英语谚语·名言·格言·警句A cat has nine lives.猫有九条命(英国迷信,意指猫的生命力强)。
A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.【spin】纺纱【reel】卷;绕;缠一心不能二用。
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.一味奔忙不顾健康,犹如技工只顾干活不顾工房。
A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.害怕痛苦的人已经在承受他所害怕的痛苦了。
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is notold until regrets take the place of dreams.只要一个人还有追求,他就没有老。
直到后悔取代了梦想,一个人才算老。
——J. Barrymore巴里摩尔A man’s life is limited, but there is no limit to serving the people. I will devote my limited life to the limitless job of serving the people.一个人的生命是有限的,可是,为人民服务是无限的。
我要把有限的生命,投入到无限的为人民服务之中去。
——Lei Feng A snow year, a good year.瑞雪兆丰年。
A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。
A stitch in time saves nine.【a stitch in time】及时的处理/补救一针不补,十针难缝;及时处理,事半功倍。
A word spoken is past recalling.【past】超过【recall】收回一言既出,驷马难追。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑,长一智。
A little pot is soon hot.量小之人易怒。
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解,害己误人。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。
A life without a fiend is like a life without sun.人生没有了朋友,犹如生活没有了阳光。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛燃尽了自己,照亮了别人。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.【bird in the hand】已到手的东西,已定局的事情;有把握/现实的事物;既得利益【(bird)in the bush】未到手的东西,未定局的事情;无把握/不现实的事物双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
A bad workman quarrels with his tools.拙匠常怨工具差;人笨怪刀钝。
A journey of a thousand miles begins with one/a single step.千里之行,始于足下。
A stick/staff is quickly/soon found to beat a dog.【staff】棍棒欲加之罪,何患无辞。
A smile makes you ten years younger.笑一笑,十年少。
A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡,事事顺利。
A miss is as good as a mile.【as good as…】与……几乎一样;几乎;简直是失之毫厘,差之千里。
A rolling stone/rolling-stone gathers no moss.【rolling stone/rolling-stone】见异思迁的人,喜欢改变住处、职位等的人【moss】苔藓;地衣;藻类滚石不生苔,转业不聚财;滚石无苔;频迁无财;见异思迁终无所得。
A false tongue will hardly speak truth.假舌不会吐真言。
A foreign language is a weapon in the struggle of life.外语是人生斗争的一种武器。
——Karl Marx马克思(1818—1883,马克思主义的创始人,全世界无产阶级的伟大导师和领袖)A gentleman uses his tongue but not his hands.君子动口不动手。
A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口利于病,忠言逆耳利于行。
A good beginning is half the battle.好的开端是成功的一半。
A good conscience is a soft pillow.【good/clear conscience】无愧于心不做亏心事,不怕鬼叫门。
A good neighbour is better than a brother in the next village.远亲不如近邻。
A good soldier should have the ambition to be a general.不想当将军的士兵不是好士兵。
【mariner】水手;海员平静的海洋练不出熟练的水手。
A single flower does not make a spring.一花独放不是春,百花齐放春满园。
A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.一愚发问,七智结舌。
A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入,祸从口出。
A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother. 兄弟未必是朋友,而朋友总是兄弟。
——Benjamin Franklin富兰克林(1706—1790,美国资产阶级革命时期的民主主义者,科学家、作家)An ill workman always blames his tools.拙匠常怨工具差;人笨怪刀钝。
An oak is not felled at one stroke.【oak】栎;橡【fell】砍倒,伐倒(树),伐(木);砍伐【at one stroke】一下子,一举凡事不能一蹴而就。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.每天一苹果,疾病不缠我;一日一苹果,医生不找我;一日一苹果,医生远离我。
An apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.叶落归根。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。
As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
As one door closes, another door opens.天无绝人之路。
As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time.一寸光阴一寸金。
All beginnings are hard.万事开头难。
All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马;殊途同归。
All that ends well is well.【well】令人满意的;良好的结果好,就一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold.【glitter】闪光闪光的不一定都是金子。
All one’s geese are swan/swans.【goose(pl. geese)】(雌)鹅【swan(pl. swan/swans)】天鹅老王卖瓜,自卖自夸。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只干不玩,变成呆汉;只工作,不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻。
All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事总是由难而易。
All things in their being are good for something.天生我材必有用。
——Li BaiAll good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。
Any stick will do to beat a dog with.欲加之罪,何患无辞。
After a storm comes a calm.【calm】平静的时期;宁静的状态雨过天晴。
Actions speak louder than words.行动胜于言辞;事实胜于雄辩;坐而言不如起而行。
Accidents will happen.意外事,总难免;人有旦夕祸福。
Among any three people walking, I will find something to learn for sure.三人行,必有我师焉。
——Confucius孔子(公元前551—前479,中国春秋末期思想家、政治家、教育家,儒家的创始者)Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.【adversity】逆境;灾难,不幸(的事)逆境出人才。
Adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it. 【reveal】展现,显示;露出【conceal】把……藏起来,隐藏,隐匿苦难显才华,好运隐天资。
By other’s faults, wise men correct their own. 他山之石,可以攻玉。
Bad news has wings.好事不出门,坏事传千里。
Bad workmen find fault with their tools.拙匠常怨工具差;人笨怪刀钝。
Both together do best of all.人心齐,泰山移。