英语谚语

Animals

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) Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣装，马要鞍。

(5) A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 听音识鸟，闻言识人。

(6) Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鸟儿都爱听自己唱。（自我欣赏）

(7) Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鸟心儿齐。

2. Cat

(1) 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。）

(2) Who will bwll the cat? 谁去给猫系铃？（谁愿意为大家冒风险？）

4. Crow

(1) A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 江山易改，本性难移。

5. Dog

(1) Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌.

(2) Every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意时。

(3) Every dog is a lion at home. 狗在家门口就成了狮子。

(4) Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 狗再傲慢也会吃脏布丁。

(5) 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。）

Friendship

A man who has friends must show himself friendly. 要有朋友，必须以友谊待人。

A friend is a second self.

朋友乃第二之自我。

No road is long with good company.

与良友为伴，路遥不觉远。

Faith will move mountain.

精诚所至，金石为开。

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

与恶友交不如独处。

Fine feathers make fine birds.

小鸟需要美丽的羽毛衬托。

Judge not according to the appearance.

勿以貌取人

It is not the coat that makes the gentleman.

衣服不能使人成为君子。

I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.

我不能同时是你的朋友又为你的阿谀奉承者。

Without confidence there is no friendship.

没有信任就没有友谊。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难见真情。

A good friend is my nearest relation.

好友即至亲。

Without a friend, the world is a wilderness.

没有朋友，世界成了荒野。

The best mirror is a friend’s eye.

朋友的眼睛是最好的镜子。

Success has many friends.

成功者朋友多。

Poverty tries friends.

贫穷考验朋友。

Better without gold than without friends.

宁可没有金钱，不可没有朋友。

It is easy to swim if another holds up your head. 有人扶着头，容易学游泳。

A friend to all is a friend to none.

滥交者无友。

All are not friends that speak us fair.

说我们好话的未必全是朋友。

A man is known by his friends.

视其友可知其人。

Better an open enemy than a false friend.

虚假的朋友比公开的敌人更坏。

Books and friends should be few but good.