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victordm 2008-5-8 16:07

英语谚语大全

1. Time flies.
时光易逝。
2. Time is money.
一寸光阴一寸金。
3. Time and tide wait for no man.
岁月无情;岁月易逝;岁月不待人。
4. Time tries all.
时间检验一切。
5. Time tries truth.
时间检验真理。
6. Time past cannot be called back again.
光阴一去不复返。
7. All time is no time when it is past.
光阴一去不复返。
8. No one can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be called again.
昨日不复来。
9. Tomorrow comes never.
切莫依赖明天。
10.One today is worth two tomorrows.
一个今天胜似两个明天。
11.The morning sun never lasts a day.
好景不常;朝阳不能光照全日。
12.Christmas comes but once a year.
圣诞一年只一度。
13.Pleasant hours fly past.
快乐时光去如飞。
14.Happiness takes no account of time.
欢娱不惜时光逝。
15.Time tames the strongest grief.
时间能缓和极度的悲痛。
16.The day is short but the work is much.
工作多,光阴迫。
17.Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.
今日事须今日毕,切勿拖延到明天。
18.Have you somewhat to do tomorrow,do it today.
明天如有事,今天就去做。
19.To him that does everything in its proper time,one day is worth three.
事事及时做,一日胜三日。
20.To save time is to lengthen life.
节省时间就是延长生命。
21.Everything has its time and that time must be watched.
万物皆有时,时来不可失。
22.Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away.
时来必须要趁时,不然时去无声息。
23.When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.
机不可失,时不再来;机会一过,永不再来。
24.Make hay while the sun shines.
晒草要趁太阳好。
25.Strike while the iron is hot.
趁热打铁。
26.Work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow.
今朝有事今朝做,明朝可能阻碍多。
27.Punctuality is the soul of business.
守时为立业之要素。
28.Procrastination is the thief of time.
因循拖延是时间的大敌;拖延就是浪费时间。
29.Every tide hath ist ebb.
潮涨必有潮落时。
30.Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
31.Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.
知识可羡,胜于财富。
32.Wisdom is better than gold or silver.
知识胜过金银,
33.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
胸中有知识,胜于手中有钱。
34.Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.
为了求知识,代价虽高也值得。
35.Doubt is the key of knowledge.
怀疑是知识之钥。
36.If you want knowledge,you must toil for it.
若要求知识,须从勤苦得。
37.A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
浅学误人。
38.A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.
少量的常识,当得大量的学问。
39.Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.
知识只能循序渐进,不能跃进。
40.Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。
41.It is good to learn at another man's cost.
前车可鉴。
42.Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.
知识之于精神,一如健康之于肉体。
43.Experience is the best teacher.
经验是最好的教师。
44.Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是知识之父,记忆是知识之母。
45.Dexterity comes by experience.
熟练来自经验。
46.Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
47.Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other.
经验学校学费高,愚人旁处学不到。
48. Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.
有经验而无学问,胜于有学问而无经验。
49.Wit once bought is worth twice taught.
由经验而得的智慧,胜于学习而得的智慧;一次亲
身的体会,胜过两次的教师教导。
50.Seeing is believing.
百闻不如一见。

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1. A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend.
勇敢的敌人胜过懦怯的朋友。
2. An enemy who lies at thy feet begging forgi-veness must not feel thy sword.
对俯伏在你脚下乞怜的敌人,绝不可使他触及你
的剑。
3. Make your enemy your friend.
要化敌为友。
4. Live and let live.
自己活也让别人活。
5. As a man lives,so shall he die.
有生必有死。
6. We are not born for ourselves.
人生天地间,并非为自己。
7. He that hath time hath life.
有时间就有生活。
8. He that lives long suffers much.
寿长忧患多。
9. They who live longest will see most.
寿命最长的人见识也最广。
10.He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
他生在富贵人家。
11.A man can die but once.
人生只有一回死。
12.He that liveth in court dieth upon straw.
生于安乐者常死于贫贱。
13.He that liveth wickedly can hardly die honestly.
过着邪恶生活的人不会正直地死去。
14.Death pay all debts.
一死了百债。
15.Six feet of earth makes all men equal.
墓穴之中,人人平等。
16.Death is the grand leveller.
死亡面前,不分贵贱。
17.Death meets us everywhere.
人生到处皆可死;死亡和我们到处相遇。
18.Death frees us from ills.
死亡使我们解脱不幸。
19.We shall lie all alike in our graves.
一朝进坟场,大家都一样。
20.In the grave the rich and poor lie equal.
一朝入暮穴,贫富皆一律。
21.Death defies the doctor.
死亡蔑视医生。
22.There is no medicine against death.
人间哪有不死(回春)药。
23.Light come,light go.
易得则易失;来得容易去得快。
24.Sometimes gain is to lose.
有时得即是失。
25.Merry is he that hath nought to lose.
无物可失的人最逍遥自在。
26.Grasp all,lose all.
样样都要,全部失掉。
27.What we lose in hake we shall have in herring.
失鳕得鲱;失之东隅,收之桑榆。
28.What is lost in the hundred will be found in the shire.
在区里失去的可在州里找回来。
29.For a lost thing care nothing.
一物已失,计较无益。
30.He who does not gain loses.
不能得益,就是损失。
31.Losses make us more cautious.
损失使人更谨慎。
32.Who loseth liberty loseth all.
失去自由即失去一切。
33.Either win the horse or lose the saddle.
不是全赢,就是全输;孤注一掷。
34.All is not lost that is in danger.
在危险中的东西未必全会损失。
35.Do not run too fast after gain.
不要见利便狂追。
36.Prefer loss to unjust gain.
宁可受损失,休取不义财。
37.Lightly gain,quickly lost.
来得容易去得快;不义之财,理无久享。
38.Only that which is honestly got is gain.
正当的收入才是真正的收入。
39.All is not gain that is put in the purse.
装进钱包里的不一定都是正当的收入。
40.Gain got by a lie will burn one's fingers.
靠欺骗得利,准要吃亏。
41.One never loses anything by politeness.
礼多不吃亏;礼多人不怪。
42.Hold fast when you have it.
手中之物应紧握。
43.There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
海中好鱼取不尽(指:虽然失去一个机会,还有很
多机会)。
44.Many a slip (many things fall) between the cup and the lip.
酒杯来到嘴唇边,得饮与否未可知;物未到手前,未
能算己有;凡事难以十拿九稳。
45.It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
使人人倒霉的风才是恶风;此失则彼得;害于此则
利于彼;没有使所有的人都受害的坏事。
46.Health is better than wealth.
健康胜于财富。
47.Health is happiness.
健康便是幸福。
48.A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.
健全的身体比金冕更有价值。
49.A sound mind in a sound body.
健康的思想寓于健康的身体。
50.A light heart lives long.
心胸开朗,使人寿长。

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1. Faults are thick while love is thin.
一朝情义淡,样样不顺眼。
2. Hatred is blind as well as love.
爱情和仇恨,二者皆盲目。
3. Marriage is a lottery.
婚姻是一桩难于预测的事。
4. Marry thy like.
跟你情投意合的人结婚。
5. Marriage makes or mars a man.
婚姻成全人,也能损害人。
6. It is good to marry late or never.
晚婚或不婚,都是好事情。
7. Early wed,early dead.
早婚者早夭。
8. They that marry in green,their sorrow is soon seen.
年纪轻轻就结婚,为时不久便悔恨。
9. A young man married is a man that's marred.
男子早婚,种下祸根。
10.Marry in haste,and repent at leisure.
匆匆结婚,时时悔恨。
11.Marry in lent,and you'll live to repent.
借债结婚,一生悔恨。
12.He that marries for wealth,sells his liberty.
为财富而结婚的人,出卖了自己的自由。
13.An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune.
不良的婚姻是恶运的来源。
14.Who marrieth for love without money,hath good nights and sorry days.
为了爱情,无钱结婚,夜来欢娱,白天悔恨。
15.If you always say "NO",never be married.
常常说“不”字,永远难结婚。
16.Honest men marry soon,wise men not at all.
老实的人早成婚,聪明的人不结婚。
17.A good wife and health is a man's best wealth.
贤妻和健康是男子的至宝。
18.A good wife makes a good husband.
有好妻子就有好丈夫;妻贤夫自良。
19.Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.
选择妻子,最好用耳不用眼。
20.Better be half hanged than ill wed.
与其成怨偶,不如守单身。
21.He who does not honour his wife,dishonours himself.
不尊重自己妻子的人,自己也不会受人尊重。
22.The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives.
有懦弱的丈夫,就有凶悍的妻子。
23.It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.
母鸡司晨家不兴。
24.The wife is the key of the house.
妻子是一家之钥;妻贤一家兴。
25.The more women look in their glass,the less they look to their house.
妇女照镜越多,照管家务就越少。
26.East or west,home is best.
东也好,西也好,还是家中最好;金窝银窝,不如家
里的草窝。
27.One father can support ten children; ten children cannot support one father.
一个父亲可以供养十个孩子,十个孩子却不能供
养一个父亲。
28.One father is more than a hundred school-masters.
一个父亲胜于一百个教师。
29.Like father,like son.
有其父,必有其子。
30.The father buys,the son bigs,the grandchild sells,and his son thigs.
父买、子修建、孙儿卖,重孙街上当乞丐。
31.The mother's breath is aye sweet.
母亲的低语总是甜蜜的。
32.Like mother,like daughter.
有其母,必有其女。
33.Children are the parents' riches.
子女是父母的至宝。
34.A little child is the sweetest and purest thing in the world.
孩童是世界上最可爱和最纯洁的东西。
35.He that hath no children,knows not what is love.
没有孩子的人,不知道什么叫做爱。
36.Children learn to creep ere they can go.
孩子要走路,先得学爬行。
37.Silly(=good) child is soon ylered(=taught).
好小孩,学得快。
38.Boys will be boys.
孩子终归是孩子。
39.One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls.
一个男孩比十二个女孩增添的麻烦还多。
40.Spare the rod and spoil the child.
省了棍子,惯坏了孩子。
41.Naughty boys sometimes make good men.
淘气的男孩有时会成为争气的孩子。
42.The child is father of the man.
三岁定到老。
43.Happy is he that is happy in childhood.
童年时快乐的人是幸福的。
44.Children and fools cannot lie.
孩子和愚人不会扯谎。
45.My son is my son till he hath got him a wife, but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.
儿子娶妻后就不是自己的儿子,可是女儿终身都
是自己的女儿。
46.It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well.
养女容易嫁女难。
47.A maid that laughs is half taken.
少女笑口开,婚事成一半。
48.A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.
有许多人向她求婚的少女,往往选中最差的一个。
49.Maids want nothing but husbands,but when they have them they want everything.
未婚女子不要别的,只要丈夫,有了丈夫以后,一切
都要。
50.Would you know your daughter,see her in company.
你若想了解女儿,只要看她和什么样的人交往。

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1. Money is the root of evil.
金钱是罪恶的根源。
2. Money makes the mare go.
有钱能使鬼推磨。
3. All things are obedient to money.
一切事物都服从于金钱。
4. Before gold,even kings take off their hats.
在黄金面前,国王也要脱帽。
5. Money is the key that opens all doors.
金钱是打开一切门户的钥匙。
6. Beauty is potent,but money is more potent.
美貌固有力,金钱力更大。
7. Avarice increases with wealth.
越有钱,越贪钱。
8. The money the miser hoards will do him no good.
守财奴积财,对自己毫无好处。
9. What is wealth good for,If it brings melancholy?
财富如带忧郁来,有了财富有何用?。
10.Gold will not buy anything.
黄金不能买尽一切。
11.The chief aim of man is not to get money.
人的主要目的并不是赚钱。
12.Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money.
相信金钱万能的人,往往会一切为了金钱。
13.Wealth makes worship.
财富能使人拜倒。
14.Little wealth,little care.
财富少,烦恼也少。
15.A moneyless man goes fast through the market.
身上无钱过市快。
16.Poverty is not a crime.
贫非罪。
17.Poverty is not a disgrace,but theft is a disgrace.
贫穷不可耻,偷窃乃足羞。
18.Better be poor than wicked.
宁可做穷人,不可做坏人。
19.Poverty is not a sufficient cause for disgrace,but poverty without resolution to help onself,is a disgrace.
贫穷不足为耻,穷而不能自立方可耻。
20.Poverty is the mother of health.
贫穷是健康之母。
21.Be considerate toward the poor.
应常为穷人着想。
22.Poor and content is rich and rich enough.
人能安贫就是富。
23.Poverty parteth fellowship.
贫穷断友情。
24.Poverty makes a man mean.
贫困使人小气。
25.Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.
只有贫穷是可以不劳而获的东西。
26.Do not through fear of poverty surrender liberty.
不要因为怕贫困而舍去自由。
27.Poverty and love are hard to hide.
贫困与爱情,都难瞒过人。
28.Poverty breeds strife.
贫困引起冲突。
29.The poor man wants much,the miser everything.
穷人要求多,财迷则样样都要。
30.The dainties of the great are the tears of the poor.
富人口中的美味是穷人眼中的泪水。
31.Poverty on an old man's back is a heavy burden.
老而贫困,负担最沉。
32.Beggars must (should) be no choosers.
行乞的哪能挑肥拣瘦;饥不择食。
33.A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich.
穷人眼中的一只羊,贵似富人一头牛。
34.A light purse makes a heavy heart.
钱袋轻时心事重。
35.Poor without debt is better than a prince.
穷人无债胜王子。
36.Happy is he who owes nothing.
无债一身轻。
37.Money borrowed is soon sorrowed.
借钱才到手,立刻便担忧。
38.He that goes a borrowing,goes a sorrowing.
向人借债是自寻烦恼。
39.Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt.
与其负债起身,不如空腹上床。
40.Out of debt,out of danger.
脱债就脱险。
41.A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.
深忧偿不了小债。
42.He is the wisest man who does not think himself so.
不自作聪明便是最聪明。
43.Wise men have their mouth in their heart,fools their heart in their mouth.
聪明人嘴在心里,愚蠢人心在嘴边。
44.Wise men learn by other men's mistakes;fools by their own.
聪明人从旁人的错误中吸取教训,愚笨人则从自身
的错误中吸取教训。
45.He is wise that knows when he's well enough.
知足为智者。
46.A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
智者不强求。
47.He is wise that hath wit enough for his own affairs.
明智者有足够的机智处理自己的事情。
48.No man is born wise.
聪明非天生。
49.A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand.
能随机应变的人是聪明人。
50.A word is enough to the wise.
对明智者一言已足。

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1. Pardoning the bad is injuring the good.
隐恶败善;原谅坏人即是伤害好人。
2. The evil wound is cured but not the evil name.
重伤可治,恶名难去。
3. Evil communications corrupt good manners.
不良的交往败坏良好的举止。
4. No wrong without remedy.
有过皆可补。
5. Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man.
唯利是图者,胸中无美德。
6. First think,and then speak.
动口先动脑。
7. A word spoken is past recalling(The words once spoken can never be recalled).
一言既出,驷马难追。
8. While the word is in your mouth,it is your own;when 'tis once spoken, 'tis another's.
话在嘴里,属于自己;话一出口,人家所有。
9. Speech is silver,silence is gold.
言语是银,沉默是金。
10.Few words are best.
寡言为贵。
11.No wisdom like silence.
聪明莫过沉默。
12.Least said,soonest mended.
少说为妙。
13.Second thoughts are best.
再思而后行。
14.Look before you leap.
慎思而后行。
15.He is a wise man who speaks little.
智多言语少。
16.Fair words butter no parsnips.
美言无补实际。
17.The tongue is not made of steel,yet it cuts.
舌头不是钢,一动把人伤。
18.Sometimes words hurt more than swords.
言语能伤人,有时胜刀剑。
19.A good tongue is a good weapon.
口齿伶俐,是件利器。
20.A wise head makes a close mouth.
头脑灵,嘴巴紧。
21.It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently.
说得多是一回事,讲得中肯又是一回事。
22.Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress,which is great and tall,but bears no fruit.
无益的雄辩犹如高大的柏树,不会结果。
23.Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
与其说话不中肯,不如半句也莫吭。
24.Many a true word is spoken in jest.
笑语之中吐真言。
25.Few words,many deeds.
少说话,多做事。
26.Actions speak louder than words.
行动比言语响亮;百说不如一干。
27.From words to deeds is a great space.
言行之间,大有距离。
28.Deeds,not words.
要行动,不要言词。
29.Bare words,no bargain.
空言不能成交易。
30.Deeds are fruits,words are but leaves.
行动是果实,言语只是叶子。
31.Ill deeds cannot honour.
坏行为不受尊敬。
32.Fine words dress ill deeds.
漂亮的言词装饰着恶劣的行为。
33.Good words and ill deeds deceive wise and fools.
动听的话和坏行为同样欺骗聪明和愚人。
34.Our own actions are our security,not others' judgements.
我们的行为是自己的保证,并不是旁人的鉴定。
35.A man of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
空有言语而无行动的人,犹如杂草丛生的花园。
36.A man is not good or bad for one action.
不能凭一件事判断人的好坏。
37.A man apt to promise is apt to forget.
易于许诺的人也易于忘记。
38.A man that breaks his word,bids others to be false to him.
人不守信,无异于叫旁人对他失信。
39.Easier said than done.
说易行难。
40.The greatest talkers are always the least doers.
大言不惭的总是行动最少的人。
41.The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
布丁好坏,一尝便知;空谈不如实践。
42.Pride goes before a fall.
骄者必败。
43.Pride goes before destruction.
骄者必败。
44.Pride goeth before,and shame cometh after.
骄傲走在前,羞耻跟在后。
45.Pride and grace dwelt never in one place.
傲慢和温雅,永难住一处。
46.He that climbs high falls heavily.
爬得高,跌得重。
47.Pride must be pinched.
骄傲应收敛。
48.The more noble the more humble.
越高贵,越应谦逊。
49.Humility often gains more than pride.
谦逊常比傲慢受益更多。
50.He who imagines that he has knowledge enough has none.
自命万事通,腹中常空空。

victordm 2008-5-8 16:18

1. Waste not,want not.
俭以防匮。
2. From saving comes having.
富有来自节俭。
3. A penny saved is a penny gained.
省一文是一文。
4. Take care of the pence and the pound
will take care of themselves.
金钱积少便成多。
5. Frugality is an estate alone.
节俭本身就是一宗财产。
6. He that regards not a penny,will lavish a pound.
小钱不知节省,大钱将滥花。
7. Small gains bring great wealth.
积小利,成巨富。
8. Many a little makes a mickle.
积少便成多。
9. As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man.
试金之石可试金,正如黄金能试人。
10.Courage and resolution are the spirit
and soul of virtue.
勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。
11.The path to glory is always rugged.
光荣之路常坎坷。
12.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事,只要人肯试。
13.The fire is the test of gold;adversity of strong man.
烈火试真金,困苦炼壮士。
14.Great hopes make great man.
远大的希望造就伟大的人物。
15.No way is impossible to courage.
勇士面前无险路。
16.A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。
17.The good seaman is known in bad weather.
坏天气下才能识得出良好的海员;要识好海员,须凭
坏天气。
18.The best hearts are always the bravest.
行为最勇敢的人心地总是最善良。
19.We must not lie down,and cry,God help us.
求神不如求己。
20.He that falls today may be up again tomorrow.
今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。
21.Rome was not built in a day.
罗马并非一日可建成;坚持必成。
22.Success belongs to the persevering.
胜利属于坚忍不拔的人。
23.We must repeat a thousand and one times that
perseverance is the only road to success.
我们要多次重申:不屈不挠是取得胜利的唯一道
路。
24.Perseverance is failing nineteen times
and succeeding the twentieth.
十九次失败,到第二十次获得成功,这就叫坚持。
25.Step by step the ladder is ascended.
登梯需要逐级登。
26.Adversity leads to prosperity.
困苦通向昌盛。
27.Patience and application will carry us through.
忍耐和专心会使我们度过难关。
28.Fortune often rewards with interest those
that have patience to wait for her.
做事只要有耐心,到头总会有好运;耐心候好运,好
运常会来。
29.All things will come round to him who will but wait.
只要肯等待,一切都会按时来。
30.Constant dropping wears the stone.
滴水不绝可穿石。
31.Omelets are not made without breaking of eggs.
鸡蛋不打破,蛋卷做不成;不甘愿吃苦,则预期效果
达不到。
32.The world is a ladder for some to go up
and others to go down.
世界好似一把梯,有人上去有人下。
33.There needs a long apprenticeship to understand
the mystery of the world's trade.
要知世事奥秘多,须要长期作学徒。
34.Life is sweet.
生活是可爱的;人无不好生(恶死)。
35.Where there is life,there is hope.
生命不息,希望长在。
36.Life is not all beer and skittles.
人生并不全是吃喝玩乐。
37.Much water runs by the mill that
the miller knows not of.
眼前发生许多事,有些我们并不知。
38.Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door.
人人都有走运的一天。
39.If you are too fortunate,you will not know yourself;
if you are too unfortunate,nobody will know you.
运气太好,见人不睬;运气太坏,无人理会。
40.Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
每一个人都是自身幸福的建筑师。
41.Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.
记得年轻时所作蠢事的人是幸福的。
42.Misfortunes never (seldom) come alone (single).
祸不单行。
43.Misfortune is a good teacher.
不幸是良好的教师。
44.Misfortunes come at night.
祸常生于不测。
45.Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
恶运临头后,才知幸运贵。
46.Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.
患难能使人聪明,但不能使人富有。
47.Live and learn.
活到老,学到老。
48.It is never too old to learn.
为学不怕年高。
49.A man becomes learned by asking questions.
要长学问,就得多问;多问则业精。
50.There is no royal road to learning.
学问无坦途。

victordm 2008-5-8 16:19

1. All are brave when the enemy flies.
敌人遁逃时,人人皆勇士。
2. All is fish that comes to his net.
到了网中都是鱼;只要到手全都要。
3. All is well that ends well.
结果好,就一切都好。
4. All roads lead to Rome.
条条大路通罗马。
5. Always taking out the meal-tub, and never putting in,soon comes to the bottom.
取粮不储粮,桶底粮也光;坐吃山空。
6. A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘,差以千里。
7. An empty bag cannot stand upright.
空袋不能直立。
8. A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火。
9. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不粘青苔;转业不积财。
10.Art is long, life is short.
艺术恒久,生命短暂。
11.A small leak will sink a great ship.
小漏沉大船。
12.A stitch in time saves nine.
一针及时省九针;一针不补,十针难缝。
13.As the wind blows, you must set your sail.
趁风启帆。
14.As we sow, so shall we reap.
种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
15.A valiant man's look is more than a coward's sword.
勇士的神色胜过懦夫的刀剑。
16.A vaunter and a liar are near akin.
自诩和说谎,二者正相仿。
17.Avarice blinds our eyes.
贪婪障人目。
18.A watched pot(pan) is long in boiling.
心急水不沸;盼得越切,来得越迟。
19.A wonder lasts but nine days.
新鲜事儿不久长。
20.Beard the lion in his den.
老虎头上捉虱;太岁头上动土。
21.Beauty is but skin deep.
美丽只是皮相(指:不能以貌取人)。
22.Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
宁为犬首,不作狮尾。
23.Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.
宁作自由民之首,不为贵族之尾。
24.Between two stools one goes the ground.
脚踩两只船,早晚要落水。
25.Beware beginnings.
慎始为上。
26.Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水(指:亲人比外人亲)。
27.Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.
身为凯撒(罗马大将)妻,必须无可疑(指:与伟大的
人物交往的人不可有秽名)。
28.Charity begins at home, but should not end there.
施舍先及亲友,但不应限于亲友。
29.Companions are odious.
人比人,气死人。
30.Content is happiness.
知足常乐。
31.Custom is a second nature.
习惯是第二天性。
32.Cut your coat according to your cloth.
量布裁衣。
33.Danger is next neighbour to security.
危险是安全的紧邻。
34.Do as the Romans do.
入境要问俗。
35.Do as you would be done by.
你愿别人怎样对待你,你就应该怎样对待别人;己
所不欲,勿施于人。
36.Do not hallo till you are out of the wood.
未出险境,先莫高兴。
37.Don't put the cart before the horse.
勿本末倒置;勿倒果为因。
38.Don't throw out the baby with the bath water.
切勿良莠不分一起抛。
39.Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak.
位高遭人妒,峰高招风怒。
40.Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊。
41.Every cloud has a silver lining.
黑暗之中总有一线光明;祸中有福。
42.Every man has his liking.
人各有所好。
43.Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads.
人人有错,隐藏不露。
44.Everything hath an end.
万物有始必有终。
45.Everything must have a beginning.
凡事皆有始。
46.Example is better than precept.
范例胜于教训。
47.Fine feathers make fine birds.
好鸟要靠好羽毛;人要衣装,佛靠金装。
48.Fire and water have no mercy.
水火无情。
49.First come, first served.
先到先招待。
50.Fish begins to stink at the head.
鱼腐头先臭(上梁不正下梁歪)。

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1. New lords,new laws.
新君立新法。
2. Laws catch flies and let hornets go free.
法网只捕蝇,黄蜂由它去。
3. Where drums beat,laws are silent.
战鼓一响,法律无声。
4. An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men.
法官能公正,重法不重人。
5. That trial is not fair where affection is the judge.
法官动感情,审判难公正。
6. A good lawyer,an evil neighbour.
好律师不是好邻居。
7. An old physician,and a young lawyer.
医生老的好,律师年轻的好。
8. Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
鸡蛋还未孵,先别数鸡雏;莫过早乐观。
9. Though the fox run,the chicken hath wings.
狐狸虽会跑,小鸡有翅膀。
10.Young cocks love no coops.
小公鸡不恋笼。
11.A cock is bold on his dunghill.
站在粪堆上,公鸡也称王。
12.A barley-corn is better than a diamond to a cock.
对一只公鸡来说,一颗麦粒优于一颗钻石。
13.He that will have his farm full,must keep an old cock and a young bull.
想使农庄充裕,就得养一只老公鸡和一头小公牛。
14.If the hen does not prate,she will not lay.
不叨叨的母鸡不下蛋。
15.It is no good hen that cackles in your house and lays in another's.
这样的母鸡可不好:在你家里咯咯叫,却到别家去
下蛋。
16.Fat hens lay few eggs.
肥鸡下蛋稀。
17.Grain by grain,and the hen fills her belly.
一颗接一颗,母鸡填饱肚。
18.A duck will not always dabble in the same gutter.
一只鸭子不会常在同一条沟中玩水。
19.It is a blind silly gooes that comes to the fox's sermon.
只有盲目的笨鹅才会去听狐狸讲道。
20.What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
适用于甲的也适用于乙。
21.All his geese are swans.
他喜欢夸大其词;敝帚自珍。
22.All your swans are geese.
你的美好希望(或诺言),全部成了泡影。
23.Each bird likes to hear himself sing.
每一只鸟都爱听自己歌唱。
24.The bird loves her nest.
鸟爱自己的窝。
25.Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚,人以群分。
26.The bird that can sing and won't sing must be made to sing.
生来能唱的鸟,不愿唱也得叫它唱。
27.The fowler's pipe sounds sweet until the bird is caught.
捕禽人笛声悠扬,直吹得鸟儿落网。
28.He that will take the bird must not scare it.
捕鸟休惊鸟。
29.The noisy fowler catches no bird.
捕禽人大肆声张,鸟儿就不会落网。
30.Old birds are not caught with new nests.
新网难捕老鸟。
31.'Tis the early bird that catches the worm.
早起的鸟先得虫;捷足先登。
32.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
双鸟在林,不如一鸟在手;十赊不如一现。
33.A bird is known by its note,and a man by his talk.
鸟以声闻,人以言知。
34.It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
家丑不可外扬。
35.Eagles fly alone,but sheep flock together.
鹰爱独飞羊爱群。
36.A kite will never be a good hawk.
鸢永不会变成隼。
37.Empty hands no hawk allure.
空手不能诱鹰来。
38.The crow thinks his own bird fairest.
乌鸦总以为自己的雏鸟最美。
39.A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.
乌鸦不管怎样经常洗澡,也不会变白。
40.Wheresoever the carcase is,there will the ravens be gathered together.
哪里有死尸,乌鸦就成群。
41.One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不能成夏天(不可仅凭一种现象而遽作判断)。
42.The snail slides up the tower at last though the swallow mounteth it sooner.
燕子一飞就上塔,蜗牛悄悄爬,最后也上塔。
43.The cuckoo comes in April,and stays the month of May;sings a song at Midsummer,and then goes away.
布谷鸟,四月来,五月一直在,仲夏唱支歌,然后就离
开。
44.If the sky falls,we shall catch larks.
天垮正好抓云雀;不要杞人忧天。
45.An owl is the king of the night.
猫头鹰是黑夜之王。
46.When the owl sings,the nightingale will hold her peace.
枭鸟唱歌,夜莺屏息。
47.Cats hide their paws.
猫儿不露爪。
48.A gloved cat catches no mice.
戴手套的猫抓不到老鼠。
49.When the cat's away,the mice will play.
猫儿不在家,老鼠就玩耍;猫儿不在耗子闹。
50.Ale will make cat speak.
喝了淡啤酒,猫也会开口;酒后使人说话多。

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A


· All is not gold that glitters. 闪光的未必都是金子。
· A child is better unborn than untaught. 养不教,父之过。
· Art is long, life is short. 生命短暂,艺术长存。
· A friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真情。
· Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨绸缪。
· A light heart live long. 心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁,活到白头。
· An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃苹果一只,身体健康不求医。
· All covet, all lose. 样样垂涎,样样失落。贪多嚼不烂。
· A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆丰年。
· All rivers run into the sea. 殊途同归。
· A small leak will sink a great ship. 千里之堤溃于蚁穴。
· All time is no time when it is past. 机不可失,时不再来。
· A baker's wife may bite of a bun, a brewer's wife may bite of a tun.
近水楼台先得月。
· A short cut is often a wrong cut.
欲速则不达。
· A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.
欲加之罪,何患无辞。
· A prophet is not without honor save in his own country. 远来的和尚好念经。
· All feet tread not in one shoe. 众口难调。
· A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢,不成器。
· A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
· A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.
江山易改,本性难移。
· A little spark may kindle a great fire.
星星之火,可以燎原。          

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B 
· Beauty is but skin-deep. 美丽只是外表罢了
· Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵
· Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天。 A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢,不成器。
· Behind the mountains there are people to be found.
天外有天,山外有山。
· Better die standing than live kneeling 宁愿站着死,也不跪着生。
· Better be envied than pitied. 宁被人妒,不受人怜。

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            C
           

· Cats hide their claws.
知人知面不知心。
· Cast an anchor to windward.
未雨绸缪。
· Care and diligence bring luck.

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            D
· Deliberate slowly, execute promptly. 慎于思而敏于行。
谨慎勤奋,带来好运。
· Diamonds cut diamonds. 棋逢对手,将遇良才。
· Danger past, God forgotten. 飞鸟尽,良弓藏。
· Dreams are lies. 梦不足信。
· Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。
· Do not have too many irons in the fire. 贪多嚼不烂。
· Do unto others as you would be done by. 己所不欲,勿失于人。

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            E
· Experience is the best teacher. 实践出真知。
· Every man is the architect (or artificer) of his own fortune. 自己幸福自己创。
· Evening red and morning grey are the sign of a fine day. 晚霞行千里。
· Every bean has its black. 金无足赤,人无完人。
· Even woods have ears.
隔墙有耳。
· Enough is better than too much. 过犹不及。
· Every tub must stand on its own bottom. 人贵自立。
· Experience teaches. 吃一堑,长一智。

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             F
· Full vessels sound least. 大智若愚。
· First impressions are half the battle. 先入为主。
· Faith moves mountains. 精诚所至,金石为开。
· Fact is stranger than fiction. 大千世界,无奇不有。
· Fire proves gold, adversity proves man. 烈火识真金,逆境识英雄。
· Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.
水能载舟,亦能覆舟。

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             G
· Give everyone his due. 一视同仁。
· Good (or Great) wits jump. 英雄所见略同。
· Go while the going is good. 三十六计,走为上计。
· Great weights hang on small wires.
千钧一发。
· Good wine needs no bush 酒香不怕巷子深。
· Greatest genius often lies concealed.
大智若愚。
· Grasp all, lose all.
贪多必失。
· Go to the sea, if you would fish well.
不入虎穴,焉得虎子。

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             H
· Honour to whom honour is due.
论功行赏。
· He travels the fastest who travels alone. 曲高和寡。
· Heaven helps those who help themselves. 求人不如求己。
· He sits no sure that sits too high. 高处不胜寒。
· He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪,何患无词。
· He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight. 正人先正己。
· He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 千里之行,始于足下。
· He that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬,要先敬人。
· It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上两次当。
· Humility often gains more than pride.
满招损,谦受益。
· He is eloquent enough for whom truth speaks.
事实胜于雄辩。
· He that promises too much means nothing. 轻诺者寡信。
· He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪,何患无词。
· Hard words break no bones. 忠言逆耳利于行。
· Haste makes waste. 忙乱易错。欲速则不达。
· He that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登。

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            I
· It is six of one and half a dozen of the other. 彼此彼此。
· If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 榜样的力量是无穷的。
· It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。
· Ill news never comes too late. 好事不出门,坏事传千里。
· It is the first step that is troublesome. 万事开头难。

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             J
· Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢,疏而不漏。

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             K
· Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is key to it. 实践得真知。
· Keeping is harder than winning. 创业不易,守业更难。
· Knowledge is no burden. 艺不压身。
· Kiss and be friends. 握手言和。
· Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕

· Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.
既来之,则安之。
· Love is blind. 情人眼里出西施。
· Little chips light great fires. 星星之火,可以燎原。
· Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。
· Live and learn. 学无止境。

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             M
· Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。
· Mind acts upon mind. 心有灵犀一点通。

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            N
· Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man.
饥不择食
· No cross, no crown.
不吃苦中苦,难为人上人。
· Nothing is easier than fault-finding. 站着说话不腰痛。
· No weal without woe. 福兮祸所伏, 祸兮福所倚。
· No work, no money. 不劳无获。
· Never too late (or old) to learn. 活到老,学到老。
· Never judge by appearances. 切莫以貌取人。
· No fire without smoke. 无风不起浪。

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             O 
· One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.
一叶障目,不见泰山。
· One swallow does not make a summer.
一花独放不是春。
· One can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。
· Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 服从是军人的天职。
· One lark does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春。

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           P
· Practice is better than precept. 身教重于言教。
· Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。

victordm 2008-5-8 16:31

   R
· Riches have wings. 富贵无常。

victordm 2008-5-8 16:31

           S
· Score twice before you cut once. 三思而后行。
· Sense comes with age. 老马识途。
· So the world wags. 这就是人生。
· So said, so done. 说到做到。言出必行。
· Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. 要成大业,自信第一。

victordm 2008-5-8 16:32

            T
· Talk of the devil and he will appear. 说曹操,曹操就到。new
· Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风 。new
· The reasons of the poor weight not. 人微言轻。
· The shortest way round is the longest way home.
欲速则不达。
· Those are in the same boat should row together.
同舟共济。
· Too much pudding will choke a dog.
布丁太多噎死狗。
· The heart's letter is read in the eyes.
眼睛是心灵的窗户。
· The deed proves the man.
观其行而知其人。
· True gold fears not the fire.
真金不怕火炼。
· Take time while time is, for time will away.
机不可失,时不在来。
· The battle is to the strong.
两强相遇勇者胜。
· The heart is seen in wine. 酒后吐真言。
· The best of friends must part. 天下没有不散的宴席。
· Time is money. 时间就是金钱
· Through obedience learn to command. 先当学生,后当先生。
· Time tries all things. 时间检验一切。
· There is no fire without smoke. 无风不起浪。

victordm 2008-5-8 16:32

            U
· Unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 忠言逆耳利于行。

victordm 2008-5-8 16:32

           W
· Wealth is nothing without health. 健康胜于财富。
· We begun is half done. 良好的开端等于成功的一半。
· Work makes the workman.
熟能生巧。

victordm 2008-5-8 16:33

           Y
· You cannot have your cake and eat it. 有得就有失。事难两全其美。
· Youth's a stuff will not endure. 青春易逝。
· You are never too old to learn. 活到老学到老。
· You never know till you have tired.
事非经过不知难。

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           Z
 
· Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
  热情而无知,犹如无光之火
· Zeal without kowledge is the sister of folly.
  无知的热情近乎愚蠢

victordm 2008-5-8 17:22

1. In doing we learn.(实践长才干。)
2. East or west, home is best.(东好西好,还是家里最好。)
3. Two heads are better than one.(三个臭皮匠,顶个诸葛亮。)
4. From small beginning come great things.(伟大始于渺小。)
5. One today is worth two tomorrows.(一个今天胜似两个明天。)
6. Truth never fears investigation.(事实从来不怕调查。)
7. The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.(舌无骨却能折断骨。)
8. A bold attempt is half success.(勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。)
9. Knowing something of everything and everything of something.
     (通百艺而专一长。)[疯狂咬舌头]
10. Good advice is beyond all price.(忠告是无价宝。)
11. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.(无热情成就不了伟业。)
12. Actions speak louder than words.(行动比语言更响亮。)
13. Lifeless, faultless.(只有死人才不犯错误。)
14. Good company on the road is the shortest cut.(行路有良伴就是捷径。)
15. Constant dropping wears the stone.(滴水穿石。)
16. Misfortunes never come alone/single.(祸不单行。)
17. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.(不经灾祸不知福。)
18. Better late than never.(迟做总比不做好;晚来总比不来好。)
19. It's never too late to mend.(过而能改,善莫大焉;亡羊补牢,犹未晚也。)
20. If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.(如果事情值得做,就值得做好。)

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304877144 2008-5-8 19:29

晕就一个字,我只说一次.

c2609830 2008-5-8 20:13

:victory: :victory: :victory:

c2609830 2008-5-8 20:14

:victory: :victory: :victory:

victordm 2008-5-8 21:29

[quote]原帖由 [i]304877144[/i] 于 2008-5-8 19:29 发表 [url=http://bbs.xunlei.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=4189552345&ptid=1525975][img]http://bbs.xunlei.com/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]
晕就一个字,我只说一次. [/quote]

我已经发完  晕 就晕吧

这样发出来比较连续啊   我这里网速不行 添加附件成问题   老是超时  出现信息来路不正什么的   只能这样了  

这样发帖数量也增加了啊 呵呵

48031543 2008-5-9 12:29

来过不留名,非英雄!谢谢支持<外语学习>

来过不留名,非英雄!谢谢支持<外语学习>

13594278067qq 2008-5-10 08:18

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
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