bird 鳥
1. he eats like a bird．他吃得很少。
2．a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush．［諺」雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。
3．we’re all early birds in my family because we live on a farm. 由於我們生活在農場，所以全家人都起得很早。
4. birds of a feather flock together．[諺]物以類聚，人以群分。
5．that’s for the birds!那毫無意義！
6．it’s an ill bird that fouls own nest．「諺」家醜不可外揚。
7. a little bird told me．有人私下告訴我。
horse 馬
8. he eats like a horse．他吃得很多。
9．that’s just a lot of horse and donkey dust! 那不過都是些廢話!
10．it’s time to study now and stop horsing around．學習時間已到，別胡鬧了。
11．i got it straight from the horse s mouth．我是聽當事人親口說的。
12. just hold your horses！忍耐一下吧！
13. she works like a horse all day long．她整天辛辛苦苦地幹活。
14．that’s a horse of a different color! 那完全是另外一回事。
15．you can take a horse to the water，but you can't make him drink！ ［諺］帶馬到河邊容易，*馬飲水難！
monkey 猴
16．don't get your monkey up for nothing．別無緣無故生氣。
17. you shouldn't monkey about with that machine, if you don't know how to fix it．假如你不懂得修，就別瞎弄這台機器。
18．what kind of monkey business has been going on while i've been away？ 我不在的時候，出了什麼事了？
chichen 小雞
19．come on! don’t be chicken! 來，別害怕！
20．well，she’s certainly no spring chicken．她當然不再是個小丫頭了。
21．don't count your chickens before they're hatched! 「諺」不要過早樂觀!
owl 貓頭鷹
22. he is as blind as an owl．他真是個瞎子。
23. he’s a wise old owl．他是個智叟。
bear 熊
24．every time l see my grandfather，he gives me a big bear hug．每次見到爺爺，他都要緊緊地擁抱我。
25．her husband is a real bear．她丈夫脾氣確實壞。
bee 蜜蜂
26．she’s always as busy as a bee．她總是忙忙碌碌。
snail蝸牛
27．he walks at a snail's pace．他走路慢吞吞。
worm 蟲
28．he wormed his way through the narrow passage．他好不容易才走過那條狹窄的小路。
29．every time l take the kids to the movies，they always worm around in their seats．每次我帶孩子們去看電影，他們好像總也坐不住似的。
30．l am a worm today．今天一點精神也沒有。
31．a worm will turn．［諺〕如果被*太甚，最溫順的人也會反抗。
ants 螞蟻
32．you’d think he has ants in his pants．你會覺得他坐立不安。
bug 臭蟲
33．it really bugs me when the bus comes late and l can’t go to work on time。由於汽車晚點而不能按時上班，真讓我感到煩惱。
34．l don’t feel well．i think i picked up some kind of bug in my travels abroad．我感覺有點不適，可能是出國旅行時偶染微恙。
35．he’s a camera bug．他是個攝影迷。
fish 魚
36．never offer to teach fish to swim．［諺」不要班門弄斧。
37．he’s like a fish out of water．他感到生疏。
38．he drinks like a fish。他喝起酒來不要命。
39．all’s fish that comes to his net。凡是到手的他都要。
hog 豬
40．when we were young，my sister and l shared the same bed，but she usually hogged all the room．小時候姐姐和我共睡一張床，可她總是占很多地方。
41．when he does something，he usually goes the whole hog．他要乾什麼，就真的乾到底。
crab 蟹
42．when he gets up in the morning，he’s usually a crab（或in a crabby mood）．他早上起床時，總是很煩躁。
sheep 羊
43．she had a rather sheepish smile. 她笑起來很害羞的樣子，
44．he is a black sheep 他是個敗家子。
dog 狗
45．did you hear that bob got a scholarship？what a lucky dog！聽沒聽說鮑勃得了獎學金？他真幸運。
46．he doesn’t have（或stand）a dog's chance．他根本沒有機會。
47．who’s the top dog in the company？ 公司里誰是頭兒？
48．give a dog a bad name and hang him. 欲加之罪，何患無辭。
49．every dog has his day.[諺]人人皆有得意時。
50．love me，love my dog．［諺］愛屋及烏