英語動物隱喻課件

MetaphorofmammalsMetaphorofmammalsvertebrateinvertebratemammalsbirdsamphibiansfishreptilesarthropodmolluskcoelenterateprotozoanechinodermsplatyhelminthes

annelidanemathelminthesmammalsbirdsreptilesfisharthropodvertebrateinvertebratemammalsbmammalsmammalsLionFormostWesterners,thelionisthekingofthebeasts.The“l(fā)ion”usuallysymbolizesconfidenceandstrength.ButwhenwetranslatesomesentencesintoChinese,wealwaysuse“tiger”insteadofit.asboldasalionalioninthewayanassinalion'sskin如老虎般兇猛攔路虎狐假虎威LionFormostWesterners,theTigerKing王者Wittmann威猛symbolofstrength力量Asweallknow,tigeristhekingofbeastsinChinesetranditionalculture.CrouchingTigerYouhaveatigerbythetail.Youbitoffmorethanyoucouldchew.Thereisamixtureofthetigerandtheapeinhisnature.WilltheUnitedNationgsbeabletomakeanydifference,orisitjustapapertiger?Lookscanbedeceiving.Hemaybejustapapertiger.生龍活虎你現(xiàn)在真是騎虎難下，你沒有能力完成你接下的重任。他的本性既殘暴又狡猾。聯(lián)合國能起作用嗎？也許它僅僅是只紙老虎。外表有事是會騙人的，她可能只是個紙老虎。TigerKing王者Wittcow/heiferheiferShehasgrownintoaheifer.cowTheoldladyisacow.小母牛漂亮姑娘她已出落成漂亮姑娘了。母牛；肥胖而不整潔的女人那個老婦人是個肥胖而不整潔的人。cow/heiferheiferHorseAdarkhorseisnotnecessarilyahorse,buttohavetheabilityandhidden.Manyofmystudentsaredarkhorses:theyhavepotentialsthatneedonlybeexloited.吹牛像老黃牛一樣干活健壯如牛好馬常須好靴內(nèi)奸Youcantakeahorsetothewater,butyoucannotmakehimdrink.牽馬河邊易，逼馬飲水難（不要逼人做他不愿做的事。）Don‘tchangehorsesinthemiddleoftheriver.不要在河中間換馬（太危險）Horse:classofpeople（一類人）Alongroadtestsahorse'sstrengthandalongtaskprovesaman'sheart.

路遙知馬力事久見人心TalkhorseWorklikeahorseAsstrongasahorseAgoodhorseoftenneedsagoodsper.ATrojanHorseHorseAdarkhorseisnotnecesWolfhaveawolfbytheears

騎虎難下Awolfinsheep'sclothing披著羊皮的狼Thewolfhasawinninggamewhenthesheepherdsquarrel.螳螂捕蟬黃雀在后Hehasafacelikeanangel,butheisreallyaterriblewolf.他有貌似天使般的面孔，實際上他是個大色鬼。Wolfhaveawolfbytheearspig/hog/swineThe"pig“"hog“"swine“areallmeanstupidandrudewhentheyareusedtodescribepeople.pigsmightfly無稽之談，奇跡可能會發(fā)生Mr.Chanisaroadhog,heisalwaysimpolitetootherroad-usersandspeedsontheroad.陳先生是一個路霸，他對其他道路使用者及不禮貌，又經(jīng)常超速駕駛。tocastpearlsbeforeswine對牛彈琴pig/hog/swineThe"pig“"hog“"BearBear:Rough（粗暴）Kingsandbearsoftenworrykeepers.abeargardenHerhusbandissuchabearthatnobodylikeshim.Theoldmanisabear;heisalwaysgrumbling.伴君如伴虎

嘈雜喧鬧的地方她丈夫很粗暴，沒人喜歡他他是個魯莽漢，總是發(fā)牢騷。BearBear:Rough（粗暴）birdsbirdsbirdlike似鳥的，敏捷輕快的Birdonawire驚弓之鳥bird喻指女朋友eg：Jimtookhisbirdtothepictureslastnight.birdbirdlikebirdIfdreamsdie,lifeisabroken-wingedbirdthatcannotfly如果沒有理想，生活就像是傷了翅膀的小鳥不能飛翔Killtwobirdswithonestone.一箭雙雕；一舉兩得.Abirdinthehandisworthtwointhebush.雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手.Birdsofafeatherflocktogether.物以類聚,人以群分.It’sanillbirdthatfoulsownnest.家丑不可外揚.Finefeathersmakefinebirds.人要衣裝,馬要鞍.Abirdisknownbyitsnote,andamanbyhistalk.聽音識鳥,聞言識人.Eachbirdlovestohearhimselfsing.鳥兒都愛聽自己唱.（自我欣賞）Youcannotcatcholdbirdswithchaff.(粗糠).用粗糠捉不住老鳥.(有經(jīng)驗的人難騙.)birdIfdreamsdie,lifeisabrokeEverybirdlikesitsownnestbest.

鳥皆愛其巢，人皆愛其家。Therearenobirdsofthisyearinlastyear'snest.

(今年的巢里找不到去年的鳥。)時過境遷。Acrowisneverthewhiterforwashingherselfoften.

江山易改，本性難移。

Birdsintheirlittlenestsagree.同巢之鳥心兒齊.Theearlybirdcatchestheworm.早起的鳥兒有蟲吃.（捷足先登.）Unabletofly,invainthebirdflapshiswings.鳥兒不會飛，拍翅也枉然birdbirdgiveapersonthebird

thebirdsandthebees

LikeabirdTohearabirdsingTodobirdAfunnybirdBird’seyeviewbird喝倒彩有關(guān)性的基本常識運轉(zhuǎn)良好私下聽人說服刑怪人鳥瞰giveapersonthebird

bird喝倒BirdofpassageForthebirdsalittlebirdtoldme.

ahomebird

Oneswallowdoesnotmakeasummer.

eatlikeabird

bird流浪者、候鳥愚蠢無聊的我聽說

(但我不告訴你我是怎么知道的)。喜歡呆在家里的人。獨木不成林。吃的很少，食量小Birdofpassagebird流浪者、候鳥reptilesreptilesDragonInstoriesandlegends,adragonisananimallikeabiglizard.Ithaswingsandclaws,andbreathesoutfire.ThiskindofanimalinChinesecultureissacred,auspicious,perfect,asymbolofhighhonorandthespiritofthriving.ChinesePeoplehaveaspecialpreferenceto"dragon”.ItissaidtheChinesepeopleare"DescendentsoftheDragon",whichmeansChinesepeopleareanationofgreatnessandoutstanding.However,inEnglish,thedragonisthesymbolofevil.Theword“dragon”referstoafierceolderwoman

(onewhoallowstoolittlefreedomtoayounggirlinhercharge).It'sverydifferentfromthemeaninginChina.Example:

Ifyoulike，I’llpretendtobethedragon.DragonInstoriesandlegends,CrocodileAcrocodileisalargereptilewithalongbodyandstrongjaws.Crocodilesliveinriversandeatmeat.toshedcrocodiletears（掉鱷魚眼淚）Toshedcrocodiletearsmeanstocrywhensomeoneisnotreallysadorsorry.Themeaningissameasthatthecattocryoverthedeathofmouse.Johnisacrocodile（約翰是鱷魚）meansJohniswildorshowshismalignantbehavior.CrocodileAcrocodileisalargChameleonAchameleonisakindoflizardwhoseskinchangescolourtomatchthecolourofitssurroundings.Heisachameleonwithnoopinionsofhisown.Inthissentence,chameleonreferstoamanwhoalwayschangeshismindsandbehaviors.They(thechameleonandtheman)haveapointincommonthattheyarecapricious.ChameleonAchameleonisakindTortoiseAtortoiseisaslow-movinganimalwithashellintowhichitcanpullitsheadandlegsforprotection.InChinese,itsmetaphorislongevityorimplyingsomeone’shusbandorwifeishavinganaffair.However,inthewest,thetortoiseisusedtomeanslowworkofpeople.example:asslowasatortoise(慢如烏龜)TortoiseAtortoiseisaslow-fishfishFishingHookone’sfish如愿以償,用詭計得到想要的東西，得獎haveotherfishtofry有其他魚要煎——有其他事要做strikeafish猛拉鉤線把魚鉤住swimlikeafish識水性，像魚一樣善于游泳fishfor拐彎抹角地打聽或謀取fishorcutbait定取舍，決定行動方針fishout(up)釣光，捕盡，探尋，找出，掏出，撈出catchfishwithasilverhook銀鉤釣魚，意指釣不到魚，花錢去買魚，冒充是自己釣的fishwife(賣魚婦)比喻說話粗野的人FishingHookone’sfishactionsofFishwhiteaboutgills(魚鰓變白——有病容)

nibbleat(魚咬一小口——嘗試)aliveandkicking(活蹦亂跳——生氣勃勃)getariseof(跳過——超過)fishdive(魚躍)afishystare(兩眼發(fā)呆的凝視)actionsofFishwhiteaboutgilCulturalElementofFishneitherfish,flesh,norfowl中世紀(jì)時，fish是僧侶的食物，flesh(肉)是普通市民的食物，fowl(家禽)是窮人的食品。既不是fish或flesh，也不是fowl，即非驢非馬之意。類似的詞語有makefishofoneandfleshofanother(一個當(dāng)成魚，一個當(dāng)成肉——厚此薄彼)。aprettykettleoffish在蘇格蘭，每逢鮭魚回游的季節(jié)，人們?nèi)ズ舆呥M行野餐，吃一鍋新鮮的鮭魚，場面十分熱鬧，因而這個短語就用來形容“一團糟”的局面了。redherring[‘her??]

青魚

比喻轉(zhuǎn)移對主要問題的注意力的東西。此習(xí)語源于獵狐時，用熏鯡引開獵犬不使它循嗅跡追獵。習(xí)語drawaredherringacrossthetrack意為談些不相關(guān)的東西來分散談話的中心。

CulturalElementofFishneitheCulturalElementofFishAprilfish

西方有愚人節(jié)作弄人的習(xí)俗，受騙上當(dāng)?shù)娜吮环Q為Aprilfish。eatfishonFridays

齋戒日吃魚(有些基督教信徒在星期五不吃肉，作為守齋)。

CulturalElementofFishAprilWitElementNeverfryafishtillit'scaught．

沒捉到魚別忙著開肚取腸(勿操之過急)?；颍呼~未捉到不要忙著煎魚；不要操之過急。

Hewhowouldcatchfishmustnotmindgettingwet．

要抓魚就不要怕沾水。即，有心采花不怕棘。

Ifyouswearyouwillcatchnofish．

詛咒捕不到魚。即咒罵不解決問題。

Itisasillyfishthatiscaughttwicewiththesamebait．

兩次上鉤的魚是蠢魚。即智者不上兩回當(dāng)。

Thebestfishsmellwhentheyarethreedaysold．

新鮮的魚三天也要變臭。即作客不可久留。

WitElementNeverfryafishtiWitElementsThebestfishswimnearthebottom．

好魚常在水底游。即珍貴的東西不會輕易得到。

Thegreatfisheatupthesmall．

弱肉強食。

Ventureasmallfishtocatchagreatone．

欲釣大魚，先舍小魚

WitElementsThebestfishswimSimilaritybetweenChina&UKdrinklikeafish

像魚兒那樣能喝酒。相當(dāng)于漢語的“牛飲”，牛是主要的農(nóng)耕工具。

crystinkingfish

賣魚人叫賣臭魚，自揚家丑。漢語有一相反習(xí)語，“王婆賣瓜，自賣自夸”。

Allisfishthatcomestohisnet

進到網(wǎng)里都是魚。相當(dāng)于漢語諺語“抓到籃子里的都是菜”。

Fishbeginstostinkatthehead

魚從頭臭起。相當(dāng)與漢語的“上梁不正下梁歪”。

Neveroffertoteachfishtoswim

不要教魚兒游泳。漢語的等值習(xí)語為“不要班門弄斧”。

SimilaritybetweenChina&UKdSimilaritybetweenChina&UKThere’sasgoodfishintheseaasevercomesoutofit

海里的魚和冒出來的魚一樣多。相當(dāng)于漢語的“留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒”。

漢語習(xí)語“如魚得水”表示處于順境，英語習(xí)語likeafishoutofwater表示處于逆境。英漢語言中均有“喂魚”的說法，即feedthefishes(暈船；葬身魚腹)。

abigfishinasmallpond

此習(xí)語并非小池塘容不下大魚，而是小池塘的大魚，相當(dāng)于漢語諺語“林中無老虎，猴子稱大王”。

tofishintroubledwaters

此習(xí)語并不等同于“渾水摸魚”，而含有干預(yù)，冒險之意。

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