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Animal idioms Animals are friends of human beings. Along with the development and progress of human society, animal idioms play a distinctive role and have rich expressiveness in languages. And because of different geographical circumstances, historical backgrounds, regions and conventions between Chinese and English, the implied meanings of the same animal are possibly different. Similarities in meaning He is as sly as a fox. He’s foxy, and you’re got to watch him. 他像狐狸一样狡猾，他很狡猾，你得注意点 Similarities in meaning as stubborn as a donkey 像驴一样的固执 Similarities in meaning He doesn’t have an idea of his own. He just parrots what other people say. 他没有自己的主张，常常鹦鹉学舌。 Similarities in meaning make a pig of oneself 贪婪地\狼吞虎咽地吃喝 live like a pig in clover 生活奢侈 He has been a pig about money. 他对钱贪得无厌 Difference in meaning He peers owlishly at us through his glasses. 他透过他的眼镜严肃而机智地打量着我们。 猫头鹰进宅，好事不来。 an owl visiting a home portends misfortune in that house Difference in meaning In Chinese people’s eye, “bat” means “auspicious吉兆的” for the letters “蝠”and “福”are pun双关语in sounds. To English people, bat is annoying and ugly and connected with evil and darkness. as blind as a bat (像蝙蝠一样瞎)”; “crazy as a bat (像蝙蝠一样疯)”. Difference in meaning To Chinese people, tiger is a big and powerful animal that is called the king of the beasts. 虎虎有生气, 虎头虎脑，虎将 English people consider that the king of the beasts is lion. regal as a lion 狮子般庄严 Difference in meaning “boast” —— 吹牛 talk horse “strength” —— 力大如牛, 壮得如牛 strong as a horse “urgent” —— 热锅上的蚂蚁 like a cat on hot bricks “someone is wet through ” ——像只落汤鸡 like a drowned rat Conclusion Through a comparative study of English and Chinese idioms, we will not only find ideas that are different in both cultures, but we can also discover many areas where people in both cultures have had similar experiences and hold similar perspectives. Thank you ! * Bird 自由 Bring