动物英语谚语与英语学习.doc

动物英语谚语与英语学习
耿 直 [摘要] 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日.
:毛驴
The donkey means one thing and the driver another.
毛驴想的是一套,赶驴人想的是另一套.(仁者见仁,智者见智)
:大象
Don’t use an elephant to crack a nut.
核桃不用大象踩.(杀鸡焉用牛刀)
:狐狸
The fox knows much, but more he that catches him.
狐狸再狡猾也斗不过好猎手.
:鱼
Gut no fish till you get them.
东西没到手,不能说是有.
:青蛙
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
井底之蛙,不知大海.

He daren’t say Boo’ to a goose.
见到鹅都怕的人.
:山羊
If the beard were all, a goat might preach.
假如胡须就是一切,那么山羊也可以讲经传道了.
14. Horse:马
Don’t ride the high horse.
不可趾高气扬.
:兔子
He that hunts two hares often loses both.
同追二兔,一无所获.
:金钱豹
A leopard cannot change its spots.
金钱豹改不了花斑.(江山易改,本性难移)
:狮子
A lion among sheep and a sheep among lions.
在羊群中是狮子,在狮群中是绵羊.(欺软怕硬)
18. Mouse :老鼠
A mouse in time may bite in two a cable.
一只老鼠最终也能咬断一股缆绳.
Don’t make yourself a mouse , or the cat will eat you.
莫使自己当老鼠,否则猫会吃掉你.
19. Ox :牛
He has an ox on his tongue.
心事重得张不开口.
An old ox makes a straight furrow.
老牛犁沟直.(生姜还是老的辣)
:猫头鹰
Carry owls to Athens.
运猫头鹰到雅典.(多此一举)
21. Pig :猪
He who scrubs every pig