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烈马要套粗笼头。 He is a gentle horse that never cast his rider. 驯良的马绝不会把骑手甩倒。 The fault of the horse is put on the saddle. 马劣动怪马鞍坏。 Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse. 瞎马鼓勇气，正是危险事。 Old wood is best to burn,old horse to ride. 老柴好烧，老马好骑。 
每匹马都认为自己驮的袋子最重。 You may know the horse by his harness. 观马具可知马性。 A galled horse will not endure the comb. 擦伤的马不耐梳。 You can take a horse to the water,but you cannot make him drink. 牵马河边易，逼马饮水难；不要逼人做他不愿做的事。 Don't swap horses when crossing a stream. 行至中流不换马；危难之时不宜作大变动。 
驴子能负重，过重也难负。 Wherever an ass falleth,there will he never fall again. 驴子绝不会在同样的地点跌倒两次。 The braying of an ass does not reach heaven. 驴子的叫声传不到天上。 The fault of the ass must not be laid upon the packsaddle. 驴子不乖，休怪驮鞍。 A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. 相马不可凭马饰。 
指望驴子无缺点，只有自己徒步行。 A colt you may break,but an old horse you never can. 小驹犹可练，老马最难驯。 One sheep follows another. 一羊跟一羊（指盲从）。 If one sheep leap o'er the dyke,all the rest will follow. 一羊跳过沟，众羊跟着跳。 There is a black sheep in every flock. 败类处处有；害群之马处处有。 
一羊生癣，群羊受害。 Every time the sheep bleats it loses a mouthful. 羊每叫一次，就少吃一口。 One butcher does not fear many sheep. 屠夫不怕羊多。 It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor. 蠢羊才向狼忏悔。 The dust raised by the sheep does not choke the wolf. 羊踩起的灰尘挡不住狼。 
乌鸦吃死羊，先要哭一场；猫哭老鼠假慈悲。 The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb. 有活的狼就有死的羔羊。 As soon goes the young lamb's skin to the market as the old ewe's. 老羊皮上了市，小羊皮也跟着来。 You have no goats,and yet you sell kids. 没有老山羊，还把小羊卖。 If the beard were all,the goat might preach. 如果长胡就好，山羊也可讲道。 
懒羊自觉羊毛重。 He that will have a hare to breakfast must hunt overnight. 早餐想吃野兔肉，头晚就须去捕捉。 If you run after two hares,you will catch neither. 同时追两兔，一只也难捕。 One should not run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. 不应两面讨好。 The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping. 兔子睡大觉，乌龟跑第一。 
要兔子肉，先要把兔捉；先抓兔子后烹调（勿谋之过早）。 The fox is known by his brush. 狐狸只因尾巴大，所以人人认识他。 The fox smells his own stink first. 狐狸有恶臭，自己先嗅出。 The fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐狸活到老，永远难变好。 The tail does often catch the fox. 狐狸被抓，都因尾巴。 
狐狸舔羔羊，不是好迹象。 When the fox preacheth,then beware your geese. 每逢狐狸讲道，当心鹅儿遭殃。 An old fox is not easily snared. 老狐狸难得陷罗网。 Old foxes want no tutors. 老狐不须教师教。 The sleeping fox catches no poultry. 睡着的狐狸捉不到鸡。 
狐狸除了皮，旁的全无用。 The fox that had lost its tail would persuade others out of theirs. 一条狐狸丢尾巴，就劝旁的也丢它。 A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial. 审鹅不应狐陪审。 The fox's wiles will never enter the lion's head. 狐狸的诡计永远进不了狮子的头脑。
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