英语动物俚语大全

dog days.三伏天quiet as a mouse.鸦雀无声

1. Black sheep – an undesirable member of a group, a disliked person, somebody who causes shame or embarrassment due to deviation

1.害群之马——一个不受欢迎的群体成员，一个不受欢迎的人，一个因偏离而导致羞耻或尴尬的人。

2. Don’t be an eager beaver, we have plenty of time to do this job.

2.不要做一个热心的海狸，我们有足够的时间来做这项工作。

3. Eager beaver – an enthusiastic hard worker; someone very excited to start a task

3.干活特别卖力的人——一个热心的辛勤工作的人；一个非常兴奋地开始一项任务的人。

4. Top dog – the most important person in a group, somebody with the dominant position or highest authority

4.头号人物——一个群体中最重要的人，具有主导地位或最高权威的人。

5.Grandfather’s old telescope has disappeared from the loft. It must have been a cat burglar that took it.

5.飞贼——一种潜入建筑物的窃贼，通常通过上部窗户、天窗等进入建筑物。

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。下面我整理了关于动物的英语谚语，欢迎大家阅读。

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。

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。

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。)

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 sleeping 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。

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