有關動物的英文諺語:
1.dog 狗:
Love me, love my dog. 愛屋及烏。
An old dog will learn no new tricks. 老狗學不了新把戲;老年人很難適應新事物。
A good dog deserves a good bone. 好狗應該啃好骨頭;有功者受賞。
Dog does not eat dog. 狗不吃狗;同類不相殘。
2. cat 貓:
A cat has nine lives. 貓有九條命。
A cat may look at a king. 貓也可以看國王;小人物也該有些權利。
Care killed a cat. 憂慮殺死貓;憂慮傷身。
There are more ways than one to kill a cat. 殺貓的辦法壹個;達到目的的辦法多得很。
3. fox 狐貍:
A fox is not taken twice in the same snare. 壹只狐貍不能以同壹陷阱捉它兩次。
A fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐貍會變老,卻永遠不會變好;江山易改,本性難移。
The fox changes his skin but not his habits. 狐貍可以改變它的皮毛,但不能改變它的習性。
The fox knows much, but more he that catches him. 狐貍很精明,不及獵狐人。
4. wolf 狼:
Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl. 與狼為伴將學會嚎叫。
The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature. 狼牙可掉,狼性難改。
A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf. 賊了解賊,正如狼了解狼。
Hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods. 饑餓引狼出森林。
5. tiger 虎:
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. 騎虎者難下。
The tiger’s backside shall not be touched. 老虎的屁股摸不得。
The tiger has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it. 壹次嘗到血,虎欲永難遏。
A tiger leaves a skin behind him. 虎死留皮;人死留名。