Bird
1. Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭雙雕膳殷。
2. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手扇雕。
3. Birds of a feather flock together.
物以類聚尔店,人以群分。
4. Fine feathers make fine birds.
人要衣裝馬要鞍。
5. Birds in their little nests agree.
同巢之鳥心兒齊翰撑。
6. It's an ill bird that fouls own nest.
家丑不可外揚(yáng).
7. A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
聽音識(shí)鳥置吓,聞言識(shí)人。
8. Each bird loves to hear himself sing.
鳥兒都愛聽自己唱边涕。(自我欣賞)
9. You cannot catch old birds with chaff.
用粗糠捉不住老鳥晤碘。(有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的人難騙)
Cat
1. A cat has nine lives.
貓有九條命,吉人天相功蜓。
2. Cats hides their claw.
知人知面不知心园爷。
3. Care kill a cat.
憂慮愁死貓。
4. The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.
貓偷吃奶油的時(shí)候總是閉著眼睛式撼。(掩耳盜鈴)
5. A gloved cat catches no mice.
戴手套的貓童社,老鼠抓不到。(不愿吃苦的人成不了大事業(yè))
6. All cats are grey in the dark.
黑暗之中的貓都是黑色的著隆。(人未出名時(shí)看起來都差不多)
7. When the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill presage.
黃鼠狼和貓結(jié)親扰楼,不是好事情。
8. There are more ways of killing a cat than by cooking with butter.
殺貓的辦法很多美浦。(達(dá)到目的的途徑很多)
Chicken
1. Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
雞蛋未孵出弦赖,先別數(shù)小雞。(不要過早樂觀)
Crow
1. A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.
江山易改本性難移浦辨。
Dog
1. Love me, love my dog.
愛屋及烏蹬竖。
2. Every dog has his day.
人人皆有得意時(shí)。
3. Barking dogs don't bite.
愛叫的狗很少咬人流酬。
4. Let sleeping dogs lie.
勿惹是生非币厕。
5. Dead dogs bite not.
死狗不咬人。
6. Dog does not eat dog.
同類不相殘芽腾。
7. Every dog is a lion at home.
狗在家門口就成了獅子旦装。
8. A son never thinks his mother ugly, and a dog never shuns its owner's home however shabby it is.
兒不嫌母丑,狗不嫌家貧晦嵌。