例句-1: "Basketball is a game for tall people. But once in a while a player like Mugsy Bogues comes along. Mugsy is a real shrimp--only 1.6 meters tall. But he's so quick and clever he can play on equal terms with all those giants."
例句-2: "The great French leader Napoleon was shorter than everybody around him, so you'd have to call him a little shrimp. But for a shrimp, he certainly made the rest of Europe tremble."
例句-3: "I don't like any of my teachers much, but the one I hate the most is Missus Gray. She's such an old crab, always scolding us for making noise, chewing gum, not doing our homework."
例句-4: "My neighbor is such an old crab. He practically does not allow me to listen to music and watch TV. Whenever I turn on my radio or television set, he knocks on my door and angrily orders me to stop."