A bird:
- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
- Birds of a feather flock together
- It’s the early bird that cathes the worm
- The early bird cathes the worm
- One swallow does not make a summer
A cat:
- A cat may look at a king
- Don’t let the cat out of the bag
- When the cat’s away the mice will play
A chicken:
- Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched
- Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
A dog:
- A barking dog never bites
- A dog is a man’s best friend
- Barking dogs seldom bite
- Don’t keep a dog and back yourself
- Every dog has its day
- If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
- Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas
- Let sleeping dogs lie
- You can’t teach an old dog new tricks
A fish:
- A fish always rots from the head down
- Big fish eat little fish
- Fish always stink from the head down
- Fish and guests smell after three days
- Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day…
- There is always more fish in the sea
A goose:
- What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
A horse:
- A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse
- Don’t change horses in midstream
- Don’t put the cart before the horse
- Horses for courses
- If wished were horses, beggars would ride
- It’s no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted
- Never look a gift horse in the mouth
- Only fools and horses work
- You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink
A lion / a lamb:
- March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb
A leopard:
- A leopard cannot change its spots
- The leopard does not change his spots
A monkey:
- If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
- Softly, softly, catchee monkey