有关动物的英语习语

一．谚语

1.Bird

(1) Kill two birds with one stone. 箭双雕；举两得

(2) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟林鸟手

(3) Birds of a feather flock together. 物类聚人群分

(4) It’s an ill bird that fouls own nest. 家丑外扬

(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). 用粗糠捉住老鸟（有经验人难骗）

(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. 知人知面知心

(3) All cats are grey in the dark.. 黑暗之猫都灰色（人未出名时看起来都差多）

(4) A gloved cat catches no mice. 戴手套猫老鼠抓（愿吃苦人成了大事业）

(5) When the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill presage. 黄鼠狼和猫结亲

好事情）

(6) Who will bwll the cat? 谁去给猫系铃（谁愿意大家冒风险）

(7) The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 帽偷吃奶油时候总闭着眼睛（掩耳盗铃）

(8) There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with butter. 杀猫办法多（达目途径多）

(9) Care kill a cat. 忧虑愁死猫

猫披老虎皮Cat wearing tiger-skin——抖威风shaking down to size

猫肚子放虎胆Cat belly Tiger tank——凶起来tough up

猫守鼠洞at guarding the rat holes——动声色without batting an eyelid

猫吃死耗子Cats do not eat dead mouse——假斯文shedding Sven

猫嘴里老鼠The cat in the mouth of the mouse——跑了not run away

猫捉老鼠CAT clutchs the mouse——本分事this thing

3. Chicken

(1) Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. 鸡蛋未孵出先别数小鸡（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. 爱叫狗少咬人

(7) Let sleeping dogs lie. 勿惹事生非

(8) Dead dogs bite not. 死狗咬人

(9) All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 狗见了叫定都贼（要貌取人）

(10) Every dog is a lion at home. 狗家门口成了狮子

(11) Don’t be a dog (lying) in the ma nger. 莫学狗占马槽吃草（要占着茅坑拉屎）

(12) Dog does not eat dog. 同类相残

(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.儿嫌母丑狗嫌家贫

6. Frog

(1) The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙知大海

7. Fox

(1) The fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐狸毛色变灰本性难移

(2) The fox preys farthest from his hole. 狐狸捕食远离洞府（兔子吃窝边草）

(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 t he fox says he is a vegetarian, it’s time for the hen to look out. 狐狸说吃素

时候母鸡得注意

8. Fish

(1) The best fish swim near the bottom. 好鱼常水底游

(2) Never offer to teach fish to swim. 要班门弄斧

(3) Go to the sea, if you would fish well. 入虎穴焉得虎子

(4) There’s as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海里好鱼多

(5) It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者上两次档

(6) If water is noisy, there are no fish in it. 咆哮水无鱼（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). 能既和野兔起跑又和猎狗起追（人应两面讨好）

(2) The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping. 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. 带马河边容易

逼马饮水难