习语语言是文化的载体，习语又是语言的精华。习语一词的含义甚广，一般指那些常用在一起，具有特定形式的词组，其蕴含的意义往往不能从词组中单个词的意思推测而得。习语通常包括成语、俗语、格言、歇后语、谚语、俚语、行话等。其表现形式音节优美，音律协调，或含蓄幽默，或严肃典雅，言简意赅，形象生动，妙趣横生，给人一种美的享受。习语是语言的精华，它带有浓厚的民族色彩和鲜明的文化内涵。有一句英文谚语叫做：An elephant never forgets（大象永远不会忘记），这不是一句玩笑更不是一个童话故事，而是一个生物事实。大象的记忆力远超人类，控制情感的海马体占总脑容量比也超过人类50%。   

他们记得每一份爱，也记得每一次痛。

他们看似“木讷“，但拥有超过人类的记忆力

他们皮肤是很厚，但敏感得能感知蚊虫的叮咬

他们在这个星球上生存的时间比我们长得多

人类又有什么资格这样对待一个不可或缺的物种

今天给大家整理常见的含有动物词汇的习语。

1.A barking dog seldom bites

A person who readily threatens other people does not often take action.

2.Bear market

A bear market is a period when investors are pessimistic and expect financial losses so are more likely to sell than to buy shares.

3.Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush' is a proverb meaning that it is better to have something that is certain than take a risk to get more, where you might lose everything.

4.Bird's eye view

If you have a bird's eye view of something, you can see it perfectly clearly.

5.Birds of a feather flock together

This idiom means that people with similar interests will stick together.

6.Bull market

A bull market is a period when investors are optimistic and there are expectations that good financial results will continue.

7.Busy as a bee

If you are as busy as a bee, you are very busy indeed.

8.Could eat a horse

If you are very hungry, you could eat a horse.

9.Count sheep

If people cannot sleep, they are advised to count sheep mentally.

10.Crocodile tears

If someone cries crocodile tears, they pretend to be upset or affected by something.

11.Dog's life

If some has a dog's life, they have a very unfortunate and wretched life.

12.Don't catch your chickens before they're hatched

This means that you should wait until you know whether something has produced the results you desire, rather than acting beforehand. ('Don't count your chickens until they've hatched' is an alternative.)

13.Early bird catches the worm

The early bird catches the worm means that if you start something early, you stand a better chance of success.

14.Elephant in the room

An elephant in the room is a problem that everyone knows very well but no one talks about because it is taboo, embarrassing, etc.

15.Every dog has its day

This idiom means that everyone gets their moment to shine.

16.Give a dog a bad name

A person who is generally known to have been guilty of some offence will always be suspected to be the author of all similar types of offence. Once someone has gained a bad reputation, it is very difficult to lose it.

17.Hold your horses

If someone tells you to hold your horses, you are doing something too fast and they would like you to slow down.

18.Kangaroo court

When people take the law into their own hands and form courts that are not legal, these are known as kangaroo court.

19.Kill two birds with one stone

When you kill two birds with one stone, you resolve two difficulties or matters with a single action.

20.Let sleeping dogs lie

If someone is told to let sleeping dogs lie, it means that they shouldn't disturb a situation as it would result in trouble or complications.

21.Like a cat on hot bricks

If someone is like a cat on hot bricks, they are very nervous or excited.

22.Love me, love my dog

If you love someone, you should accept everything about them and the people they like.

23.  Memory like an elephant

'An elephant never forgets' is a saying, so if a person has a memory like an elephant, he or she has a very good memory indeed.

24.Paper tiger

A paper tiger is a person, country, institution, etc, that looks powerful, but is actually weak.

25.Pigs might fly

If you think something will never happen or succeed, you can say that 'pigs might fly' (or 'pigs can fly' and 'pigs will fly'- the idiom is used in many forms)

26.Proud as a peacock

Someone who is as proud as a peacock is excessively proud.

27.Puppy love

Puppy love is love between two very young people.

28.Putting the cart before the horse

When you put the cart before the horse, you are doing something the wrong way round.

29.Raining cats and dogs

When it is raining cats and dogs, it is raining very heavily.

30.Spring chicken

Someone who's a spring chicken is very young, often inexperienced.

31.Straw that broke the camel's back

The straw that broke the camel's back is the problem that made you lose your temper or the problem that finally brought about the collapse of something.

32.Two heads are better than one

When two people work together more things get accomplished.

33.While the cat's away, the mouse will play

People whose behaviour is strictly controlled go over the top when the authority is not around, which is why most teenagers have parties when their parents have gone on holiday. The parents are the scary authority figures, but the cat's away and the kids are the mice partying and enjoying their freedom.

34.White elephant

A white elephant is an expensive burden; something that costs far too much money to run, like the Millennium Dome in the UK.

35.You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink

This idiom means you can offer something to someone, like good advice, but you cannot make them take it.

36.zebra crossing 

A zebra crossing is a pedestrian crossing that is marked on the road with painted black and white stripes.