含動物的英語諺語
1、To shed crocodile tears.
掉鱷魚眼淚
2、To ride the tiger.
騎虎難下
3、May as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
一不做二不休
4、Barking dogs do not bite.
吠犬不咬人
5、It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
家醜不可外揚
6、As wet as a drowned rat.
濕如落湯雞
7、If the shepherds quarrel,the wolf has a winning game.
鷸蚌相爭,漁翁得利
8、To lock the stable door after the horse is stolen.
亡羊補牢
9、To kill two birds with one stone.
一石二鳥
10、The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.
掩耳盜鈴
11、Dog doesn't eat dog.
虎毒不食子
12、Like a cat on hot bricks.
像熱鍋上的螞蟻
13、The leopard can't change its sports.
本性難移
14、The best fish smell when they are three days old.
久住招人嫌
15、When the cat is away, the mice will play.
山中無老虎,猴子稱大王
16、Better a living dog than a dead lion.
好死不如賴活著
17、Love me, love my dog.
愛屋及烏
18、Fish begins to stink at the head.
上樑不正下樑歪
19、A rat in a hole.
甕中之鼈
20、Birds of a feather flock together.
物以類聚,人以群分
21、To put the cart before the horse.
本末倒置
22、To beard the lion in his den.
太歲頭上動土
23、He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.
欲加之罪,何患無辭
24、To help a lame dog over a stile.
雪中送炭
25、A lion in the way.
攔路虎
26、Fight dog, fight bear.
不獲全勝不收兵
27、The best fish swim near bottom.
好魚居深淵()
28、Never offer to teach fish tow swim.
切莫班門弄斧
英語動物諺語
1、When the fox says he is a vegetarian, it’s time for the hen to look out.
狐狸說它吃素的時候,母雞就得注意。
2、The fox may grow grey, but never good.
狐狸毛色可變灰,但是本性難移。
3、The fox preys farthest from his hole.
狐狸捕食,
4、Don’t trust a goat with the kitchen-garden,or a wolf with sheepfold.
不能請羊管菜園,不能請狼管羊圈。
5、Don’t put the cart before the horse.
不要將大車套在馬前面。處理問題應按先後次序,不要本末倒置。
6、Man is a wolf to man.
人人心狠,人吃人。
7、The common horse is worst shod.
公用之馬,掌子最差。
8、It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.
智者不上兩次檔。
9、Lock the barn door after the horse is stolen.
失馬之後鎖馬廄。
10、One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。
11、You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.
不能既和野兔一起跑又和獵狗一起追。人不應兩面討好。
12、It is a poor mouse that has only one hole.
狡兔三窟。
13、Hair by hair you will pull out the horse’s tail.
一根一根拔,拔光馬尾巴。
14、A running horse needs no spur.
奔馬無需鞭策。
15、A growing youth has a wolf in his belly.
年輕人,在成長,吃起飯來像餓狼。
16、A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.
好馬不會毛色差。
17、One swallow does not make a spring.
孤燕不報春。
18、When the fox preaches, then take care of your geese.
每當狐狸說教,當心鵝群被盜。
19、Never offer to teach fish to swim.
不要班門弄斧。
20、Don’t ride the high horse.
勿擺架子。
21、The best fish swim near the bottom.
好魚常在水底遊。
22、A speck of mouse dung will spoil a whole pot of porridge.
一粒老鼠屎,壞了一鍋粥。
23、There’s as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
海裡的好魚多的是。
24、Go to the sea, if you would fish well.
不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
25、Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl.
和狼在一起,就會學狼叫。
26、Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
饋贈之馬,勿看牙口。
27、If water is noisy, there are no fish in it.
咆哮的水中無魚。誇誇其談者無真才實學。
28、The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.
只有一個洞的老鼠,很快就被抓住。
29、You can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink.
帶馬到河邊容易,逼馬飲水難。
30、If you don’t enter a tiger’s den, you can’t get his cubs.
不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
31、The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.
兔子睡懶覺,烏龜跑贏了。()
32、A horse may stumble on four feet.
馬有四條腿,亦有失蹄時。
含有動物的英語諺語
1. A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
聞其歌知其鳥,聽其言知其人。
2. A burnt child dreads the fire.
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩。
3. A cat has nine lives.
貓有九條命。
4. A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.
良馬的毛色不會差。
5. A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich.
窮人的一隻羔羊比富人的一頭牛還要珍貴。
6. A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.
懶羊嫌毛重。
7. A lion at home, a mouse abroad.
在家凶如獅,在外卻如鼠。
8. A living dog is better than a dead lion.
一條活狗勝過一頭死獅。
9. All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.
貓都愛吃魚,卻怕爪弄濕。
10.All's fish that comes to his net.
到了網中都是魚。
11.A man is not a horse because he was born in a stable.
人並不因為生在馬廄裡就成了馬。
12.A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.
路遙知馬力,日久見人心。
13.An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.
驢子能負重,但不堪超過力之所及。
14.An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well.
狗嘴裡吐不出象牙。
15.An nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.
對牛彈琴。
16.As worms are bred in a stagnant pool, so are evil thoughts in idleness.
蟲蛆在死水中孵化,邪念在懶惰中養成。
17.A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf.
賊瞭解賊,正如狼瞭解狼。
18.Behind bad luck comes good luck.
塞翁失馬,焉知非福。
19.Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
寧為犬首,不作獅尾。
20.Better half an egg than empty shell.
半隻蛋也比空殼好。
21.He who shareth honey with the bear hath the least part of it.
與熊分蜜糖,
22.Honey is sweet, but the bee stings.
蜜糖是甜的,但蜜蜂會螫人。
23.If the beard were all, the goat might preach.
如果有了需就什麼都行,那麼山羊也可以說教了。
24.Nightingales will not sing in a cage.
夜鶯困籠不唱歌。
25.None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing.
螞蟻不說話,但最善於說教。
26.Nothing brave, nothing have.
不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
27.One barking dog sets all street a-barking.
一狗吠聲響,狗吠滿街坊。
28.The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail.
猴子爬得越高,尾巴越加暴露。
29.The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb.
狼的生就是羔羊的死。
30.The mountain has brought forth a mouse.
虎頭蛇尾。
31.The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.
狡兔三窟。
32.The old goose plays not with foxes.
老鵝不和狐狸一起玩。
33.The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet.
孔雀雖有華羽,但有賤足。
34.There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
海裡的好魚是取之不盡的。
35.Thereis no wool so white but a dyer can make it black.
羊毛再白,也能染黑。
36.The rotten apple injuries its neighbours.
一隻死老鼠,弄贓粥一鍋。
37.The tiger has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it.
老虎一次嘗到血,它的貪心就更大。
38.The tortosis wins the race while the hare is sleeping.
兔子睡大覺,烏龜才得勝。
39.The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
鷸蚌相爭,漁翁得利。
40.Though the fox run, the chicken hath wings.
狐狸雖會跑,小雞有翅膀。
41.Though thy enemy seem a mouse, yet watch him like a lion.
即使敵人小如鼠,也要防他如防虎。
42.Timid dogs bark most.
狗膽小,拼命叫。
43.To a boiling pot flies come not.
蒼蠅不叮沸水壺。
44.To travel through the world it is necessary to have the mouth of hog, the legs of a stag, the eyes of a falcon,the ears of an ass, shoulders of a camel, and the face of an ape, and overplus, a satchel full of money and patience.
周遊世界須有豬嘴巴,鹿的腿,鷹的雙眼,驢的耳,駱駝的肩膀和猿猴的臉,尤其需要的是要有滿口袋的金錢和耐心。
45.Tread on a worm and it will turn.
困獸猶鬥。
46.True coral needs no painter's brush.
真珊瑚無需刷油漆。
47.Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in one.
兩貓伴一鼠,兩妻居一屋,兩狗肯一骨,萬難同相處。
48.Two dogs over one bone seldom agree.
兩狗啃一骨,相持難服輸。
49.Two sparrows on one ear of corn make an ill agreement.
一穗兩雀爭,意見亂紛紛。()
50.When the cat's away the mice will play.
貓兒不在,老鼠造反。