3. Chicken
(1) Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. 雞蛋未孵出,先別數(shù)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) 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.兒不嫌母丑,狗不嫌家貧。