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西方谚语(中英对照本)

Let the world slide.人世沧桑,听其自然.It is not by the grey of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.白发多少并不能告诉你一个人心灵的年龄.An unambitious man is easily carried away by victory; a short-sighted man would have an exaggerated opinion of his abilities after being praised a little.胸无大志的人容易被胜利冲昏头脑;鼠目寸光的人稍受表扬就不知天高地厚。

Christmas comes but once a year,But when it comes it brings good cheer.圣诞节一年只来一次,但每次来临却都带来喜悦。

He that tells a secret is another's servant.泄漏机密的人,就成为别人的奴仆。

There's only a step form the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading back form the ridiculous to the sublime.从崇高到荒谬只有一步之差,可是从荒谬却没有路能回到崇高.The used key is always bright.常用的钥匙不长锈.Home is home,be it never so homely.金窝银窝,不如自家的草窝.The man who saves when young will have more to spend when he is old.年少节俭,年老不愁.When someone is beating a gong,listen to its overtones;when someone is talking,listen to his voice。

锣鼓听音,说话听声。

Learn form the bee busy collecting honey; don't copy the example of the cicada hanging around doing nothing.要学蜜蜂勤采蜜,不做悠闲的知了.The usual excuse of those who cause others trouble is that they wish them well.给别人造成麻烦的人通常的借口是出于好意。

I have so many things to do before I leave.我走之前还有很多事情要做。

As truth is like the sun, it cannot be shadad up by one's palm.真理象太阳,一手难遮挡.Civility costs nothing.礼貌不费分文.Think more, and you'll become wiser.多思出智慧.Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.己所不欲,勿施于人。

Deeds are fruits,words are but leaves.行动是果实,言论不过是叶子.Anger is a brief madness.愤怒是短暂的疯狂。

While there is life there is hope.一息尚存,希望不灭.The greatest talkers are the least doers.语言的巨人常是行动的矮子.He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.不能指挥自己,就不能指挥别人。

There's only one kind of tax that would please everybody-one that nobody but the other guy has to pay.只有一种税人人欢迎,那就是只有别人必须缴纳的税。

Better master one than engage with ten.十事半通,不如一事精通.Genius only means hard-working all one's life.天才只意味着终生不懈的努力.Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.在酒里淹死的人比在海里淹死的人多。

Love is blind.爱情是盲目的.Here you are.给。

In every beginning think of the end。

凡事一开始就要想到结果.Establishing goals is all right if your don't let them deprive you of interesting detours.不妨订立目标,只要你不让它阻挡你兜有趣的圈子.I once took a part-time job delivering the Evening Post。

我曾干过送晚报的兼职。

Look before you leap。

三思而后行。

He is not a wise man who cannot play the fool on occasion.不会偶尔装傻的人算不得聪明。

A small leak will sink a great ship.小漏能沉大船.We may give advice,but we cannot give conduct.别人可以相劝,做人还靠自己./ 别人可以给你忠告,但不能给你品行.Haste and wisdom are things far odd.轻率与智慧相距遥远。

He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens.想吃鸡蛋就不要讨厌母鸡咯咯叫.He that lives in hope danceth without music.生活在希望中的人,没有音乐照样跳舞.Accidents will happen in the best regulated families。

家规再严,事端难免。

It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them the more noise they make in pouring out.心胸狭隘的人就象小口瓶子;里面装的东西越少,倒出时噪音越大.To know that we know what we know,and that we do not know what we do not know,that is true knowledge.知之为知之,不知为不知,是知也.Pride and grace dwell never in one place.傲慢与优雅决不共存。

Time lost may be repented but never recalled.失去时间可以后悔,但无法追回.Pen and ink is wit's plough。

笔墨是才智之犁。

Correct the mistakes if you have committed them, and avoid them if you have not.有则改之,无则加勉.That's ok/fine.挺好的。

A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast.宁为清贫,不为浊富。

The worst wheel of the cart creaks most.最差的车轮吱嘎声最大。

Hunger is the best sauce.饥者口中尽佳肴.The talents of an individual are limited; the wisdom of the collective is boundless.个人的聪明有限,集体的智慧无穷.Kind hearts are more than coronets.好心胜过高帽子.A knowing man is hot in arguing for truth's sake; an ignorant man for opinion's sake.有知识的人激烈争论是为了辩明真理;无知的人激烈争论是为了固执己见.Real friendship does not freeze in winter.真正的友谊遇到寒冬也不会冻结.Curiosity is ill manners in another's house.在别人家里显得好奇是没礼貌的表现。

He who has never hoped can never despair.从来没有抱过什么希望的人也永远不会失望.I'm lost我给搞糊涂了。

You've got a point there你说的有道理。

The treacherous, unexplored areas of the world are not in continents or the seas; they are in the minds and hearts of men.世上未经勘探的险恶之境,不是在大陆上,也不是在海洋中,而是在人们的头脑和心里。

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with.与人相处切忌卖弄聪明与学识。

A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will.智者通权达变,愚者坚持己见。

Let the sleeping dogs lie.莫惹是非。

The world is a looking-glass,and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. 世界是一面镜子,每个人都在上面照到自己。

Good wine needs no bush.酒好无需挂幌子。

New brooms sweep clean. / A new official applies strict measures.新官上任三把火.One tree does not make a forest.独木不成林.Your liberty to swing your arms ends where my nose begins.你有挥舞手臂的自由,但这自由必须止于我的鼻端。

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