狗的谚语

A living dog is better than a dead lion.

死狮不如活狗。

Barking dogs seldom bite.

爱叫的'狗 不咬人; 咬人的狗不露齿。

love me, love my dog.

你若把我当朋友, 也要把我的朋友当朋友; 爱屋及乌。

A good dog deserves a good bone.

好狗应该啃好骨头, 有功者受赏。

Beware of a silent dog and still water.

提防不吠的狗, 小心 静止的水。

come like a dog at a whistle

一呼即来

Every dog has his day.

凡人皆有得意日。

Every dog is a lion at home. [Every dog is valiant at his own door.]

狗是百步王, 只在门前凶。

Fight dog, fight bear.

打个青红皂白, 一决雌雄。

Give a dog a bad [an ill] name(and hang him).

一旦给人加一个坏名声, 他就永远洗刷不掉; 人言可畏。

An old dog will learn no new tricks. (=You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.)

老狗学不了新把戏; 老年人很难适应新事物。

It is ill to waken sleeping dogs. [let sleeping dogs lie; don't wake a sleeping dog.]

Scornful[Hungry] dogs will eat dirty puddings.

人到危急时, 平时所不屑做的也要做; 急不暇择, 饥不择食。

teach an old dog new tricks

使守旧的人接受新事物

teach the dog to bark

教狗怎么叫(意指多此一举)

The dog returns to his vomit.

狗回头吃自己吐出来的东西; 重犯旧日罪恶。

A staff [stick] is quickly [soon] found to beat a dog with.

欲加之罪, 何患无辞。

An old dog barks not in vain.

老狗不乱吠; 老狗 一吠, 就得小心。