1. Americans pay more attention to the distinction between primary and secondary at the dinner table, and should not be seated until the host and hostess are seated. When many people eat, such as multi-person dinner or family dinner, it is the habit of westerners to pass the food on the table in turn and put it on their plates with forks or spoons. When you have finished eating your own food and the food you want is far away from others, don't take it away without authorization. Be generous and ask someone to pass it to you before eating.
The main tableware of Americans is knives and forks. No matter what they eat, they can't do without forks. "Left fork and right knife" is the way to hold a knife and fork in western food. If the right hand holds the knife for too long, it will be considered impolite by others. When using a knife, don't put the blade outward. Don't put food into your mouth with a knife. When cutting meat, avoid the knife making noise on the porcelain plate. When you eat noodles, you can roll them up with a fork. Don't pick them. When you put down your knife and fork halfway, you should put them on the plate in a figure of eight. If you put them together, you have finished eating.
3. Americans also pay attention to sitting posture when eating. Ask them to sit up straight, don't lean forward and lean back too much, don't swing from side to side, and don't put their arms across the table to avoid colliding with the people next to them. Don't get used to putting plates on the table when eating. This is very indecent behavior in America. When drinking soup, you can tilt the plate and eat it with a spoon.
Don't leave the table without permission after dinner. It is impolite to leave the table during or before the meal is over. As a guest, you should wait for the host, especially the hostess, to get up from her seat and then leave with her. After standing up, the man should help the lady put the chair back in place, just put the napkin on the table, and don't fold it as it is, because if so, the host will think you have another dinner here.
Some English slang words about "animals"
1. Dog
A dog in the manger
A dog in the manger
A badly done job
A mess, a mess
A Dog's Life
A Dog's Life
Dinner dressed like a dog
Dress up beautifully
Every man has his day.
When you are lucky.
Let bygones be bygones, don't ask for trouble.
forgive sb's past misdeeds
put on/assume airs
Show style, put on airs
degenerate
(country, institution) is not as good as before, decline, decline
2. Cats
Make a cat's beard
Better than anyone, the best
quarrel incessantly
Make a scene, make trouble.
betray the pot to the roses
betray the pot to the roses
It looks like something the cat brought/dragged in.
It looks sloppy.
There is no chance at all
Without the opportunity, it is impossible.
Put the cat among the pigeons
Cause an uproar, stir up trouble.
3. Pigs
Eat like a pig
glut
Make a mess of sth.
Screw up, screw up
Blindly bought things
What you buy (or accept) blindly.
Miracles may happen.
Things that are simply impossible; A baseless statement
**4. Birds * *
The man to be arrested has escaped/left.
Slipped away, escaped
bird's-eye view
bird's-eye view
jackals from the same lair
People of the same kind, like-minded people
serve a sentence
Imprisoned
as free as a bird
Completely free, unrestrained
5. Fish
Big fish; Large fish; Important people in the company
anyone/anybody
Big fish in a small pond
The tall of the short.
There are more important things to do.
There are other plans.
catch fish
Get what you want, get what you want
A person with a cold attitude
A cold person, a lonely person
Poor fish
wretch
Fish that nobody wants
weirdy
Snoop for information
Snoop for information
muddledness
It's really terrible