英语动物习语

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英语中的动物习语。

引言:汉语中有许许多多幽默精炼、言简意赅的俗语谚语,它们的存在使我们平时对话更加生动有趣,使中华文明更加意蕴深长。英语,世界上应用最广泛的语言,以它自身独有的魅力征服了七大洲。

不仅是众多西方国家的官方语言,在非英语国家,它作为重要的第二语言被越来越多的人们学习研究着。这其中,有许多活泼的习语增加了英语的表达效果,体现了西方文化特点。在诸多英文名篇中,因为有了习语的点缀,作品更加令人回味。

动物是人们日常生活中不可缺少的一个组成部分,论是乡间役使的牛马还是都市豢养的宠物 ,都与人们须臾不离。语言作为社会文化的一个组成部分,自然不可能免受影响。英语中的动物习语鲜明地突出了动物的特点,精炼而深刻。

动物谚语是纷繁多姿的英语中的一朵奇葩,富有独特的语言艺术魅力。学习、熟记一些英语动物谚语,可以帮助我们深刻了解英语的句子结构及其变化规律,学会许多地道的表达方式,对提高我们的表达能力大有裨益。同时,也可加深我们对英语国家、英语民族的社会、历史和文化等各方面情况的了解,促进国家之间的交往和文化的交流。

英语谚语是民间文学的一种重要形式,反映着最普遍大众的智慧,思想与情感,是英语国家、英语民族语言与文化的高度浓溶和集中表现。它内容广泛,言简意赅,生动隽永,蕴涵着丰富深刻的人生哲理。谚语**于生活,更贴近民众,而与大众生活密切相关的动物,也成为谚语的素材。

英语谚语中与动物相关的例子不胜枚举,现撷取几条与大家共赏。

第一讲:动物习语分类展示(一)

1) kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕;一举两得。

2) a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

3) birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚,人以群分。

4) it’s an ill bird that fouls own nest. 家丑不可外扬。

5) fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣装,马要鞍。

6) a bird is known by its note and a man by his talk. 听音识鸟,闻言识人。

7) each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鸟儿都爱听自己唱。(自我欣赏)

8) you cannot catch old birds with chaff.(粗糠). 用粗糠捉不住老鸟。(有经验的人难骗。)

9) birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鸟心儿齐。

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,老鼠抓不到。(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. 帽偷**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 kills a cat. 忧虑愁死猫。

猫披老虎皮cat wearing tiger-skin——抖威风shaking down to size

猫肚子放虎胆cat belly tiger tank——凶不起来tough up

猫守鼠洞at guarding the rat holes——不动声色without batting an eyelid

猫不吃死耗子cats do not eat dead mouse——假斯文shedding sven

猫嘴里的老鼠the cat in the mouth of the mouse——跑不了 not run away

3. chicken

1) 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

1) a crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 江山易改,本性难移。

5. dog

1) he who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪,何患无词。

2) a staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪,何患无词。

3) love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。

4) too much pudding will choke a dog. 布丁太多噎死狗。

5) every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意时。

6) barking dogs don’t (seldom) bite. 爱叫的狗很少咬人。

7) let sleeping dogs lie. 勿惹事生非。

8) dead dogs bite not. 死狗不咬人。

9) all are not thieves that dogs bark at. 狗见了叫的不一定都是贼。(不要以貌取人。)

10) every dog is a lion at home. 狗在家门口就成了狮子。

11) don’t be a dog (lying) in the manger. 莫学狗占马槽不吃草。(不要占着茅坑不拉屎。)

12) dog does not eat dog. 同类不相残。

13) scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 狗再傲慢也会吃脏布丁。

14) a son never thinks his mother ugly, and a dog never shuns its owner’s home however shabby it is.儿不嫌母丑,狗不嫌家贫。

第二讲:动物习语展示(二)

6. frog

1) 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 time for the hen to look out. 狐狸说它吃素的时候,母鸡就得注意。

8. 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。

(5) it is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上两次档。

(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。)。

9. hare

(1) you cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds(猎狗). 不能既和野兔一起跑又和猎狗一起追。(人不应两面讨好。)

(2) the tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping. 兔子睡懒觉,乌龟跑赢了。

10. 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。

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