關于狼的英語諺語

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(as)greedy as a wolf (非常貪婪, 貪得無厭)
    cry wolf (喊“狼來了”, 發(fā)假警報)
    eat like a wolf (貪婪地吃, 狼吞虎咽)
    have [hold] a wolf by ears (騎虎難下)
    have a wolf in the stomach (餓極了 )
    He sets the fox to keep the geese. 引狼入室。
    When the fox preaches, take care of your geese. 黃鼠狼給雞拜年,沒安好心。
    the wolf at the door 比喻家庭面臨的財政問題。
    He holds a wolf by the ears. 擰狼耳,即騎虎難下。
    The wolf may lose his teeth,but never his nature.狼的牙齒會掉,本性卻改不了。
    The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.(狼死羊安)
    a lone wolf (不喜歡與人來往的人, 喜歡獨居的人; 獨自作案的罪犯 )
    wolf-call (色鬼調戲婦女時的怪叫 wolffish )
    Don’t trust a goat with the kitchen-garden,or a wolf with sheepfold. 不能請羊管菜園,不能請狼管羊圈。
    Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl. 和狼在一起,就會學狼叫。
    Man is a wolf to man. 人對人是狼。(人心狠,人吃人)
    A growing youth has a wolf in his belly. 年輕人,在成長,吃起飯來像餓狼。
    A wolf in sheep’s clothing 匹著羊皮的狼。
    The wolf may lose his teeth,but never his nature.(狼的牙齒會掉,本性卻改不了。)
    wolf in sheep’s clothing (披著羊皮的狼 )
    cry wolf (虛張聲勢;報謊喊“狼來了” )
    One must howl with the wolves. (跟狼在一起, 就得學狼叫; 入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。)
    sea wolf (狼; 任何貪食的大海魚。海盜; 私掠船。潛艇。)
    see[have seen]a wolf (張口結舌, 說不出話來。)
    set the wolf to keep the sheep (叫狼看守羊; 引狼入室。)
    the big bad wolf (令人恐怖的人或物。)
    throw to the wolves (送入虎口; 置...于險境)
    wake a sleeping wolf (自找麻煩)
    He who keeps company with a wolf will learn to howl. (跟狼在一起, 就會學狼叫; 近墨者黑。)