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以英文字母W开头的英语谚语十句

以英文字母W开头的英语谚语十句
1.Well begun is half done.
出处:这句话最早是出自于柏拉图。

他说的是良好的开端等于成功的一半,很多翻译都是说的“A good beginning is half done.”
英文释义:A good beginning is half the battle.
中文释义:良好开端,功成一半
例句:Well begun is half done, so you’d better make a good start..
2.What do you expect from a pig but a grunt?
出处:出自《元曲选遇上皇》第一折:“父亲和这等东西,有什么好话,讲出什么公理来,狗口里吐不出象牙。

”比喻坏人嘴里说不出好话来
英文释义:It is used to describe someone who speaks very rude.
中文释义:狗嘴里吐不出象牙。

例句:He always says the worst thing. Well, what can you expect from a pig but a grunt.
他就是狗嘴里吐不出象牙,什么难听说什么。

3.Whatever a man sow, that shall he also reap.
出处:《涅盘经》:“种瓜得瓜,种李得李。

说的是种什么,收什么。

比喻做了什么事,得到什么样的结果
英文释义:a person have to undertake what he has done.
中文释义:种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆
例句:It’s serves you right. As whatever a man sow, that shell he also reap.
你是罪有应得,种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆嘛。

4.What is done by night appears by day.
出处:汉·枚乘《上书谏吴王》:“欲人勿闻,莫若勿言;欲人勿知,莫若勿为。

英文释义:The fact will be knew to others by sooner or later
中文释义:若要人不知,除非己莫为。

例句:You don’t have to hide, what is done by night appears by day.
你不必隐瞒了,要想人不知,除非己莫为。

5.What is done cannot be undone.
出处:出自清·李汝珍《镜花缘》第三十四回:“如今木已成舟,也是林兄命定如此了。

比喻事情已成定局,无法改变。


英文释义:It is used to describe something cannot be changed
中文释义:木已成舟。

例句:What is done cannot be undone. It is irrevocable.
木已成舟,无法换回。

6.What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks.
出处:出自宋朝文天祥《纪事》诗序:“ 伯颜吐舌云:… 文丞相心直口快男子心。

‟”《醒世恒言·三孝廉让产立高名》:“有个心直口快的,便想要开口说公道话,与两个小
兄弟做乔主张。

”形容性情豪爽,有话就说。

英文释义:Saying what one’s thinks without much deliberation
中文释义:心直口快。

例句:That is what he is like, what the heart thinks, the tongue speaks.
他就是这样一个心直口快的人。

7.When in Rome do as the Romans do.
出处:出自庄子·山木》:“入其俗,从其令。

”成语造句庞贝古城潜藏得过于轰轰烈烈,中国人温文尔雅,连自然力也~,一层层地慢慢来。

(余秋雨《文化苦旅·五
城记》)近义词入境问俗、因地制宜成语英译in Rome do as the
Romans do 成语用法连动式;作宾语、分句;含褒义。

英文释义:To follow the local people’s customs when you go there.
中文释义:入乡随俗。

例句:After all, when in Roman, do as the Romans do.
毕竟,人总是要入乡随俗嘛。

8.When love puts in, friendship is gone.
英文释义:It is used to describe someone who pay more attention to love than friendship.
中文释义:见色忘义。

例句:He is not such man when loves puts in, friendship is gone.
他不是那种见色忘义的人。

9.When one is about to act, one must reason first.
出处:出自《论语·公冶长》:季文子三思而后行。

子闻之曰:“再,斯可矣。


“再,斯可矣。

”意思:(不同角度)以外,在借鉴以往的经验,就可以了。

《南齐书·公冶度》:“季文子三思而后行。

英文释义:To think carefully before you decide to do something
中文释义:凡事要先思而后行。

例句: As the saying goes, when one is about to act, one must reason first.
正如谚语所说,凡事要三思而后行
10.W ith time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin.
出处:出自宋·祝穆《方舆胜览·眉州·磨针溪》:世传李白读书象耳山中,学业未成,即弃去,“过是溪,逢老媪方磨铁杵,问之,曰:…欲作针。

‟太白感其意,还卒业”。

(唐朝著名诗人李白小时候从不认真读书,经常是把书本一抛就出去玩耍。


天李白碰到一个白发苍苍的老婆婆正拿着一根大铁棒在石头上磨,觉得好奇问她
做什么,老婆婆告诉他要磨成绣花针,李白深受感动,从此就用功读[2]书,终
于成为文豪。


英文释义:Time and patience play an important role in pursuing success.
中文释义:只要功夫深,铁杵磨成.
例句:Be patient, with time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin. 耐心地,只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针。

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