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(niǎo)在林不如一鳥(niǎo)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(yáng)。
(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(tīng)音識(shí)鳥(niǎo)，聞言識(shí)人。
(7) Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鳥(niǎo)兒都愛(ài)聽(tīng)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(niǎo)。(有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的人難騙。)
(9) Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鳥(niǎo)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(shí)看起來(lái)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(shuí)去給貓系鈴?(誰(shuí)愿意為大家冒風(fēng)險(xiǎn)?)
(7) The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 帽偷吃奶油的時(shí)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(dá)到目的的途徑很多。)
(9) Care kill a cat. 憂慮愁死貓。
3. Chicken
(1) Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. 雞蛋未孵出，先別數(shù)小雞。(不要過(guò)早樂(lè)觀。)
4. Crow
(1) A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 江山易改，本性難移。
5. Dog
(1) He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患無(wú)詞.
(2) A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪，何患無(wú)詞.
(3) Love me, love my dog. 愛(ài)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(shí)。
(6) Barking dogs don’t (seldom) bite. 愛(ài)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(jiàn)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(xué)狗占馬槽不吃草。(不要占著茅坑不拉屎。)
(12) Dog does not eat dog. 同類不相殘。
(13) Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 狗再傲慢也會(huì)吃臟布丁。
(14) A son never thinks his mother ugly,and a dog never shuns its owner’s home however shabby it is.兒不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家貧。
6. Frog
(1) The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙，不知大海。
7. Fox
(1) The fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐貍毛色可變灰，但是本性難移。
(2) The fox preys farthest from his hole. 狐貍捕食，遠(yuǎn)離洞府。(兔子不吃窩邊草。)
(3) When the fox preaches, then take care of your geese. 每當(dāng)狐貍說(shuō)教，當(dāng)心鵝群被盜。
(4) When the fox says he is a vegetarian, it’s time for the hen to look out. 狐貍說(shuō)它吃素的時(shí)候，母雞就得注意。
英語(yǔ)中有關(guān)動(dòng)物的諺語(yǔ)(下)
8. Fish
(1) The best fish swim near the bottom. 好魚(yú)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(yú)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(wú)魚(yú)。(夸夸其談?wù)邿o(wú)真才實(shí)學(xué)。)。
9. Hare
(1) You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds(獵狗). 不能既和野兔一起跑又和獵狗一起追。(人不應(yīng)兩面討好。)
(2) The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping. 兔子睡懶覺(jué)，烏龜跑贏了。
10. 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(huì)毛色差。
(4) A horse may stumble on four feet. 馬有四條腿，亦有失蹄時(shí)。
(5) A running horse needs no spur. 奔馬無(wú)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(wèn)題應(yīng)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(bǔ)牢)
(9) Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. 饋贈(zèng)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 . Mouse
(1) It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。
(2) The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken. 只有一個(gè)洞的老鼠，很快就被抓住。
(3) A speck of mouse dung will spoil a whole pot of porridge. 一粒老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥。
12. Sheep
(1) If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 榜樣的力量是無(wú)窮的。
(2) A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懶羊嫌毛重。
(3) He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf. 甘心做綿羊，必然喂豺狼。
13.Swallow
(1) One swallow does not make a spring. 孤燕不報(bào)春。
(2) One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。
14. Tiger
(1) If you don’t enter a tiger’s den, you can’t get his cubs. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
15. Wolf
(1) Don’t trust a goat with the kitchen-garden,or a wolf with sheepfold. 不能請(qǐng)羊管菜園，不能請(qǐng)狼管羊圈。
(2) Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl. 和狼在一起，就會(huì)學(xué)狼叫。
(3) Man is a wolf to man. 人對(duì)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(zhǎng)，吃起飯來(lái)像餓狼。
