英語中有關(guān)動物的諺語

1、.英語中有關(guān)動物的諺語 1.Bird 1 Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭雙雕；一舉兩得。 2 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。 3 Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚，人以群分。 4 Its an ill bird that fouls own nest. 家丑不可外揚。 5 Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣裝，馬要鞍。 6 A bird is known by its note, and a man

2、 by his talk. 聽音識鳥，聞言識人。 7 Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鳥兒都愛聽自己唱。自我欣賞 8 You cannot catch old birds with chaff.粗糠. 用粗糠捉不住老鳥。有經(jīng)歷的人難騙。 9 Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鳥心兒齊。 2. Cat 1 A cat has nine lives.貓有九條命；吉人天相。 2 Cats hide their claws. 知人知面不知心。 3 All cats are grey in the dark. 黑暗之中

3、貓都是灰色的。人未知名時看起來都差不多。 4 A gloved cat catches no mice. 戴手套的貓，老鼠抓不到。不愿吃苦的人成不了大事業(yè)。 5 When the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill presage. 黃鼠狼和貓結(jié)親，不是好事情。 6 Who will bwll the cat? 誰去給貓系鈴？誰愿意為大家冒風(fēng)險？ 7 The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 帽偷吃奶油的時候總是閉著眼睛。掩耳盜鈴 8 There are more ways of

4、 killing a cat than by choking it with butter. 殺貓的方法很多。到達目的的途徑很多。 9 Care kill a cat. 憂慮愁死貓。 3. Chicken 1 Dont count your chickens before theyre hatched. 雞蛋未孵出，先別數(shù)小雞。不要過早樂觀。 4. Crow 1 A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 江山易改，本性難移。 5. Dog 1 He who would hang his dog gives out first t

5、hat it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患無詞. 2 A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪，何患無詞. 3 Love me, love my dog. 愛屋及烏. 4 Too much pudding will choke a dog. 布丁太多噎死狗。 5 Every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意時。 6 Barking dogs dont seldom bite. 愛叫的狗很少咬人。 7 Let sleeping dogs lie. 勿惹事生非。 8 Dead dogs bite not. 死狗不咬人。 9

6、All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 狗見了叫的不一定都是賊。不要以貌取人。 10 Every dog is a lion at home. 狗在家門口就成了獅子。 11 Dont be a dog lying in the manger. 莫學(xué)狗占馬槽不吃草。不要占著茅坑不拉屎。 12 Dog does not eat dog. 同類不相殘。 13 Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 狗再傲慢也會吃臟布丁。 14 A son never thinks his mother ugly, and a dog nev

7、er shuns its owners home however shabby it is.兒不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家貧。 6. Frog 1 The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙，不知大海。 7. Fox 1 The fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐貍毛色可變灰，但是本性難移。 2 The fox preys farthest from his hole. 狐貍捕食，遠離洞府。兔子不吃窩邊草。 3 When the fox preaches, then take care of

8、 your geese. 每當(dāng)狐貍說教，注意鵝群被盜。 4 When the fox says he is a vegetarian, its time for the hen to look out. 狐貍說它吃素的時候，母雞就得注意。 8. Fish 1 The best fish swim near the bottom. 好魚常在水底游。 2 Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班門弄斧。 3 Go to the sea, if you would fish well. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 4 Theres as good fish in the

9、 sea as ever came out of it. 海里的好魚多的是。 5 It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上兩次檔。 6 If water is noisy, there are no fish in it. 咆哮的水中無魚。夸夸其談?wù)邿o真才實學(xué)。 9. Hare 1 You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds獵狗. 不能既和野兔一起跑又和獵狗一起追。人不應(yīng)兩面討好。 2 The tortoise wins the race wh

10、ile the hare is sleeping. 兔子睡懶覺，烏龜跑贏了。 10. Horse 1 You can take a horse to the water, but you cant make him drink. 帶馬到河邊容易，逼馬飲水難。 2 Dont ride the high horse. 勿擺架子。 3 A good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 好馬不會毛色差。 4 A horse may stumble on four feet. 馬有四條腿，亦有失蹄時。 5 A running horse needs no spur. 奔馬無

11、需鞭策。 6 Dont put the cart before the horse. 不要將大車套在馬前面。處理問題應(yīng)按先后次序，不要本末倒置。 7 The common horse is worst shod. 公用之馬，掌子最差。 8 Lock the barn door after the horse is stolen. 失馬之后鎖馬廄。亡羊補牢 9 Dont look a gift horse in the mouth. 饋贈之馬，勿看牙口。 10 Hair by hair you will pull out the horses tail. 一根一根拔，拔光馬尾巴。水滴石穿 11

12、. Mouse 1 It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。 2 The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken. 只有一個洞的老鼠，很快就被抓住。 3 A speck of mouse dung will spoil a whole pot of porridge. 一粒老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥。 12. Sheep 1 If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 典范的力量是無窮的。 2 A lazy sheep

13、thinks its wool heavy. 懶羊嫌毛重。 3 He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf. 甘心做綿羊，必然喂豺狼。 13.Swallow 1 One swallow does not make a spring. 孤燕不報春。 2 One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。 14. Tiger 1 If you dont enter a tigers den, you cant get his cubs. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 15. Wolf 1 Dont trust a goat with the kitchen-garden,