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谚语是人类智慧的结晶,是富于色彩的语言形式,它同文学作品、诗歌一样,是语言的精华,一般具有生动形象、喻义明显、富于哲理的语言特征。在一定程度上,谚语还能反映一个民族的文化特点。英语谚语源远流长,它既有民间流传的谚语,又有来自《圣经》的、莎士比亚作品的和《伊索寓言》的,还有很多外来谚语。以下辑录了一些有关动物的英语谚语,请同学们欣赏!
1.Fish
(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。(纵然失去一个机会,不愁没有其他机会。)
(5)It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上两次当。
(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。)
2. Cat
(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。
(6)Who will bell 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。
3. Chicken
Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. 鸡蛋未孵出,先别数小鸡。(不要过早乐观。)
4. Crow
A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 江山易改,本性难移。
5. Horse
(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。
(5)A running horse needs no spur. 奔马无需鞭策。
(6)Don’t put the cart before the horse. 不要将大车放在马前面。(处理问题应按先后次序,不要本末倒置。)
(7)The common horse is worst shoe. 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。)
6. Frog
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 the time for the hen to look out. 狐狸说它吃素的时候,母鸡就得注意。
1.Fish
(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。(纵然失去一个机会,不愁没有其他机会。)
(5)It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上两次当。
(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。)
2. Cat
(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。
(6)Who will bell 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。
3. Chicken
Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. 鸡蛋未孵出,先别数小鸡。(不要过早乐观。)
4. Crow
A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 江山易改,本性难移。
5. Horse
(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。
(5)A running horse needs no spur. 奔马无需鞭策。
(6)Don’t put the cart before the horse. 不要将大车放在马前面。(处理问题应按先后次序,不要本末倒置。)
(7)The common horse is worst shoe. 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。)
6. Frog
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 the time for the hen to look out. 狐狸说它吃素的时候,母鸡就得注意。