МБОУ «Александровская средняя общеобразовательная школа»

Сборник

английских, русских и

удмуртских пословиц

с упражнениями для уроков английского языка

Автор: Осипова Полина,

ученица 9 класса

2014 год

Пословицы – широко распространенный жанр устного народного творчества. Они сопровождают людей с давних времен. Такие выразительные средства, как точная рифма, простая форма, краткость, сделали пословицы стойкими, запоминаемыми и необходимыми в речи.

Английские пословицы

Категория животные

1) A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 2) A curst cow has short horns. 3) A fly in the ointment. 4) A good dog deserves a good bone. 5) A fox is not taken twice in the same snare. 6) A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 7) A shy cat makes a proud mouse. 8) A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf. 9) A wolf in sheep's clothing. 10) All asses wag their ears. 11) All cats are grey in the dark (in the night). 12) "Almost" never killed a fly. 13) All lay load on the willing horse. 14) All is fish that comes to his net. 15) An ass in a lion's skin. 16) An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold. 17) An ass loaded with gold climbs to the top of the castle. 18) An empty hand is no lure for a hawk. 19) An old dog barks not in vain. 20) An ox is taken by the horns, and a man by the tongue. 21) As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb. 22) As the old cock crows, so does the young. 23) Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 24) Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 25) Beware of a silent dog and still water. 26) Birds of a feather flock together. 27) Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse. 28) Care killed the cat. 29) Catch the bear before you sell his skin. 30) Crows do not pick crow's eyes. 

31) Curiosity killed a cat. 32) Curses like chickens come home to roost. 33) Dog does not eat dog. 34) Dog eats dog. 35) Dogs that put up many hares kill none. 36) Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. 37) Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.38) Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. 39) Hares may pull dead lions by the beard. 40) Не that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas. 41) Не that will steal an egg will steal an ox. 42) Не who would catch fish must not mind getting wet. 43) Honey is not for the ass's mouth. 44) Honey is sweet, but the bee stings. 45) If an ass (donkey) bray at you, don't bray at him. 46) То put (set) the cart before the horse. 47) То run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. 48) То set the wolf to keep the sheep. 49) То strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. 50) То take the bull by the horns. 51) То teach the dog to bark.52) What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 53) When pigs fly. 54) When the cat is away, the mice will play. 55) When the fox preaches, take care of your geese. 56) While the grass grows the horse starves. 57) Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl. 58) You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. 59) You cannot teach old dogs new tricks. 60) Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse. 61) A cat in gloves catches no mice. 62) A leopard cannot change its spots. 63) A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse.

Категория числительные

1) Two is company, but three is none. 2) A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull

out. 

3) A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. 

4) A stitch in time saves nine. 5) A fox is not taken twice in the same snare. 6) A wonder lasts but nine days. 7) An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 8) As like as two peas. 9) As plain as two and two make four. 

10) Не gives twice who gives in a trice. 11) Two heads are better than one. 12) When angry, count a hundred. 13) When three know it, alt know it 14) A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 15) A picture paints a thousand words. 16) A stitch in time saves nine. 17) A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men

Категория продукты питания

1) An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 2) As like as an apple to an oyster. 3) As like as two peas. 4) As sure as eggs is eggs. 5) Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 6) Не that will eat the kernel must crack the nut. 7) Не that will steal an egg will steal an ox. 8) Honey is not for the ass's mouth. 9) Honey is sweet, but the bee stings. 

Категория меры величин

1) A miss is as good as a mile. 2) A penny saved is a penny earned. 3) A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 4) Better give a shilling than lend a half-crown. 5) An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of learning. 

Категория сравнения

1) As like as an apple to an oyster. 2) As like as two peas. 3) As plain as two and two make four. 4) As sure as eggs is eggs. 5) As the old cock crows, so does the young. 6) As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb. 7) Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 8) Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. 9) A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse.

10) Two heads are better than one. 11) A miss is as good as a mile. 12) Better give a shilling than lend a half-crown. 

Категория имен

1) All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 2) Before one can say Jack Robinson. 

Категория цвета

True blue will never stain. 

Практические задания

I. Найти соответствие английских пословиц с русскими

пословицами

1. A cock is valiant on his own

dunghill. 

2. A curst cow has short horns. 

3. A fly in the ointment. 

4. A fool may throw a stone into a

well which a hundred wise men

cannot pull out. 

5. A fool may ask more questions in

an hour than a wise man can

answer in seven years. 

6. A fox is not taken twice in the

same snare. 

7. A friend in need is a friend

indeed. 

a) Друг познаётся в беде.

b) Умный семь лет не ответит

на вопросы, которые дурак

задаст за один час.

c) Петух храбр на своей навозной

куче. 

d) Дурак в колодец камень

закинет—сто умных не

вытащат. 

e) Лису в одну и ту же ловушку

дважды не поймаешь. 

f) У проклятой коровы рога

коротки.

g) Муха в бальзаме. 

II. Найти окончание английской пословице

1. A lazy sheep

2. A hard nut

3. A honey tongue,

4. A shy cat makes

5. A good face is

6. A good marksman

7. A good dog deserves

a) may miss. 

b) a heart of gall. 

c) a letter of recommendation

d) to crack. 

e) a proud mouse.

f) thinks its wool heavy

g) a good bone.

III. Поставить пропущенные слова в пословицы

1) A … in time saves nine. 

2) A thief knows a thief as a … knows a wolf. 

3) A wolf in … clothing. 

4) A wonder lasts but nine …. 

5) All asses … their ears. 

6) All cats are … in the dark (in the night). 

7) All is … that comes to his net. 

8) All lay load on the willing …. 

IV. Найдите пропущенные слова в «Магическом квадрате»

1. A lazy ____ thinks its wool heavy. 

2. Curiosity killed a _____. 3. ______

_ is sweet, but the bee stings. 

4. A _______ cannot change its spots.

5. То teach the

______ to bark.6. Don't count your ______ before they are hatched. 7. Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a

_______. 8. A ________ is not taken twice in the same snare. 9. A curst _____ has short horns. 10. Catch the _______ before you sell his skin. 

Stitch

Horse

Fish

Grey

Sheep's

Days

Wolf

Wag

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Ключи

I. Найти соответствие английских пословиц с русскими пословицами

1. c)

2. f)

3. g)

4. d)

5. b)

6. e)

7. a)

II. Найти окончание английской пословице

1. f)

2. d)

3. b)

4. e)

5. c)

6. a)

7. g)

III. Поставить пропущенные слова в пословицы

1. Stitch

2. Wolf

3. Sheep's

4. Days

5. Wag

6. Grey

7. Fish

8. Horse

IV. Найдите пропущенные слова в «Магическом квадрате»

1. sheep2. cat

3. honey4. leopar

d5. dog6. chicke

ns7. lion8. fox9. cow10. bear

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V. Отгадайте ребусы1. Barking dogs seldom bite/2. Birds of a feather flock together. 3. Money does not grow on trees.

«As the people, so the proverb»

Какие люди, такие у них и

пословицы» (английская пословица)