生活中常用的英语谚语大全

　　谚语 是民间集体创造、广为流传、言简意赅并较为定性的艺术语句，是民众的丰富智慧和普遍经验的规律性总结。谚语和名言是不同的，谚语是劳动人民的生活实践经验，而名言是名人说的话。

　　1. Frog

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

　　2. Fox

　　(1) The fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐狸毛色可变灰，但是本性难移。

　　(2) The fox preys farthest from his hole. 狐狸捕食，远离洞府。(兔子不吃窝边草。)

　　(3) When the fox preaches, then take care of your geese. 每当狐狸说教，当心鹅群被盗。

　　(4) When the fox says he is a vegetarian, it’s time for the hen to look out. 狐狸说它吃素的时候，母鸡就得注意。

　　3. 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. 只有一个洞的老鼠，很快就被抓住。

　　(3) A speck of mouse dung will spoil a whole pot of porridge. 一粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅粥。

　　4. Sheep

　　(1) If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 榜样的力量是无穷的。

　　(2) A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懒羊嫌毛重。

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　　13.Swallow

　　(1) One swallow does not make a spring. 孤燕不报春。

　　(2) One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。

　　5. 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。

　　6. Wolf

　　(1) Don’t trust a goat with the kitchen-garden,or a wolf with sheepfold. 不能请羊管菜园，不能请狼管羊圈。

　　(2) Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl. 和狼在一起，就会学狼叫。

　　(3) Man is a wolf to man. 人对人是狼。(人心狠，人吃人)

　　(4) A growing youth has a wolf in his belly. 年轻人，在成长，吃起饭来像饿狼