a living dog is better than a dead lion.
死獅不如活狗。
barking dogs seldom bite.
愛叫的狗 不咬人; 咬人的狗不露齒。
love me, love my dog.
你若把我當朋友, 也要把我的朋友當朋友; 愛屋及烏。
a good dog deserves a good bone.
好狗應該啃好骨頭, 有功者受賞。
beware of a silent dog and still water.
提防不吠的狗, 小心 靜止的水。
come like a dog at a whistle
一呼即來
every dog has his day.
凡人皆有得意日。
every dog is a lion at home. [every dog is valiant at his own door.]
狗是百步王, 只在門前凶。
fight dog, fight bear.
打個青紅皂白, 一決雌雄。
give a dog a bad [an ill] name(and hang him).
一旦給人加一個壞名聲, 他就永遠洗刷不掉; 人言可畏。
an old dog will learn no new tricks. (=you cannot teach old dogs new tricks.)
老狗學不了新把戲; 老年人很難適應新事物。
it is ill to waken sleeping dogs. [let sleeping dogs lie; don't wake a sleeping dog.]
scornful[hungry] dogs will eat dirty puddings.
人到危急時, 平時所不屑做的也要做; 急不暇擇, 飢不擇食。
teach an old dog new tricks
使守舊的人接受新事物
teach the dog to bark
教狗怎么叫(意指多此一舉)
the dog returns to his vomit.
狗回頭吃自己吐出來的東西; 重犯舊日罪惡。
a staff [stick] is quickly [soon] found to beat a dog with.
欲加之罪, 何患無辭。
an old dog barks not in vain.
老狗不亂吠; 老狗 一吠, 就得小心。