与动物有关的成语英语集锦

与动物有关的成语英语集锦

摘要：十二生肖，是中国传统文化的重要部分，由12种源于自然界的动物即鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗、猪组成，用于记年，顺序排列为子鼠、丑牛、寅虎、卯兔、辰龙、巳蛇、午马、未羊、申猴、酉鸡、戌狗、亥猪，在中华文化圈内被广泛使用。有诸多描写十二生肖的文学作品，也有不少关于十二生肖的成语。2012年是龙年，当我们提到龙，我们就会想到“龙凤呈祥”、“生龙活虎”等成语，下面就介绍一些与动物有关的相关成语的英语翻译。

关键词：动物；成语；英语

一、与“龙”有关的

龙飞凤舞 lively and vigorous flourishes in calligraphy 龙盘虎踞 a forbidding strategic point

龙凤呈祥 excellent good fortune

龙蛇混杂 good and bad people mixed up

龙潭虎穴 a danger spot

龙腾虎跃 a scene of bustling activity

龙争虎斗 a fierce struggle between well-matched opponents 龙行虎步 majestic gait; imposing air

龙吟虎啸 dragons singing and tigers roaring

生龙活虎 full of vim and vigor

二、与“狗”有关的

狗胆包天 monstrous audacity

狗急跳墙 a corned beast will do something desperate

狗屁不通 unreadable rubbish

狗咬吕洞宾 to mistake a good man as a bad man

狗眼看人低 to be damned snobbish; to act as a snob

狗头军师 villainous adviser

狗皮膏药 quack medicine

狐群狗党 a pack of rogues

狗屁不如 worse than a cur or a swine

狗拿耗子 to poke one s nose into other people s business 三、与“虎”有关的

虎背熊腰 tough and stocky

虎口拔牙 dare the greatest danger

虎口余生 be snatched from the jaws of death

虎里虎气 (of a young man ) strong and vigorous

虎视眈眈 eye covetously or menacingly

虎头虎脑 (of a boy) looking strong and good-natured

虎头蛇尾 a fine start and a poor finish

虎尾春冰 in a precarious position

如虎添翼 with might redoubled

谈虎色变 turn pale at the mere mention of something terrifying

四、与“鸡”有关的

鸡飞蛋打 all is lost

鸡毛蒜皮 trifles; trivialities

鸡鸣狗盗 get up to mean or petty tricks

鸡鸣犬吠 country sounds

鸡皮鹤发 advanced in age

鸡犬不宁 general turmoil

鸡犬不留 ruthless mass slaughter

闻鸡起舞 diligent and self-disciplined

鼠肚鸡肠 petty; narrow-minded

偷鸡摸狗 pilfer; (of a man ) always having affairs with women

五、与“马”有关的

马不停蹄 without a stop; nonstop

马齿徒增 grow old with nothing accomplished

马到成功 win success immediately upon arrival

马革裹尸 die on the battlefield

马路新闻 street-gossip; hearsay

马马虎虎 careless; not very good

马首是瞻 follow sb.s lead

人仰马翻 badly battered; thrown into confusion

老马识途 an old horse knows the way

千军万马 a powerful army; a mighty force

六、与“牛”有关的

牛头不对马嘴 incongruous; irrelevant

牛刀小试 a master hand s first small display

牛年马月 a time that will never come

九牛二虎 tremendous effort

九牛一毛 a drop in the ocean

汗牛充栋 an immense collection of books

对牛弹琴 address the wrong audience; talk over sb s head 目无全牛 be supremely skilled

鸡口牛后 better to reign in hell than serve in heaven

如牛负重 like an ox carrying a heavy load

七、与“羊”有关的

羊质虎皮 outwardly strong, inwardly weak

羊肠小道 a narrow winding trail; a meandering footpath 羊毛出在羊身上 in the long run, whatever you re given, you pay for

挂羊头卖狗肉 try to palm off sth. inferior to what it