第五節(jié)　英語中關(guān)于動物的一些常用表達(dá)方式

一、Dog

(1) Love me，love my dog.愛屋及烏。

(2) Every dog has his day.人人皆有得意時。

(3) Let sleeping dogs lie.勿惹是生非。

(4) All are not thieves that dogs bark at.狗見了叫的不一定都是賊(不要以貌取人)。

(5) Don't be a dog(lying) in them anger.莫學(xué)狗占馬槽不吃草(不要占著茅坑不拉屎)。

(6) Dog does not eat dog.同類不相殘，同室不操戈。

(7) Better a living dog than a dead lion.好死不如賴活著。

二、Horse

(1) Work like a horse.辛苦地干活。

(2) Don't ride the high horse.勿擺架子。

(3) A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.好馬不會毛色差。

(4) A horse may stumble on four feet.馬有四條腿，亦有失蹄時。

(5) A running horse needs no spur.奔馬無需鞭策。

(6) Don't put the cart before the horse.不要將大車套在馬前面(處理問題按先后次序，不要本末倒置)。

(7) The common horse is worst shod.公用之馬，掌子最差。

(8) Lock the barn door after the horse is stolen.失馬之后鎖馬廄(亡羊補牢)。

(9) Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.饋贈之馬，勿看牙口。

(10) Hair by hair you will pull out the horse's tail.一根一根拔，拔光馬尾巴(水滴石穿)。

(11) Dark horse.競爭中出人意料的獲勝者(黑馬)。

三、Bird

(1) Kill two birds with one stone.一箭雙雕;一舉兩得。

(2) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。

(3) Birds of a feather flock together.物以類聚，人以群分。

(4) It's an ill bird that fouls own nest.家丑不可外揚。

(5) Fine feathers make fine birds.人要衣裝，馬要鞍。

(6) A bird is known by its note，and a man by his talk.聽音識鳥，聞言識人。

(7) Each bird loves to hear himself sing.鳥兒都愛聽自己唱(自我欣賞)。

(8) You cannot catch old birds with chaff(粗糠).用粗糠捉不住老鳥(有經(jīng)驗的人難騙)。

(9) Birds in their little nests agree.同巢之鳥心兒齊。

四、Cat

(1) A cat has nine lives.貓有九條命;吉人天相。

(2) Cats hide their claws.知人知面不知心。

(3) All cats are grey in the dark.黑暗之中貓都是灰色的(人未出名時看起來都差不多)。

(4) A gloved cat catches no mice.戴手套的貓，老鼠抓不到(不愿吃苦的人成不了大事業(yè))。

(5) When the weasel and the cat make a marriage，it is a very ill presage.黃鼠狼和貓結(jié)親，不是好事情。

(6) The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.貓偷吃奶油的時候總是閉著眼睛(掩耳盜鈴)。

(7) There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with butter.殺貓的辦法很多(達(dá)到目的的途徑很多)。

(8) Care kill a cat.憂慮愁死貓。

五、Fish

(1) The best fish swim near the bottom.好魚常在水底游。

(2) Never offer to teach fish to swim.不要班門弄斧。

(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.海里的好魚多得是。

(5) It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.智者不上兩次當(dāng)。

(6) If water is noisy，there are no fish in it.咆哮的水中無魚(夸夸其談?wù)邿o真才實學(xué))。

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