有關狗的英文諺語

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

[諺]老狗學不了新把戲; 老年人很難適應新事物。

A living dog is better than a dead lion.

[諺]死獅不如活狗。

Barking dogs seldom bite.

[諺]愛叫的狗 不咬人; 咬人的狗不露齒。

love me, love my dog.

[諺]你若把我當朋友, 也要把我的朋友當朋友; 愛屋及烏。

A good dog deserves a good bone.

[諺]好狗應該啃好骨頭, 有功者受賞。

Beware of a silent dog and still water.

[諺]提防不吠的狗, 小心 靜止的.水。

come like a dog at a whistle

一呼即來

Every dog has his day.

[諺]凡人皆有得意日。

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

[諺]狗是百步王, 只在門前兇。

Fight dog, fight bear.

[諺]打個青紅皁白, 一決雌雄。

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

[諺]一旦給人加一個壞名聲, 他就永遠洗刷不掉; 人言可畏。

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

別多事, 別惹麻煩。

lead a dog's life

過着牛馬不如的生活

be (old) dog at (a thing)

對...有經驗; 對...很內行

Scornful[Hungry] dogs will eat dirty puddings.

[諺]人到危急時, 平時所不屑做的也要做; 急不暇擇, 飢不擇食。

teach an old dog new tricks

使守舊的人接受新事物

teach the dog to bark

教狗怎麼叫(意指多此一舉)

The dog returns to his vomit.

狗回頭吃自己吐出來的東西; 重犯舊日罪惡。

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

[諺]欲加之罪, 何患無辭。

An old dog barks not in vain.

[諺]老狗不亂吠; 老狗 一吠, 就得小心。

as [like] a dog with two tails

非常開心[高興]