写作素材－与动物有关的英语俗语

1.a bird in hand is worth two in the bush.双鸟在林，不如一鸟在手。

2.a cat has nine lives.猫有九条命。

3.a cat may look at king.猫有权看国王。（两人平等）

4.all asses sway their ears.一瓶子不满，半瓶子晃荡。

5.all are not theives that dogs bark at.被犬吠的不见得都是小偷。（不要以貌取人）

6.all his geese are swans.敝帚自珍。

7.all is fish that comes to his net.拾到篮子都是菜。

8.a leopard can not change his spots.江山易改，本性难移。

9.as close as a clam.一毛不拔：守口如瓶

10.at the sign of the horn.戴绿帽子。

11.barking dogs do not bite. 吠犬不咬人：真人不露相

12.better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse.宁为蛇头，不为龙尾

13.best fish smell when they are three days old.鱼过三天不新鲜，客住三日讨人嫌。

14.best fish swim near the bottom.宝物难得

15.badger game.美人计

16.bird is known by its note ,and a man by his talk.闻声知鸟，闻言之人。

17.care killed a cat.忧虑伤身

18.cart before the horse. 本末倒置

19.cast pearls before swine.对牛弹琴

20.cat in gloves chatches no mice.四体不勤，一事无成

21.a cat on hot bricks.热锅上的蚂蚁

22.chance the ducks.碰运气

23.cock is bold in his own dunghill.窝里横

24.count one's chickens(before they're hatched)事没干成先别乐

25.cow knows not what her tail is worth,until she has lost it.有时不珍惜，失去才知 道可贵

26.crow do not pick out crow's eyes.同类不相残

27.curiosity killed the cat。 好奇招来麻烦

28.dogs bark，but the caravan goes on。说者自说，做者自做

29.don't look a gift horse in the mouth.不要对所收的赠物挑剔

30.don't wake a sleeping dog.别惹事生非

31.donkey's years.很多年