_下面是语文迷网精心为大家整理的关于动物的英语谚语,欢迎阅读参考。
_1.*rd
_(1) kill two *rds with one stone. 一箭双雕;一举两得。
_(2) a *rd in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
_(3) *rds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚,人以群分。
_(4) it’s an ill *rd that fouls own nest. 家丑不可外扬。
_(5) fine feathers make fine *rds. 人要衣装,马要鞍。
_(6) a *rd is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 听音识鸟,闻言识人。
_(7) each *rd loves to hear himself sing. 鸟儿都爱听自己唱。(自我欣赏)
_(8) you cannot catch old *rds with chaff.(粗糠). 用粗糠捉不住老鸟。(有
经验
的人难骗。)_(9) *rds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鸟心儿齐。
_2. cat
_(1) a cat has nine lives.猫有九条命;吉人天相。
_(2) cats hide their claws. 知人知面不知心。
_(3) all cats are grey in the dark.. 黑暗之中猫都是灰色的。(人未出名时看起来都差不多。)
_(4) a gloved cat catches no mice. 戴手套的猫,老鼠抓不到。(不愿吃苦的人成不了大事业。)
_(5) when the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill presage. 黄鼠狼和猫结亲,不是好事情。)
_(6) who will bwll the cat? 谁去给猫系铃?(谁愿意为大家冒风险?)
_(7) the cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 帽偷吃奶油的时候总是闭着眼睛。(掩耳盗铃)
_(8) there are * ways of killing a cat than by choking it with butter. *猫的办法很多。(达到目的的途径很多。)
_(9) care kill a cat. 忧虑愁死猫。
_3. chicken
_(1) don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. 鸡蛋未孵出,先别数小鸡。(不要过早乐观。)
_4. crow
_(1) a crow is n*r the whiter for washing herself often. *易改,本性难移。
_5. dog
_(1) he who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪,何患无词.
_(2) a staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪,何患无词.
_(3) love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌.
_(4) too much pudding will choke a dog. 布丁太多噎死狗。
_(5) *ry dog has his day. 人人皆有得意时。
_(6) barking dogs don’t (seldom) *te. 爱叫的狗很少咬人。
_(7) let sleeping dogs lie. 勿惹事生非。
_(8) dead dogs *te not. 死狗不咬人。
_(9) all are not thi*s that dogs bark at. 狗见了叫的不一定都是贼。(不要以貌取人。)
_(10) *ry dog is a lion at home. 狗在家门口就成了狮子。
_(11) don’t be a dog (lying) in the manger. 莫学狗占马槽不吃*。(不要占着茅坑不拉屎。)
_(12) dog does not eat dog. 同类不相残。
_(13) scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 狗再傲慢也会吃脏布丁。
_(14) a son n*r thinks his mother ugly,and a dog n*r shuns its owner’s home how*r shabby it is.儿不嫌母丑,狗不嫌家贫。
_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 n*r good. 狐狸毛色可变灰,但是本性难移。
_(2) the fox preys farthest from his hole. 狐狸捕食,远离洞府。(兔子不吃窝边*。)
_(3) when the fox preaches, then take care of your geese. 每当狐狸说教,当心鹅群被盗。
_(4) when the fox says he is a vegetarian, it’s time for the hen to look out. 狐狸说它吃素的时候,母鸡就得注意。
_8. fish
_(1) the best fish swim near the bottom. 好鱼常在水底游。
_(2) n*r offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。
_(3) go to the sea, if you would fish well. 不入虎*,焉得虎子。
_(4) there’s as good fish in the sea as *r came out of it. 海里的好鱼多的是。
_(5) it is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上两次档。
_(6) if water is noisy, there are no fish in it. 咆哮的水中无鱼。(夸夸其谈者无真才实学。)。
_9. hare
_(1) you cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds(*). 不能既和野兔一起跑又和*一起追。(人不应两面讨好。)
_(2) the tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping. 兔子睡*,乌龟跑赢了。
_10. horse
_(1) you can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink. 带马到河边容易,逼马饮水难。
_(2) don’t ride the high horse. 勿摆架子。
_(3) a good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 好马不会毛色差。
_(4) a horse may stumble on four feet. 马有四条腿,亦有失蹄时。
_(5) a running horse needs no spur. 奔马无需鞭策。
_(6) don’t put the cart before the horse. 不要将大车套在马前面。(处理问题应按先后次序,不要本末倒置。)
_(7) the common horse is worst shod. 公用之马,掌子*差。
_(8) lock the barn door after the horse is stolen. 失马之后锁马厩。(亡羊补牢)
_(9) don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. 馈赠之马,勿看牙口。
_(10) hair by hair you will pull out the horse’s tail. 一根一根拔,拔光马尾巴。(水滴石穿)
_11 . 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. 只有一个洞的老鼠,很快就被抓住。
_(3) a speck of mouse dung will spoil a whole pot of porridge. 一粒老鼠屎,坏了一锅粥。
_12. sheep
_(1) if one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 榜样的力量是无穷的。
_(2) a lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懒羊嫌毛重。
_(3) he that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf. 甘心做绵羊,必然喂豺狼。
_13.swallow
_(1) one swallow does not make a spring. 孤燕不报春。
_(2) one swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。
_14. tiger
_(1) if you don’t enter a tiger’s den, you can’t get his cubs. 不入虎*,焉得虎子。
_15. wolf
_(1) don’t trust a goat with the kitchen-garden,or a wolf with sheepfold. 不能请羊管菜园,不能请狼管羊圈。
_(2) who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl. 和狼在一起,就会学狼叫。
_(3) man is a wolf to man. 人对人是狼。(人心狠,人吃人)
_(4) a growing youth has a wolf in his belly. 年轻人,在成长,吃起饭来像饿狼。
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