英語中有關動物的諺語
語言是文化的載體，它記錄著一個民族的生存歷程，滲透著一個民族的文化精神。語言成為反映民族文化的視窗，每個民族都有為本民族所喜聞樂道的諺語。下面是小編整理的，歡迎大家閱讀。
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Bird
1 Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭雙鵰;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. 家醜不可外揚。
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。有經驗的人難騙。
9 Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鳥心兒齊。
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。不願吃苦的人成不了大事業。
5 When the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill presage. 黃鼠狼和貓結親，不是好事情。
6 Who will bwll the cat? 誰去給貓系鈴?誰願意為大家冒風險?
7 The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 帽偷吃奶油的時候總是閉著眼睛。掩耳盜鈴
8 There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with butter. 殺貓的辦法很多。達到目的的途徑很多。
9 Care kill a cat. 憂慮愁死貓。
Fish
1 The best fish swim near the bottom. 好魚常在水底遊。
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. 海里的好魚多的是。
5 It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上兩次檔。
6 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。。
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Dog
1 He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患無詞.
2 A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪，何患無詞.
3 Love me, love my dog. 愛屋及烏.
4 Too much pudding will choke a dog. 布丁太多噎死狗。
5 Every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意時。
6 Barking dogs don’t seldom bite. 愛叫的狗很少咬人。
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. 狗見了叫的不一定都是賊。不要以貌取人。
10 Every dog is a lion at home. 狗在家門口就成了獅子。
11 Don’t be a dog lying in the manger. 莫學狗佔馬槽不吃草。不要佔著茅坑不拉屎。
12 Dog does not eat dog. 同類不相殘。
13 Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 狗再傲慢也會吃髒布丁。
14 A son never thinks his mother ugly,and a dog never shuns its owner’s home however shabby it is.兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧。
Fox
1 The fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐狸毛色可變灰，但是本性難移。
2 The fox preys farthest from his hole. 狐狸捕食，遠離洞府。兔子不吃窩邊草。
3 When the fox preaches, then take care of your geese. 每當狐狸說教，當心鵝群被盜。
4 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。
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Horse
1 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。
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。處理問題應按先後次序，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. 失馬之後鎖馬廄。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
Wolf
1 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。
2 Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl. 和狼在一起，就會學狼叫。
3 Man is a wolf to man. 人對人是狼。人心狠，人吃人
4 A growing youth has a wolf in his belly. 年輕人，在成長，吃起飯來像餓狼