關于植物的諺語

1.bird

(1) Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭雙雕；一舉兩得。

(2) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。

(3) Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚，人以群分。

(4) Its an ill bird that fouls own nest. 家丑不可外揚。

(5) Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣裝，馬要鞍。

(6) A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 聽音識鳥，聞言識人。

(7) Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鳥兒都愛聽自己唱。(自我欣賞)

(8) You cannot catch old birds with chaff.(粗糠). 用粗糠捉不住老鳥。(有經驗的人難騙。)

(9) Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鳥心兒齊。

2. Cat

(1) A cat has nine lives.貓有九條命；吉人天相。

(2) Cats hide their claws. 知人知面不知心。

(3) All cats are grey in the dark.. 黑暗之中貓都是灰色的。(人未出名時看起來都差不多。)

(4) A gloved cat catches no mice. 戴手套的貓，老鼠抓不到。(不愿吃苦的人成不了大事業。)

(5) When the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill presage. 黃鼠狼和貓結親，不是好事情。)

(6) Who will bwll the cat? 誰去給貓系鈴？(誰愿意為大家冒風險？)

(7) The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 帽偷吃奶油的時候總是閉著眼睛。(掩耳盜鈴)

(8) There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with butter. 殺貓的辦法很多。(達到目的的途徑很多。)

(9) Care kill a cat. 憂慮愁死貓。

3. Chicken

(1) Dont count your chickens before theyre hatched. 雞蛋未孵出，先別數小雞。(不要過早樂觀。)

4. Crow

(1) A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 江山易改，本性難移。

5. Dog

(1) He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患無詞.

(2) A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪，何患無詞.

(3) Love me, love my dog. 愛屋及烏.

(4) Too much pudding will choke a dog. http://www.xhxsw88.cn/yanyu/yingyuyanyu/布丁太多噎死狗。

(5) Every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意時。

(6) Barking dogs dont (seldom) bite. 愛叫的狗很少咬人。

(7) Let sleeping dogs lie. 勿惹事生非。

(8) Dead dogs bite not. 死狗不咬人。

(9) All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 狗見了叫的不一定都是賊。(不要以貌取人。)

(10) Every dog is a lion at home. 狗在家門口就成了獅子。

(11) Dont be a dog (lying) in the manger. 莫學狗占馬槽不吃草。(不要占著茅坑不拉屎。)

(12) Dog does not eat dog. 同類不相殘。

(13) Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 狗再傲慢也會吃臟布丁。

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6. Frog

(1) The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙，不知大海。

7. Fox

(1) The fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐貍毛色可變灰，但是本性難移。

(2) The fox preys farthest from his hole. 狐貍捕食，遠離洞府。(兔子不吃窩邊草。)

(3) When the fox preaches, then take care of your geese. 每當狐貍說教，當心鵝群被盜。

(4) When the fox says he is a vegetarian, its time for the hen to look out. 狐貍說它吃素的時候，母雞就得注意。

8. Fish

(1) The best fish swim near the bottom. 好魚常在水底游。

(2) Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班門弄斧。

(3) Go to the sea, if you would fish well. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

(4) Theres as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海里的好魚多的是。

(5) It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上兩次檔。

(6) If water is noisy, there are no fish in it. 咆哮的水中無魚。(夸夸其談者無真才實學。)。