英语中与动物相关的习语.doc

英语中与动物相关的习语
Fish 鱼
1. Never offer to teach a fish to swim．［谚］不要班门弄斧。
2. He’s like a fish out of water．他感到生疏。
3. He drinks like a fish。他喝起酒来不要命。
4. All’s fish that comes to his net。凡是到手的他都要。
Bird 鸟
1. He eats like a bird．他吃得很少。
2. Birds of a feather flock together．[谚]物以类聚，人以群分。
3.  A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush．［谚］双鸟在林不如一鸟在手
eg. Bill has offered to buy my car for $4000.Someone else might pay more, but a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. (比尔愿出4000美元买我的车，也许有人会出更多，但有一只鸟在手胜过两面三刀只鸟在林子里。
4. That’s for the birds! 那毫无意义！
5. It’s an ill bird that fouls own nest．「谚」家丑不可外扬。
6. A little bird told me．有人私下告诉我。
7. We’re all early birds in my family because we live on a farm.
   由于我们生活在农场，所以全家人都起得很早。
Chicken 小鸡
1.  Come on! Don’t be chicken! 来，别害怕！
2.  Well，she’s certainly no spring chicken．她当然不再是个小丫头了。
3. Don't count your chickens before they're hatched! 「谚」不要过早乐观!
Owl 猫头鹰
1.  He is as blind as an owl．他真是个瞎子。
2.  He’s a wise old owl．他是个智叟。 
Bear 熊
1. Every time l see my grandfather，he gives me a big bear hug．
    每次见到爷爷，他都要紧紧地拥抱我。
2. Her husband is a real bear．她丈夫脾气确实坏。
Bee 蜜蜂
1. She’s always as busy as a bee．她总是忙忙碌碌。
Snail蜗牛
1.  He walks at a snail's pace．他走路慢吞吞。 
worm 虫
1. He wormed his way through the narrow passage．他好不容易才走过那条狭窄的小路。
2．Every time l take the kids to the movies，they always worm around in their seats．每次我带孩子们去看电影，他们好像总也坐不住似的。
3. l am a worm today．今天一点精神也没有。
4. A worm will turn．［谚］如果被逼太甚，最温顺的人也会反抗。
Ants 蚂蚁
1.  You’d think he has ants in his pants．你会觉得他坐立不安。 
Bug 臭虫
1.  It really bugs me when the bus comes late and l can’t go to work on time。由于汽车晚点而不能按时上班，真让我感到烦恼。
2.  l don’t feel well．I think I picked up some kind of bug in my travels abroad．我感觉有点不适，可能是出国旅行时偶染微恙。
3. He’s a camera bug．他是个摄影迷。
hog 猪
1．When we were young，my sister and l shared the same bed，but she usually hogged  all the room．小时候姐姐和我共睡一张床，可她总是占很多地方。
2．When he does something，he usually goes the whole hog．他要干什么，就真的干到底。 
Sheep 羊
1．She had a rather sheepish smile. 她笑起来很害羞的样子。
2．He is a black sheep 他是个败家子。
dog 狗
1. Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人（意指：对于高声发出恐吓，或惯于大声吼叫的人，勿须当真）。
2. Every dog has his day.凡人皆有得意日（意指：大家都有走运的一天）。
3. Dog does not eat dog.同类不相残；同室不操戈。
4. a cat-and-dog life 争争吵吵的日子
5. Dog does not eat dog.
同类不相残，同时不操戈
6. Dumb dogs are dangerous.
不叫的狗咬人
7. Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
谗言可畏，欲加之罪，何患无辞
8. go to the dogs
每况愈下
9. hang-dog look
愁眉苦脸
10. If the old dog barks, he give the counsel.
老狗叫，是忠告。
11. Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌
12. He is a lucky dog.
他是个幸运儿。
13. lead a dog's life
过穷困潦倒的日子
14. not have a dog's chance
毫无机会
15. come like a dog at a whistle
一呼即来
16. Every dog is a lion at home. [Every dog is valiant at his own door.]
[谚]狗是百步王, 只在门前凶。
17. Fight dog, fight bear.
[谚]打个青红皂白, 一决雌雄。
18. Give a dog a bad [an ill] name(and hang him).
[谚]一旦给人加一个坏名声, 他就永远洗刷不掉; 人言可畏。
19. It is ill to waken sleeping dogs. [let sleeping dogs lie; don't wake a sleeping dog.]
别多事, 别惹麻烦。
20. lead a dog's life
过着牛马不如的生活
22. Love me, love my dog.
[谚]你若把我当朋友, 也要把我的朋友当朋友; 爱屋及乌。
Scornful[Hungry] dogs will eat dirty puddings.
[谚]人到危急时, 平时所不屑做的也要做; 急不暇择, 饥不择食。
teach an old dog new tricks
使守旧的人接受新事物
teach the dog to bark
教狗怎么叫(意指多此一举)
The dog returns to his vomit.
狗回头吃自己吐出来的东西; 重犯旧日罪恶。
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
一条活狗胜过一头死狮.
23、dog eat dog 残酷、竞争激烈
Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world.
24、work like a dog 指一个人努力、卖命地工作
They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog.
他们说，一个人想要成功就得拼命工作。
25、dog-tired 筋疲力尽
Such hard work can make him dog-tired.
如此坚辛的工作使他疲惫不堪。
26、sick as a dog 病得严重
The situation would be even worse if she became sick as a dog.
如果她病得厉害，情况会更糟
27、meaner than a junkyard dog 冷漠，不友好
He is a man meaner than a junkyard dog.
他是一个残酷、冷漠的男人。
28、His bark is worse than his bite. 刀子嘴、豆腐心
I wouldn't be scared of her if I were you. Her bark's a lot worse than her bite.
如果我是你，我不会怕她。她是个刀子嘴，豆腐心的人。
格林在努力避免招惹是非。
29、the dog days of summer 一年中最热的三伏天
I can do nothing except for swimming in the dog days of summer.
在三伏天里，除了游泳，我什么事也做不成。

Horse 马
1. He eats like a horse．他吃得很多。
2. That’s just a lot of horse and donkey dust! 那不过都是些废话!
3. It’s time to study now and stop horsing around．学习时间已到，别胡闹了。
4. I got it straight from the horse’s mouth．我是听当事人亲口说的。
5. Just hold your horses！忍耐一下吧！
6. She works like a horse all day long．她整天辛辛苦苦地干活。
7. That’s a horse of a different color! 那完全是另外一回事。
8. You can take a horse to the water，but you can't make him drink！谚］带马到河边容易, 逼马饮水难！
Monkey 猴
1. Don't get your monkey up for nothing．别无缘无故生气。
2. You shouldn't monkey about with that machine, if you don't know how to fix it． 假如你不懂得修，就别瞎弄这台机器。
3. What kind of monkey business has been going on while I've been away？    我不在的时候，出了什么事了？
Fox 狐狸
1.Watch out for him．He’s an old fox．防着点儿，他是只老狐狸精。 
Mule 骡
He's more stubborn than a mule．他顽固得很。 
Cat 猫 
1. to rain cats and dogs意思为滂沱大雨.西方人认为帽可以预测天气变化,所以帽被看成大雨的象征.而狗是风的使者,所以两者相遇时可以想象.
2. curiosity killed the cat译为不要太过好奇.猫有一个很危险的习惯-用鼻子接触所有的东西,如同过于热心的人容易引起别人的反感.Children are usually warned that curiosity killed the cat.
3. to let the cat out of bag意为泄露秘密,源于乡村盛行的骗术,人们用猫代替猪放在口袋里到市场上卖,如果猫从口袋里跑出来了,秘密泄露则骗术失败.Do not tell Anna about our plot, or she always let the cat out of the bag .
4. A cat has nine lives.  [谚]猫有九命。
5. That cat won’t jump．这一手行不通。
Lamb 羔羊
1. What a lamb she is! 她真是个小宝贝儿！
2. She looks like a lamb．她看上去很温柔。