07 A good man had a beautiful wife, whom he loved passionately, and never left if possible. One day, when he was obliged by important business to go away from her, he went to a place where all kinds of birds are sold and bought a parrot. This parrot no...

14-05-07 A burglar（窃贼） breaks into a house. He sees a CD player that he wants so he takes it. Then he hears a voice JESUS is watching you. He looks around with his flashlight wandering What The HELL Was That?. He spots some $ on a table and takes it. Onc...

13-05-27 A man, a great man, a fighter for freedom was traveling in the mountains. He stayed in a caravans（有篷的车辆） for the night. He was amazed that in the caravans there was a beautiful parrot in a golden cage, continually repeating Freedom! Freedom!....

13-01-18 A curious guy goes to a pet shop to buy a parrot. There he sees a parrot with a red string tied to its left leg and a green string tied to it's right leg. He asks the owner the significance of the strings. Well, this is a highly trained parrot. If y...

09-09-29 A preacher is buying a parrot Are you sure it doesnt scream, yell, or swear? asked the preacher. Oh absolutely. Its a religious parrot, the storekeeper assures him. Do you see those strings on his legs? When you pull the right one, he recites the lo...