英语动物习语

英语中的动物习语，都与人律,对提,促反1

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第一讲：动物习语分展示（一）1.Bird(1)Killtwo(2)Abirdthehandisworththebush.(3)Birdsatogether.(4)Itillbirdthatfoulsnest.(5)Finefeathersmake(6)Abirdbyitsandabyhistalk.听音(7)Eachbirdhimselfsing.我(8)Youcatcholdchaff.(粗糠).(9)Birdslittleagree.(1)Ahaslives.猫有九条命；吉人天相。(2)their知(3)Allcatsaregreythedark..(4)Anomice.戴3

(5)Whentheanditill(6)Whowillbellthe(7)Theshutsitseyesstealing(8)Thereareofkillingthanchokingitwith(9)killscat.皮Cattiger-skin——抖威风tosize胆Catbelly—来uptherat——不色withoutbattinganeyelid子eatdeadSven鼠Thecatthemouthofthenot(1)tchickensthey’rehatched.(1)Acrowisthewhiterwashingherselfoften.4

(1)wouldhanghisoutthatit词

(2)Astaffisquicklyfoundtoawith.词.(3)Loveme,lovemydog.乌(4)puddingwillchoke(5)Everyhas(6)dont(7)sleepingdogslie.(8)Deadbite死(9)Allarethatdogsat.狗(10)isalionat狗在(11)Dontdogthemanger.(12)Dognoteat(13)Scornfuldogswilleat(14)Ahismotherugly,andadogneveritsownersitis.儿不5

第二讲：动物习语展（二）Frog(1)ThefroginknowsofthegreatFox(1)Thefoxmaygrowbutnevergood.狐狸(2)Thefoxfromhishole.狐狸捕食(3)thethencaregeese.(4)thesaysitstimeforthehento狐Fish(1)Thebestfishswimnear(2)Neveroffer(3)Gotosea,ifyouwouldwell.(4)Theresastheeveroutit.(5)Itissillyfishthatthesame

(6)Ifwaternoisy,arenofishinit.6

Hare(1)Youcannotrunhareandthehounds()(2)Thetortoisetheracewhiletheharesleeping.兔子睡懒10.Horse(1)Youahorsewater,youthimdrink.(2)tridehorse.勿(3)Agoodcannotofabad(4)Ahorsemaystumbleonfeet.马有(5)Ahorseneedsnospur.奔(6)tputthecarthorse.不要将大(7)Theworstshod.公(8)Lockthedoor(9)tlookgifthorseinmouth.(10)Hairbywillouttail.11.Mouse7

(1)Itispoorthatonlyonehole.狡兔(2)Thethatoneholeisquickly

(3)Aspeckofmousewillspoilapot12.Sheep(1)Ifoneleapsoverthetherestwillfollow.

(2)Alazysheepthinksitsheavy.(3)thatmakeshimselfsheepshallbebythewolf.甘13.swallow(1)Onenota(2)Onenotasummer.14.Tiger(1)Ifdontenteratigerden,cantgethiscubs.15.Wolf(1)ttrusttheora不能请羊(2)companywithwillhowl.和狼在一8

(3)to人对人是(4)Ayouthhasawolfinhisbelly.9

第三讲：小试牛刀，析习语之意Acatmaylookataking.上是指人人平等，．Workhorse.以work直．Smellarat.rat（耗子）我们就会有一种发怵的感觉，在中文中也有很多于rat的成Smella直有些蹊跷．BirdsBirdsofbirdsoffeathertogether,直译就是“同一类鸟聚结在一类．BlackBlack是sheep在10

。sheep就可子之马．Crocodile是指“鳄鱼，crocodile假意11

一词所Everyhasitsday.又作Alldogshavetheirdays.)day，opportunities，即成功的机会，而dog则泛士e.g.:Doknowwhichmeans“Atimeofcomesleastonce”Yes.Itdoghasday”cantoldnewtricks.e.g.:DontforgetGrandpaisalready80.Athisyoucantexpecthimtodoperfectly.Youtolddogsnewtricks,know.theon群犬商旅依然行。行我12

Ifwillfleas.在这句英文谚语中体现出来的只是“近墨者黑”dogtohisvomit.Oldhard可“dogtohisvomit，vomiteg:AweekafterPeterwashecaughtkillingThevomit.isexampleItisastickbeatadog.dogahang：personhasitisdifficultforhimtoitotherstoor13

英疑Hehasillhalfhanged.可lovemydog.Ifwillorloveeveryoneandeverythingassociatedwith爱lie.：Dochangeacouldbecomeifsb我们最好Leavethingswhichtrouble.e.g.:decidedtoletdogsand“()Dragon（龙有“龙”外国14

“dragon组成的词组也多含teeth：相互争斗的根源；排列或多层的楔形反坦克。oldTiger（虎凶国以tiger（）比喻组tiger表的汉之涔”“ox”的表ox-eyedblackhastrodonsb15

第五讲：动物在中西化的主要差异的态是中国人，很不喜狗”在英语Dog“dog”是“家伙”的意思，其本身并没adogtired（非sickdog（Hisworsehisbite（羊人势实走狗16

不”作dog!（“dog”一词有时也带有贬义，但往往含义与中文不我们使用时切忌如ItisdogslifeChrisisleading.“slife”而s类成语很todogs（每况愈下dog-eat-doginthe如daysdoggybag（餐馆里的打包袋叫bag。willing(2)iron“铁Youcantaketohim“牛不喝水强按头”等又如Putthebeonhorseholdyourhorse（不要急镇静aof17

color（截然不蹄瞻“马后炮省油语((2)、(3)都要译成“老黄dog”一“dog来自称或互称不狗在英美国家还有“人Manbest之美称Everyitsdogseldombite”（嘴硬者手软18

“noteat（同类Youarealuckydog你是个幸运儿）等说法。其中大部分不含贬义；而在中“can’oldtricks（年Allisthatcomesthenetcryupwineandvinegar”love“beofathantheoflion19

第六讲：动物在文化景里的象征和联想意义：rat混水摸鱼：inwaters：asas蠢驴foolishasa像busyabee：asreeklarktoatasnailpaceinsheepsclothingtoparrotwhatother：willdeceive文化差异，狗狗在汉语中具有明显的贬义色彩“狗多管闲事里落水狗”等等不一而足。而在英语习语中，lucky儿jolly(兴高采烈的人)(聪人)、dog(担任者)；(看人)文化如：1)Youaregoingto表示垮台落)aregoingto．这(下3)Thisisas这简直不是人过的日子活actingthe．。(指自己不能拥有或享用某种东20

也不让别人拥有或享用当“占着茅坑不拉屎mandrinksmuchwillhimselfinthehousehiswife(宠lie．让睡着的狗躺在那儿吧)yellowdog(无))dead(废)dog(坏蛋)dielikedog死，caseofeat(互害牛牛文化里是吃苦耐劳的象征因牛()”即多头或买空者。bull—很顽固。2)Youassignedjobllmessitschina吗?休会

3)Yourefullof。Thatbull.5)Youjusttheinthat．你那是给公牛挤奶，徒劳无t吓我是有likegate(凶地makeanfrish)，shoot／slingthe漫谈聊)Bullof人percentagebull(21

察alotofof废篇)等等。熊熊(bear)在“你真熊!意思蠢matterlikebearasore你事?脾气这么暴躁。behavingabearafternoon．整个下午你一直在发脾气。另外还(者(文化中具虎跃成龙，dragon。olddragon在鬼旦)dragon指凶Marysaidfatherandragon．玛蝠，hat在asblindasabat(有眼无珠crazyasbat(蝠Hesabit(他有点反常notowhathesayshasinthebelfry．(别听他胡说八道，这家伙是异想天开)与此相鹿读起来“福22

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1)Aslion.herushedenemies．他勇猛地冲向敌人。2)Heasa．foughtagainsthoodlumsbeatthemall．他勇猛有力地与强盗搏斗，并彻wouldthelioninhisdenthangive有athe拦路mouth口)thelioninhisden须虎子(勇猛的人)day当今红人assinthelionskin狐假虎威adrowned：blacksheepnotakillabutterfly．像泥asslipperyeel一丘bringssamea虎头蛇尾：comesinlikeandgoesoutatalk牛饮drinklikeafish猫：bewailsdeadtheneatbeofadagaofalion．热锅上的likeahen