1、To help a lame dog over a stile.雪中送炭。
2、The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping. 兔子睡懶覺，烏龜跑贏了。
3、Like a cat on hot bricks.像熱鍋上的螞蟻。
4、One swallow does not make a spring. 孤燕不報春。
5、May as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.一不做二不休。
6、All cats are grey in the dark. 黑暗之中貓都是灰色的。人未出名時看起來都差不多。
7、If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 榜樣的力量是無窮的。
8、A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
9、Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鳥兒都愛聽自己唱。
10、As wet as a drowned rat.溼如落湯雞
11、To kill two birds with one stone.一石二鳥。
12、It’s an ill bird that fouls own nest. 家醜不可外揚。
13、The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙，不知大海。
14、The best fish smell when they are three days old.久住招人嫌。
15、To put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。
16、The common horse is worst shod. 公用之馬，掌子最差。
17、A good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 好馬不會毛色差。
18、Barking dogs do not bite.吠犬不咬人。
19、Who will bwll the cat? 誰去給貓系鈴？誰願意爲大家冒風險？
20、Don’t trust a goat with the kitchen-garden,or a wolf with sheepfold. 不能請羊管菜園，不能請狼管羊圈。
21、A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪，何患無詞。
22、A speck of mouse dung will spoil a whole pot of porridge. 一粒老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥。
23、A growing youth has a wolf in his belly. 年輕人，在成長，吃起飯來像餓狼。
24、To lock the stable door after the horse is stolen.亡羊補牢
25、Care kill a cat. 憂慮愁死貓。
26、The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken. 只有一個洞的.老鼠，很快就被抓住。
27、Don’t ride the high horse. 勿擺架子。
28、Don’t be a dog lying、 in the manger. 莫學狗佔馬槽不吃草。不要佔着茅坑不拉屎。
29、Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鳥心兒齊。
30、Love me, love my dog. 愛屋及烏。
31、A cat has nine lives.貓有九條命；吉人天相。
32、The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.掩耳盜鈴。
33、You can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink. 帶馬到河邊容易，逼馬飲水難。
34、A gloved cat catches no mice. 戴手套的貓，老鼠抓不到。不願吃苦的人成不了大事業。
35、A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 江山易改，本性難移。
36、Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. 饋贈之馬，勿看牙口。
37、It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest.家醜不可外揚。
38、He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.欲加之罪，何患無辭。
39、Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣裝，馬要鞍。
40、Don’t put the cart before the horse. 不要將大車套在馬前面。處理問題應按先後次序，不要本末置。