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一下是一些收集的关于动物的习语。
有些没有翻译的分两种情况，
一是从字面意
思很容易看出来，
而写出来不一
定准确的；
另外一类是我还不确定其真正的含义。
Bear
熊
bear market
熊市
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空头市场
You can't have your cake and eat it
too.
鱼和熊掌不可兼得
Bird
鸟
A bird in the
hand is worth two in the bush.
A little bird told me.
有人私下告诉我
a
bird's-eys view
鸟瞰
Birds of a feather flock
together.
物以类聚
eat like a
bird
吃的很少，食量小
Fine feathers make fine
birds.
人要衣装，佛要金装。
give a person the
bird
喝倒彩
Kill two birds with one
stone.
一石二鸟
the birds and the
bees
有关性的基本常识
The early birds catches the
worm.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃
newbie
菜鸟
Bull,calf,cattle,cow,ox
牛
bull market
牛市
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多头市场
bull session
闲谈，男性之间的谈话
like a bull in china
shop
笨手笨脚
to milk the
bull
缘木求鱼
You can't sell the cow and drink the
milk.
与和熊掌不可兼得
why buy the cow when the milk is free.
Take the bull by the
horns.
勇敢的客服困难，挺身而出
as dumb as an
ox
像公牛一般沉默
as strong as an
ox
像牛般强壮
drink like a
fish
牛饮
as stubborn as
mule
牛脾气
talk
horse
吹牛
to eat like a
horse
食量大如牛
to lead a dog's life
牛马不如的生活
to cast the pearls before
swine
对牛弹琴
Cat, Kitten
猫
A cat has nine lives.
cat-and-
mouse
玩弄，折磨
cat burglar
蜘蛛盗
cat
house
妓院
cat nap/sleep
小睡
Cat got you
tongue?
舌头打结
bell the cat
做危险的事
cats and
dogs
形同水火
Curiosity killed the
cat.
勿多管闲事
Let the cat out of the
bag.
泄漏机密
live a cat-and-dog
life
争吵度日
It rains cats and
dogs.
倾盆大雨
There is not even enough room for swing
a cat.
无转身之处
She is a scary
cat.
很容易受到惊吓
While the cat is away, the mice will
play.
猫去鼠嬉
Chicken ,cock, hen,
rooster
鸡
a hen
party
女性聚会
chicken pox
水痘
chicken
out
临阵脱逃
cock-eyed
斜眼的
henpeck
对丈夫作威作福
Which comes first, the
chicken or the eggs?
better
to be the head of duck than the ass of a
horse
宁为鸡头不为凤尾
Dog, doggie,
puppy
狗
a dog in
the manger
鸠占鹊巢
an old dog can't learn new tricks
Barking dogs seldom
bite.
会叫的狗不咬人
doggy bag
剩菜袋
dog's
life
生活艰难
dog-eat-dog world
dog tired
a dog
chance
极有限的一点希望
dog's day
很热的日子
dog-
eared
书页的折角
dog eat
dog
无情而野蛮的竞争
dog sleep
小寐
Every dog has its
day.
狗也有出头的日子
Let sleeping dog
lie.
少惹麻烦
Love me, love my
dog.
爱屋及乌
put on the
dog
装腔作势
red dog beer
私家酿酒
top
dog
人上人
paparazzi
狗仔队
bite the hands that feed
one
狗咬吕洞宾，不知好人心
You can't make a silk purse out of
sow's
ear.
够最终吐不出象
牙
Fish
鱼
cold fish
冷淡的人
drink like a
fish
酗酒
There are other fish in the
sea
天涯何处无芳草
Goat,l
amb,sheep,kid
羊
as gentle as a
lamb
像绵羊一样温和
a black sheep
害群之马
follow like
sheep
盲目顺从
separate the sheep from and
goats
辨别好人与坏人
Lock the stable door after the horse is
stolen.
亡羊补牢
Goose
鹅
as silly as
goose
像鹅般蠢
Fair for the goose is fair for gander
goose
bump
鸡皮疙瘩
goose egg
考零分
gooseflesh
鸡皮疙瘩
Kill the goose that lays
the golden eggs.
杀鸡取卵
Hog,pig,swine,sow
猪
road
hog
挡道的自私驾驶
bleed like a stuck
pig
大量出血
eat like a
pig
吃的多而且吃相不好
make a pig of
oneself
狼吞虎咽
Pig may to milk the bull.
Horse,pony
马
Don't put the cart before
the horse.
不要本末倒置
Don't ride the high
horse.
不要妄自尊大
Every horse thinks its own pack
heaviest.
It is useless to
flog a dead horse.
鞭策死马，徒劳无功
Lock the stable after the
horse has gone.
亡羊补牢
Don't look a gift horse in
the mouth.
受赠之马，勿探其齿
Zeal without knowledge is
runaway horse.
Don't change
horses in mid-stream.
a
horse of a different color
a dark horse
黑马
from the horse's
mouth
第一手消息
horses sense
常识
I can eat a horse.
one-horse
town
小镇
You can lead a horse to water,but you
can't make him
drink.
师傅领进门，
修行在个人
Cruise
chicks
泡马子
All lay loads on a willing
horse
马善被人骑
leapfrog
piggyback
fight
骑马打仗
Lion
狮子
as brave as a
lion
像狮子般勇敢
That software designer still the lion's
share of the market.
那位软件设
计师人
人握有大部分的市场
Put
one's head into the lion's
mouth
自愿冒险
Monkey
猴子
monkey/horse/idle/fool
around
鬼混
monkey
business
恶作剧
monkey on the
back
某事已成了负担
Monkey see,monkey
de.
有样学样
monkey uncle
吃惊
Mouse,rat
鼠
as poor as church mouse
rat
fink
告密者
a rug
rat
指不会走路的小婴儿
I can smell the
rat.
我觉得事有蹊跷。
Rats!
胡说八道，该死，可恶
Snake
蛇
a snake in the
grass
口蜜腹剑的人
Once bitten twice
shy.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
to cherish a snake in one's
bosom
养护为患
crawl
蛇行
overdo
it
画蛇添足
Tiger,cub
虎
ride the
tiger
骑虎难下
the ass in the lions
skin
狐假虎威
How can one get the tiger cubs if one
does not enter tiger
den?
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
Other Animal
其他
as big as a whale
as blind as a bat
as busy as a bee
as pround as peacock
as slow as a turtle
as slow as a snail
as sly as a fox
as stupid as a donkey