英语中关于动物的一些常用表达方式

第五节　英语中关于动物的一些常用表达方式

一、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) Let sleeping dogs lie.勿惹是生非。

(4) 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)。

(5) Don't be a dog(lying) in them anger.莫学狗占马槽不吃草(不要占着茅坑不拉屎)。

(6) Dog does not eat dog.同类不相残，同室不操戈。

(7) Better a living dog than a dead lion.好死不如赖活着。

二、Horse

(1) Work like a horse.辛苦地干活。

(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) Dark horse.竞争中出人意料的获胜者(黑马)。

三、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。

四、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) The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.猫偷吃奶油的时候总是闭着眼睛(掩耳盗铃)。

(7) 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)。

(8) Care kill a cat.忧虑愁死猫。

五、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.海里的好鱼多得是。

(5) It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.智者不上两次当。

(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)。

(7) Fish begins to stink at the head.上梁不正下梁歪。