In which of the following sentences, the same tenors may be associated with the same vehicles in both English and Chinese to express similar meanings?

A、 What a dull speech! He's merely parroting what many others have said.
B、 One look at his face and we realized that a thunderstorm was about to break.
C、 I'll have to stop all these between-meal snacks. I'm getting as fat as a pig.
D、 But this is an odd thing, though he's impulsive, he's as stubborn as a mule.

【正确答案】 A、B、C

【答案解析】 当讲英语的人和讲汉语的人都认为某事物有某种特征时，他们在表达相同意思时，两种语言中的本体和喻体可能是相同的。选项A、B、C三项的本体和喻体相同。而选项D中，中英文中的喻体不同，而本体相同，英语中的喻体为骡子，汉语中的喻体为牛。