写 作 在英语考试中一直占据着不小的分值,而学生们为了在写作中拿到高分,也常常绞尽脑汁,什么经典句型、必背金句早已烂熟于心。
想要脱颖而出,就得另辟蹊径。小编精心挑选了 70+ 涉及 15 种动物的谚语,一定能让你的写作 up up !
01 Bird 鸟
(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。
(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。
02 Cat 猫
(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. 戴手套的猫抓不到老鼠;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;黄鼠狼给鸡拜年,没安好心。
(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. 猫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。
03 Chicken 鸡
(1) If it ain't chickens, it's feathers. 不是鸡就是鸡毛;生活就是一地鸡毛,总有事儿。
(2) Don't count your chickens before they’re hatched. 鸡蛋未孵出,先别数小鸡;别高兴得太早
(3) Don't count your chickens before they're hatched. 不要想得美;如意算盘打得太早,结果往往不好。
(4) One day chicken and the next day feathers. 指有的时候事情如你所愿,有的时候不尽人意。
(5) Chickens come home to roost. 自作自受;多行不义必自毙;害人终害己。
04 Crow 乌鸦
A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 乌鸦常洗澡,却永远不会变白;江山易改,本性难移。
05 Frog 蛙
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙,不知大海。
06 Dog 狗
(1) He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 想把狗吊死的人先说狗疯了;欲加之罪,何患无辞。
(2) A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. 打狗的棍子很好找;欲加之罪,何患无辞。
(3) Love me, love my dog. 爱我就爱我的狗;爱屋及乌。
(4) Too much pudding will choke a dog. 布丁太多噎死狗;人心不足蛇吞象。
(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。
(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。
07 Fox 狐狸
(1) The fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐狸毛色可变灰,但是本性难移。
(2) The fox preys farthest from his hole. 狐狸捕食,远离洞府;兔子不吃窝边草。
(3) When the fox preaches, then take care of your geese. 每当狐狸说教,当心鹅群被盗。
(4) When the fox says he is a vegetarian, it's time for the hen to look out. 狐狸说它吃素的时候,母鸡就得注意。
08 Fish 鱼
(1) The best fish swim near the bottom. 好鱼常在水底游。
(2) Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。
(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. 海里的好鱼多的是。
(5) It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上两次档。
(6) If water is noisy, there are no fish in it. 咆哮的水中无鱼;夸夸其谈者无真才实学。
09 Horse 马
(1) You can take a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink. 带马到河边容易,逼马饮水难。
(2) Don't ride the high horse. 勿摆架子。
(3) A good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 好马不会毛色差。
(4) A horse may stumble on four feet. 马有四条腿,亦有失蹄时;人有失手,马有失蹄
(5) A running horse needs no spur. 奔马无需鞭策。
(6) Don't put the cart before the horse. 不要将大车套在马前面;处理问题应按先后次序,不要本末倒置。
(7) The common horse is worst shod. 公用之马,掌子最差。
(8) Lock the barn door after the horse is stolen. 失马之后锁马厩;亡羊补牢。
(9) Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. 馈赠之马,勿看牙口。
(10) Hair by hair you will pull out the horse's tail. 一根一根拔,拔光马尾巴;水滴石穿。
10 Mouse 老鼠
(1) It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 再差劲的老鼠也不止一个窝;狡兔三窟。
(2) The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken. 老鼠一只洞,真是可怜虫;只有一洞的耗子首先被捉。
(3) A speck of mouse dung will spoil a whole pot of porridge. 一粒老鼠屎,坏了一锅粥。
11 Sheep 绵羊
(1) If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 一只羊跳过水沟,其他羊都会跟着跳;榜样的力量是无穷的。
(2) A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懒羊嫌毛重。
(3) He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf. 甘心做绵羊,必然喂豺狼。
12 Wolf 狼
(1) Don't trust a goat with the kitchen-garden,or a wolf with sheepfold. 不能请羊管菜园,不能请狼管羊圈;切莫引狼入室。
(2) Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl. 和狼在一起,就会学狼叫。
(3) Man is a wolf to man. 人对人是狼;人心狠,人吃人。
(4) A growing youth has a wolf in his belly. 年轻人,在成长,吃起饭来像饿狼。
13 Tiger 老虎
If you don't enter a tiger's den, you can't get his cubs. 不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
14 Hare 野兔
(1) You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. 不能既和野兔一起跑又和猎狗一起追;人不应两面讨好。
(2) The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping. 兔子睡懒觉,乌龟跑赢了。
15 Swallow 燕子
(1) One swallow does not make a spring. 孤燕不报春。
(2) One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。
怎么样
有关动物的英语谚语是不是很有趣
谁能想到“爱屋及乌”
其实是“爱我就爱我的狗”呢
其实
生活中处处都是学问
快快睁大眼睛去发现吧