The fearless rodent proved he was no scaredy-cat as he astonishingly squared up to his large opponent and refused to budge – giving a new slant to the game of cat and mouse.

这个勇敢的啮齿小动物面对比它体积大得多的对手毫不畏惧，拒不妥协，它证明了老鼠并不一定要怕猫，也给猫和老鼠的游戏增加了新的定义。

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To play cat and mouse is for somebody or something to chase the other in a very strategic, teasing, and game-like way (like a cat chasing and playing with a mouse).

玩猫捉老鼠的游戏，是指某人或某事用战略性的手段挑衅和追逐着其他人(就像猫在追老鼠)。

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And on that cat, there is a mouse, a slumbering mouse, on a snoozing cat, on a dozing dog, on a dreaming child, on a snoring granny, on a cozy bed. In a napping house, where everyone is sleeping.

在那只小猫的上面有只老鼠，一只熟睡的老鼠睡在打呼噜的小猫的上面，在那里每个人都在睡觉。

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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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