英語(yǔ)中有關(guān)動(dòng)物的習(xí)語(yǔ)

1、Bird 鳥(niǎo)：1. He eats like a bird． 他吃得很少。2． A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush． 〔諺〕雙鳥(niǎo)在林不如一鳥(niǎo)在手。3． We’re all early birds in my family because we live on a farm. 由于我們生活在農(nóng)場(chǎng)，所以全家人都起得很早。4. Birds of a feather flock

2、 together． (諺)以類(lèi)聚，人以群分。5． That’s for the birds! 那毫無(wú)意義！6． It’s an ill bird that fouls own nest． (諺)家丑不可外揚(yáng)。7. A little bird told me． 有人私下告訴我。 Horse 馬：8. He eats like a horse． 他吃得很多。9． That’s just a lot

3、 of horse and donkey dust! 那不過(guò)都是些廢話!10．It’s time to study now and stop horsing around． 學(xué)習(xí)時(shí)間已到，別胡鬧了。11．I got it straight from the horse s mouth． 我是聽(tīng)當(dāng)事人親口說(shuō)的。12. Just hold your horses！ 忍耐一下吧！13. She works like a h

4、orse all day long． 她整天辛辛苦苦地干活。14．That’s a horse of a different color! 那完全是另外一回事。15．You can take a horse to the water，but you can't make him drink！ 〔諺〕帶馬到河邊容易，逼馬飲水難！Monkey 猴：16．Don't get your monkey up for

5、 nothing． 別無(wú)緣無(wú)故生氣。17. You shouldn't monkey about with that machine, if you don't know how to fix it． 假如你不懂得修，就別瞎弄這臺(tái)機(jī)器。18．What kind of monkey business has been going on while I've been away？ 我不在的時(shí)候，出了什么事

6、了？Chichen 小雞：19．Come on! Don’t be chicken! 來(lái)，別害怕！20．Well，she’s certainly no spring chicken． 她當(dāng)然不再是個(gè)小丫頭了。21．Don't count your chickens before they're hatched! (諺)不要過(guò)早樂(lè)觀!Owl 貓頭鷹：22. He is as blind as an o

7、wl． 他真是個(gè)瞎子。23. He’s a wise old owl． 他是個(gè)智叟。Bear 熊：24．Every time l see my grandfather，he gives me a big bear hug． 每次見(jiàn)到爺爺，他都要緊緊地?fù)肀摇?5．Her husband is a real bear． 她丈夫脾氣確實(shí)壞。Bee 蜜蜂:26．She’s always as busy as

8、 a bee． 她總是忙忙碌碌。Snail 蝸牛:27．He walks at a snail's pace． 他走路慢吞吞。Worm 蟲(chóng)：28．He wormed his way through the narrow passage． 他好不容易才走過(guò)那條狹窄的小路。29．Every time l take the kids to the movies，they always worm around

9、in their seats． 每次我?guī)Ш⒆觽內(nèi)タ措娪?，他們好像總也坐不住似的?0．l am a worm today． 今天一點(diǎn)精神也沒(méi)有。31．A worm will turn． (諺)如果被逼太甚，最溫順的人也會(huì)反抗。Ants 螞蟻：32．You’d think he has ants in his pants． 你會(huì)覺(jué)得他坐立不安。Bug 臭蟲(chóng)：33．It really bugs me

10、when the bus comes late and l can’t go to work on time。由于汽車(chē)晚點(diǎn)而不能按時(shí)上班，真讓我感到煩惱。34．l don’t feel well．I think I picked up some kind of bug in my travels abroad．我感覺(jué)有點(diǎn)不適，可能是出國(guó)旅行時(shí)偶染微恙。I like sexy girls. (我喜歡性感的女人。)So does every

11、 Tom, Dick and Harry. (無(wú)論誰(shuí)都是這樣的。) 一波未平一波又起。Out of the frying pan into the fire. *frying pan “平底炒菜鍋”，直譯是菜從鍋里炒出來(lái)又掉進(jìn)了火里。 舍名求實(shí)。I live to eat.Pudding rather than praise. *不太常用的說(shuō)法。 瞎貓碰上了死耗子。Every dog has his day.Bob won the lo

12、ttery. (鮑勃中了頭彩。)Every dog has his day. (瞎貓碰上了死耗子。)Everyone has good days.Everyone gets lucky sometimes. (誰(shuí)都會(huì)有走運(yùn)的時(shí)候。)A flying crow always gets something. *不太常用的說(shuō)法。 說(shuō)曹操，曹操到。 Speak of the devil. *“說(shuō)到惡魔，惡魔就來(lái)”。源自諺語(yǔ) Speak of t

13、he devil and he will appear。Speak of the devil.常用于口語(yǔ)中。Here comes John! (約翰來(lái)了。)Speak of the devil. (真是說(shuō)到曹操，曹操到。)情人眼里出西施。Love is blind. *直譯是“愛(ài)情是盲目的”。表示人們一旦談戀愛(ài)，就會(huì)失去正確的判斷能力，無(wú)法冷靜地看待事物。一舉兩得。Kill two birds with one stone. *直譯是“