www百科

  1. 首页 > 生活知识 >

英语中有关动物的单词 英语中有关动物的谚语

生活百科

谚语是人类智慧的结晶，是富于色彩的语言形式,它同文学作品、诗歌一样是语言的精华,一般具有生动形象、喻义明显、富于哲理的语言特征 。在一定程度上，英语谚语反映了英语民族的文化特点 。英语谚语源远流长，它既有民间流传的谚语，又有来自《圣经》的、来自莎士比亚作品的和来自《伊索寓言》的 ， 还有很多外来谚语 。英语谚语中有许多有关动物的谚语，本人收集了以下几条：
1.Bird
(1) Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕；一举两得 。
(2) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手 。
(3) Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分 。
(4) It’s an ill bird that fouls own nest. 家丑不可外扬 。
(5) Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣装，马要鞍 。
(6) A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 听音识鸟，闻言识人 。
(7) Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鸟儿都爱听自己唱 。（自我欣赏）
(8) You cannot catch old birds with chaff.(粗糠). 用粗糠捉不住老鸟 。（有经验的人难骗 。）
(9) Birds 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 more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with butter. 杀猫的办法很多 。（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 never the whiter for washing herself often. 江山易改，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) Every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意时 。
(6) Barking dogs don’t (seldom) bite. 爱叫的狗很少咬人 。
(7) Let slee**** dogs lie. 勿惹事生非 。
(8) Dead dogs bite not. 死狗不咬人 。
(9) All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 狗见了叫的不一定都是贼 。（不要以貌取人 。）
(10) Every 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. 莫学狗占马槽不吃草 。（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 never thinks his mother ugly,and a dog never shuns its owner’s home however 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 never 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 。（兔子不吃窝边草 。）
(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) Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧 。
(3) Go to the sea, if you would fish well. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子 。
(4) There’s as good fish in the sea as ever 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(猎狗). 不能既和野兔一起跑又和猎狗一起追 。（人不应两面讨好 。）
(2) The tortoise wins the race while the hare is slee****. 兔子睡懒觉 ， 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，掌子最差 。
(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. 不入虎穴，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

    推荐阅读


    上一篇：Prejudice什么意思 prejudice的用法总结大全

    下一篇：preference语法 preference的用法总结大全