书城外语英语PARTY——英美谚语竞技场
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第2章

All shall be well,and Jack shall have Jill.

有情人终成眷属。

All bread is not baked in one oven.

人各不同,不可强求一致。

All covet,all lose;

贪多必失。

All is fair in love and war.

情场战场,各显其长。

Among the blind the oneeyed man is king.

盲人国里,独眼称王;山中无虎猴称王。

An empty hand is no lure for a hawk.

舍不得家财换不来外财。

An idle brain is the devil,s workshop.

游手好闲是万恶之源;一闲生百邪。

An old dog barks not in vain.

老狗不乱吠;老狗一吠,就得小心。

An old dog will learn no new tricks. (=You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.)

老狗学不了新把戏;老年人很难适应新事物。

An open door may tempt a saint.

门户不关紧,圣贤起贼心。

An inch is as good as an ell.

差一寸和差一尺一样;小错大错都是错。

An Englishman,s house is his castle.

英国人的家就是他的城堡;任何人不得主人许可,不得擅自进入他人住宅。

An inch breaks no square.

鸡毛蒜皮,无关大局;小小毛病,何必苛求。

Answer a fool according to his folly.

按照愚人的蠢话回答愚人。

As good beg of a naked man as a miser.

向守财奴求助,好比向一无所有的人求助。

As the call,so the echo.

发什么声音,有什么回声;善有善报,恶有恶报。

As the old cock crows so doth the young.

老公鸡怎么叫,小公鸡怎么学(指儿女常学父母的榜样)。

As a tree falls,so shall it lie.

树倒在何处,就躺在何处(指事物有其必然的规律)。(来自《圣经》)

As the tree,so the fruit.

有其树必有其果;什么树结什么果。

As you make your bed,so you must lie on it.

自己铺的床自己躺;自作自受,自食其果。

Ask no questions and you will be told no lies.

少打听就听不到假话。

At night all cats are grey

猫在暗中都是灰色;黑暗中难分丑妍。

B

Bad news has wings.

好事不出门,坏事传千里。

Barking dogs seldom bite.

吠犬不咬人.

Beauty lies in the love,s eyes.

情人眼里出西施。

Be swift to hear,slow to speak.

听宜敏捷,言宜缓行。

Better late than never.

不怕慢,单怕站。

Better to ask the way than to go astray.

问路总比迷路好。

Between friends all is common.

朋友之间不分彼此。

Birds of a feather flock together.

物以类聚,人以群分。

Blood is thicker than water.

血浓于水。

Blood will have blood.

血债血偿。

Books and friends should be few but good.

读书如交友,应求少而精。

Business is business.

公事公办。

Business is the salt of life.

事业是人生的第一需要。

By reading we enrich the mind,by conversation we polish it.

读书使人充实,交谈使人精明。

Barking dogs seldom bite.

爱叫的狗不咬人;咬人的狗不露齿。

Beauty is but skindeep.

美貌只是一层皮;不能以貌取人。

Better a glorious death than a shameful life.

与其忍辱偷生,莫若光荣而死。

Better to have one eye than be blind altogether.

独眼总比全瞎好。

Better the foot slip than the tongue.

宁可失足,不可失言。

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.

宁在地狱为王,不在天堂为臣。

Beware of a silent dog and still water.

提防不吠的狗,小心静止的水。

Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.

吃到嘴里才算是你的。

Borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

经常向人告贷使人忘记勤俭。

Burn not your house to get rid of the mouse.

不可焚屋驱鼠;不可因小失大。

By doing nothing we learn to do ill.

一闲生百邪。

C

Cannot see the wood for the trees.

一叶障目,不见泰山。

Care and diligence bring luck.

谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。

Caution is the parent of safety.

小心驶得万年船。

Cheats never prosper.

骗人发不了财。

Children are what the mothers are.

耳濡目染,身教言传。

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

择书如择友。

Come what may,heaven won,t fall.

做你的吧,天塌不下来。

Complacency is the enemy of study.

学习的敌人是自己的满足。

Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.

自信是走向成功的第一步。

Constant dripping wears away a stone.

水滴石穿,绳锯木断。

Content is better than riches.

知足者常乐。

Count one,s chickens before they are hatched.

蛋未孵先数雏。

Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.

来而不往非礼也。

Creep before you walk.

循序渐进。

Cry for the moon.

海底捞月。

Custom is a second nature.

习惯是后天养成的。

Custom makes all things easy.

有个好习惯,事事皆不难。

Call no man happy before his death. (=Call no man happy till he dies.)

盖棺而后论定。

Catch the bear before you sell his skin.

先捉到熊再卖皮。

Cards are the devil,s books.

打牌是万恶之源。

Cheapest is the dearest.

便宜无好货。

Coming events cast their shadows before.

事发之前必有征兆。

Curst cows have curt horns.

恶牛角短;有心伤害人的人常常能力有限。

D

Diamond cuts diamond.

强中自有强中手。

Do as the Romans do.

入乡随俗。

Do as you would be done by.

己所不欲,勿施于人。

Doing is better than saying.

与其挂在嘴上,不如落实在行动上。

Do it now.

机不可失,时不再来。

Do nothing by halves.

凡事不可半途而废。

Don,t claim to know what you don,t know.

不要不懂装懂。

Don,t have too many irons in the fire.

不要揽事过多。

Don,t make a mountain out of a molehill.

不要小题大做。

Don,t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.

今日事,今日毕。

Don,t put the cart before the horse.

不要本末倒置。

Don,t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

不要自找麻烦。

Don,t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

不要班门弄斧。

Do well and have well.

善有善报。

Death is the grand leveller.

黄泉路上无贵贱。

Death pays all debts. (=Death quits all scores.=Death quits all accounts.=Death squares all scores. =Death squares all accounts.)

一死百了。

Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies.

治大病,下重药;在非常场合必须采取非常手段。

Dog fears cold water.

被滚水烫伤的狗,见了冷水也发抖;一朝被蛇咬,三年怕井绳。

Dog does not eat dog.

狗不吃狗;同类不相残;盗亦有道。

Dogs that put up many hares kill none.

狗把许多野兔赶出巢穴,必然一只也咬不死;多谋寡成。

Don,t count one,s chickens before they are hatched

不要蛋尚未孵先数小鸡;不要乐观太早。

Don,t halloo[cry]till you are out of the wood.

未出险境别先欢呼。

Don,t praise the day until evening.

夜未来临,勿夸天晴;尚未成功之事,不可誉之过早。

Draw not your bow before your arrow is fixed.

箭未搭好别先拉弓;三思而后行。

Draw water in [with] a sieve(=Pour water into a sieve).

竹篮打水一场空;白费力气,徒劳。

Drunken days have all their tomorrows.

今宵酒醉,明早受罪;现在大鱼大肉,将来必吃苦头。

E

Each bird loves to hear himself sing.

孤芳自赏。

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,wealthy and wise.

早睡早起身体好。

Easier said than done.

说得容易,做得难。

Eat to live,but not live to eat.

人吃饭是为了活着,但活着不是为了吃饭。

Empty vessels make the greatest sound.

实磨无声空磨响,满瓶不动半瓶摇。

Envy has no holidays.

忌妒之人无宁日。

Even Homer sometimes nods.

智者千虑,必有一失。

Even reckoning makes long friends.

亲兄弟,明算账。

Every advantage has its disadvantage.

有利必有弊。

Everybody,s business is nobody,s business.

人人负责,等于没人负责。

Every day is not Sunday.

好景不常在。

Every dog has his day.

谁都有得意的时候。

Every door may be shut,but death,s door.

人生在世,惟死难逃。

Every heart has its own sorrow.

各人有各人的苦恼。

Every little helps a mickle.

聚沙成塔,集腋成裘。

Every man for himself,and the devil takes the hindmost.

人不为己,天诛地灭。

Every man has his faults.

金无足赤,人无完人。

Every man has his hobbyhorse.

萝卜青菜,各有所爱。

Every man has his weak side.

人人都有弱点。

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

自己的命运自己掌握。

Every minute counts.

分秒必争。

Every mother,s child is handsome.

孩子是自己的好。

Every potter praises his pot.

王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸。

Everything is good when new,but friends when old.

东西是新的好,朋友是老的亲。

Example is better than percept.

说一遍,不如做一遍。

Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

经验是智慧之父,记忆是智慧之母。

Experience must be bought.

吃一堑,长一智。

Each for himself and the devil take the hindmost.

争先恐后,落后者遭殃(资产阶级个人主义的准则)。

Each bird loves to hear himself sing.

鸟儿爱听自己的鸣声;每个人都欣赏自己的话;文章是自己的好。

Early start makes easy stages.

早点动身,一路从容;早开始是成功的保证。

Easy come easy go. (=Light come,light go;Lightly come,lightly go. )

来得容易去得快(常指财物)。

East or West home is best.

行遍天下路,还是在家好。

Elbow grease gives the best polish.

苦干出好活。