He saw ants parading around a swimming pool while he was at an Independence Day celebration.

VOA: special.2011.02.15

The ants are my friends; they're blowin' in the wind."

蚂蚁是我的朋友,它们在随风飘荡"

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

To say it's natural for us to do so is not to say we engage in political life spontaneously and avidly, as you might say spiders spin webs or ants build anthills.

说我们本能地会那么做,并不代表,我们自然且贪婪地,忙于政治生活，就像蜘蛛结网,或蚂蚁筑蚁冢。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

We sometimes say that people who are restless or nervous have ants in their pants.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

Within seconds, the kids are climbing all over it, like ants on honey.

VOA: standard.2010.06.25