love one,love his dog愛屋及烏
You can take a horse to the water,but you can't make him drink.策馬溪邊易,逼馬飲水難.
A horse may stumble on four feet.人有失足,馬有漏蹄.
A running horse needs no spur.奔馬無須鞭策.
Don't put the cart before the horse.不要把車套在馬前.(不要本末倒置.)
The common horse is worst shod.公用之馬掌最差.
Lock the barn door after the horse is stolen.失馬之后鎖馬廄.(亡羊補牢.)
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.)
關(guān)于狐貍的諺語:
The fox may grow grey,but never good.狐貍毛色可以變灰,但是本性難改.(江山易改,本性難移.)
The fox preys farthest from his hole.狐貍捕食,遠離洞府.(兔子不吃窩邊草.)
When the fox preaches,then take care of your geese.每當(dāng)狐貍說教,當(dāng)心鵝群被盜.
When the fox says he is a vegetarian,it's time for the hen to look out.狐貍說它吃素時,母雞要注意.
有關(guān)狼的諺語:
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.
有關(guān)羊的諺語:
If one sheep leaps over the ditch,all the rest will follow.一只羊跨過溝,其它羊也會跟著做.(榜樣的力量是無窮的.)
He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf.甘心做綿羊,必然喂豺狼.(人不能太軟弱可欺.)
有關(guān)老鼠的諺語:
It is a poor mouse that has only one hole.狡兔三窟.
A speck of mouse dung will spoil a whole pot of porridge.一粒老鼠屎,壞了一鍋粥.
有關(guān)雞的諺語:
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.雞蛋未孵出,先別數(shù)小雞.(不要過早樂觀.)
有關(guān)兔的諺語:
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(yīng)兩面討好.)
1.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.
2.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) Who will bwll the cat?誰去給貓系鈴?（誰愿意為大家冒風(fēng)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.