horse 馬
mare 母馬
colt, foal 馬駒,小馬
pony 矮馬
thoroughbred 純種馬
mustang 野馬
mule 騾
ass, donkey 驢
ox 牛
buffalo 水牛
bull 公牛
cow 母牛
calf 小牛, 牛犢
bullock, steer 小閹牛
heifer 小母牛
pig, swine 豬
boar 種豬
hog 閹豬, 肥豬
gilt 小母豬
piglet 豬崽
sheep 羊
ewe 母羊
goat 山羊
lamb 羊羔,羔羊
zebra 斑馬
antilope 羚羊
gazelle 小羚羊
deer 鹿
reindeer 馴鹿
giraffe 長頸鹿
camel 駱駝
dromedary 單峰駝
llama 大羊駝
guanaco 原駝
alpaca 羊駝
vicuna 小羊駝
elephant 象
rhinoceros 犀牛
hippopotamus 河馬
cat 貓
tabby, she-cat, grimalkin 雌貓
tomcat 雄貓, 公貓
kitten, kitty, pussy 小貓
lion 獅
lynx 猞猁
panther, puma 美洲豹
leopard 豹
tiger 虎
wildcat 野貓
bison 美洲野牛
yak 牦牛
dog 狗
badger 獾
weasel 鼬,黃鼠狼
otter 水獺
fox 狐
hyena, hyaena 鬣狗
wolf 狼
squirrel 松鼠
dormouse 睡鼠
beaver 河貍
marmot 土撥鼠
ferret 雪貂
bear 熊
rabbit 兔子
hare 野兔
rat 鼠
chinchilla 南美栗鼠
gopher 囊地鼠
Guinea pig 豚鼠
marmot 土撥鼠
mole 鼴鼠
mouse 家鼠
vole 田鼠
monkey 猴子
chimpanzee 黑猩猩
gorilla 大猩猩
orangutan 猩猩
gibbon 長臂猿
sloth 獺猴
anteater 食蟻獸
duckbill, platypus 鴨嘴獸
kangaroo 袋鼠
koala 考拉, 樹袋熊
hedgehog 刺猬
porcupine 箭豬, 豪豬
bat 蝙蝠
armadillo 犰狳
whale 鯨
dolphin 河豚
porpoise 大西洋鼠海豚
seal 海豹
walrus 海象
eagle 鷹
bald eagle 白頭鷹
condor 禿鷹
hawk, falcon 隼
heron 蒼鷹
golden eagle 鷲
kite 鷂
vulture 禿鷲
cock 公雞
hen 母雞
chicken 雞, 雛雞
guinea, fowl 珍珠雞
turkey 火雞
peacock 孔雀
duck 鴨
mallard 野鴨, 鳧
teal 小野鴨
gannet 塘鵝
goose 鵝
pelican 鵜鶘
cormorant 鸕鶿
swan 天鵝
cob 雄天鵝
cygnet 小天鵝
gander, wild goose 雁
dove 鴿
pigeon 野鴿
turtle dove 斑鳩
pheasant 雉, 野雞
grouse 松雞
partridge 石雞, 鷓鴣
ptarmigan 雷鳥
quail 鵪鶉
ostrich 鴕鳥
stork 鸛
woodcock 山鷸
snipe 鷸
gull, seagull 海鷗
albatross 信天翁
kingfisher 翠鳥
bird of paradise 極樂鳥, 天堂鳥
woodpecker 啄木鳥
parrot 鸚鵡
cockatoo 大葵花鸚鵡
macaw 金剛鸚鵡
parakeet 長尾鸚鵡
cuckoo 杜鵑,布谷鳥
crow 烏鴉
blackbird 烏鶇
magpie 喜鵲
swallow 燕子
sparrow 麻雀
nightingale 夜鶯
canary 金絲雀
starling 八哥
thrush 畫眉
goldfinch 金翅雀
chaffinch 蒼頭燕雀
robin 知更鳥
plover 千鳥
lark 百鳥,雲雀
swift 褐雨燕
whitethroat 白喉雀
hummingbird 蜂雀
penguin 企鵝
owl 梟,貓頭鷹
scops owl 角梟,耳鳥
snake 蛇
adder, viper 蝰蛇
boa 王蛇
cobra 眼鏡蛇
copperhead 美洲腹蛇
coral snake 銀環蛇
grass snake 草蛇
moccasin 嗜魚蛇
python 蟒蛇
rattlesnake 響尾蛇
lizard 蜥蜴
tuatara 古蜥蜴
chameleon 變色龍,避役
iguana 鬣蜥
wall lizard 壁虎
salamander, triton, newt 蠑螈
giant salamander 娃娃魚, 鯢
crocodile 鱷魚, 非洲鱷
alligator 短吻鱷, 美洲鱷
caiman, cayman 凱門鱷
gavial 印度鱷
turtle 龜
tortoise 玳瑁
sea turtle 海龜
frog 青蛙
bullfrog 牛蛙
toad 蟾蜍
英語中有關動物的諺語
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英語中有關動物的諺語（上）
諺語是人類智慧的結晶，是富於色彩的語言形式,它同文學作品、詩歌壹樣是語言的精華,壹般具有生動形象、喻義明顯、富於哲理的語言特征。在壹定程度上，英語諺語反映了英語民族的文化特點。英語諺語源遠流長，它既有民間流傳的諺語，又有來自《聖經》的、來自莎士比亞作品的和來自《伊索寓言》的，還有很多外來諺語。英語諺語中有許多有關動物的諺語，本人收集了以下幾條：
1.Bird
(1) Kill two birds with one stone. 壹箭雙雕；壹舉兩得。
(2) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 雙鳥在林不如壹鳥在手。
(3) Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚，人以群分。
(4) It’s an ill bird that fouls own nest. 家醜不可外揚。
(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。（不願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？（誰願意為大家冒風險？）
(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) Don’t count your chickens before they’re 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. 布丁太多噎死狗。
(5) Every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意時。
(6) Barking dogs don’t (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. 狗見了叫的不壹定都是賊。（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) Don’t 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。
(14) A son never thinks his mother ugly,and a dog never shuns its owner’s home however shabby it is.兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧。
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, it’s time for the hen to look out. 狐貍說它吃素的時候，母雞就得註意。
英語中有關動物的諺語（下）
8. Fish
(1) The best fish swim near the bottom. 好魚常在水底遊。
(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) There’s as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海裏的好魚多的是。
(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。（誇誇其談者無真才實學。）。
9. Hare
(1) You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds(獵狗). 不能既和野兔壹起跑又和獵狗壹起追。（人不應兩面討好。）
(2) The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping. 兔子睡懶覺，烏龜跑贏了。
10. Horse
(1) You can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink. 帶馬到河邊容易，逼馬飲水難。
(2) Don’t ride the high horse. 勿擺架子。
(3) A good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 好馬不會毛色差。
(4) A horse may stumble on four feet. 馬有四條腿，亦有失蹄時。
(5) A running horse needs no spur. 奔馬無需鞭策。
(6) Don’t put the cart before the horse. 不要將大車套在馬前面。（處理問題應按先後次序，不要本末倒置。）
(7) The common horse is worst shod. 公用之馬，掌子最差。
(8) Lock the barn door after the horse is stolen. 失馬之後鎖馬廄。（亡羊補牢）
(9) Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. 饋贈之馬，勿看牙口。
(10) Hair by hair you will pull out the horse’s tail. 壹根壹根拔，拔光馬尾巴。（水滴石穿）
11 . Mouse
(1) It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。
(2) The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken. 只有壹個洞的老鼠，很快就被抓住。
(3) A speck of mouse dung will spoil a whole pot of porridge. 壹粒老鼠屎，壞了壹鍋粥。
12. Sheep
(1) If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 榜樣的力量是無窮的。
(2) A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懶羊嫌毛重。
(3) He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf. 甘心做綿羊，必然餵豺狼。
13.Swallow
(1) One swallow does not make a spring. 孤燕不報春。
(2) One swallow does not make a summer. 壹燕不成夏。
14. Tiger
(1) If you don’t enter a tiger’s den, you can’t get his cubs. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
15. Wolf
(1) Don’t trust a goat with the kitchen-garden,or a wolf with sheepfold. 不能請羊管菜園，不能請狼管羊圈。
(2) Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl. 和狼在壹起，就會學狼叫。
(3) Man is a wolf to man. 人對人是狼。（人心狠，人吃人）
(4) A growing youth has a wolf in his belly. 年輕人，在成長，吃起飯來像餓狼