cat
has
nine
lives.
貓有九條命。(英國迷信,
指貓的生命力強)
A
cat
in
gloves
catches
no
mice.
(=Muffled
cats
catch
no
mice.)
帶手套的貓捉不到耗子;
四肢不勤,
壹事無成;
怕沾汙手指的人做不出什麽事。
A
cat
may
look
at
a
king.
貓也可以看國王(指小人物也應有些權利)
A
good
dog
deserves
a
good
bone.
好狗應該啃好骨頭,
有功者受賞。
A
living
dog
is
better
than
a
dead
lion.
死獅不如活狗。
Agree
like
cats
and
dogs
[口]像貓和狗壹樣合不來,
完全合不來
All
cats
are
grey
in
the
dark.
(=At
night
all
cats
are
grey;
when
candles
are
out,
all
cats
are
grey.)
貓在暗中都是灰色;
黑暗中難分醜妍
An
old
dog
barks
not
in
vain.
老狗不亂吠;
老狗
壹吠,
就得小心。
An
old
dog
will
learn
no
new
tricks.
(=You
cannot
teach
old
dogs
new
tricks.)
老狗學不了新把戲;
老年人很難適應新事物。
Love
me,
love
my
dog.愛屋及烏