11 . Mouse

(1) It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。

(2) The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken. 只有一个洞的老鼠，很快就被抓住。

(3) A speck¹ of mouse dung will spoil a whole pot of porridge. 一粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅粥。

12. Sheep

(1) If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 榜样的力量是无穷的。

(2) A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懒羊嫌毛重。

(3) He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf. 甘心做绵羊，必然喂豺狼。

13.Swallow

(1) One swallow does not make a spring. 孤燕不报春。

(2) One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。

14. Tiger

(1) If you don’t enter a tiger’s den², you can’t get his cubs³. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

15. Wolf

(1) Don’t trust a goat with the kitchen-garden,or a wolf with sheepfold. 不能请羊管菜园，不能请狼管羊圈。

(2) Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl. 和狼在一起，就会学狼叫。

(3) Man is a wolf to man. 人对人是狼。（人心狠，人吃人）

(4) A growing youth has a wolf in his belly⁴. 年轻人，在成长，吃起饭来像饿狼