书城外语英语PARTY——英美谚语竞技场
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第5章

New wine in old bottles.

旧瓶装新酒。

No cross,no crown.

不经历风雨,怎么见彩虹。

No garden without its weeds.

没有不长草的园子。

No living man all things can.

世上没有万事通。

No man can do two things at once.

一心不可二用。

No man is content.

人心不足蛇吞象。

None are so blind as those who won,t see.

视而不见。

None are so deaf as those who won,t hear.

充耳不闻。

No news is good news.

没有消息就是好消息。

No one can call back yesterday.

昨日不会重现。

No pains,no gains.

没有付出就没有收获。

No pleasure without pain.

没有苦就没有乐。

No rose without a thorn.

没有不带刺的玫瑰。

No smoke without fire.

无风不起浪。

Nothing brave,nothing have.

不入虎穴,焉得虎子。

Nothing dries sooner than a tear.

眼泪干得最快。

Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.

世上无难事,只怕有心人。

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.

世上无难事,只要肯登攀。

Nothing seek,nothing find.

没有追求就没有收获。

Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.

外出旅行,语言最要紧。

Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.

世上惟有贫穷可以不劳而获。

Not to advance is to go back.

不进则退。

Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.

不懂世故,幼稚可笑。

No way is impossible to courage.

勇者无惧。

Never cast dirt into the fountain of which you have sometime drunk.

不要污染你曾经饮过的泉水;饮水思源。

Never do things by halves.

做事不可半途而废;干就要彻底干。

Never fry a fish till it,s caught.

鱼未捉到不要忙着煎鱼;不要操之过急。

Never hang a man twice for one offence.

一罪不可两治;打了不罚,罚了不打。

Never offer to teach fish to swim.

不要教鱼游泳;不要班门弄斧。

Never try to prove what nobody doubts.

无人怀疑的事,无须证实。

Never write what you not sign.

不要写你不敢署名的文章。

No cross ,no crown.

无苦即无乐;没有困难就没有成功。

No fence against an ill fortune.

厄运难逃。

No fire without smoke.

有烟必有火;无风不起浪。

No fool like an old fool.

老傻瓜是无可救药的。

No great loss without some small gain.

大损失中总还有些小利益;塞翁失马,焉知非福。

No longer pipe,no longer dance.

时运不济,万事不利。

No man is a hero to his valet.

任何人在他仆人眼里都不是英雄。

No man is born wise or learned.

人非生而知之者。

No man is wise at all times.

智者千虑,必有一失。

No safe wading in an unknow water (=Wade not in unknown waters).

不知水深浅,千万莫轻涉。

No sweet without sweat.

不流汗就没有幸福。

Nothing comes out of the sack but what was in it.

无中不能生有。

Nothing for nothing.

一分钱一分货;什么都不是白来的;不费力气,一无所得。

Nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas.

除非捉跳蚤,做事不用急。

Nothing succeeds like success.

一事成功,事事顺利。

Nothing to be got without pains.

不劳则无所获。

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

世上无难事,只怕有心人。

Nothing is stolen without hands.

无贼不失窃。

None is a fool always,every one sometimes.

没有终身的傻瓜,也没有终身不当傻瓜的人。

None so blind as he who will not see.

不愿正视事实的人才是真正的瞎子。

O

Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.

军人以服从命令为天职。

Observation is the best teacher.

观察是最好的老师。

Offense is the best defense.

进攻是最好的防御。

Old friends and old wines are best.

陈酒味醇,老友情深。

Old sin makes new shame.

一失足成千古恨。

Once a thief,always a thief.

偷盗一次,做贼一世。

Once bitten,twice shy.

一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。

One boy is a boy,two boys half a boy,three boys no boy.

一个和尚挑水喝,两个和尚抬水喝,三个和尚没水喝。

One cannot put back the clock.

时钟不能倒转。

One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.

百闻不如一见。

One false move may lose the game.

一着不慎,满盘皆输。

One good turn deserves another.

行善积德。

One hour today is worth two tomorrow.

争分夺秒效率高。

One man,s fault is other man,s lesson.

前车之鉴。

One never loses anything by politeness.

讲礼貌不吃亏。

One swallow does not make a summer.

一燕不成夏。

One,s words reflect one,s thinking.

言为心声。

Out of debt,out of danger.

无债一身轻。

Out of office,out of danger.

无官一身轻。

Old birds are not to be caught with chaff.

秕糠捉不到老鸟;老练的人不易上圈套。

Once a man and twice a child.

做成人只有一次,做小孩却有两次(因人到老年言谈举止有点像小孩。)

One barking dog sets all the street abarking.

一犬吠影,百犬吠声。

One beats the bush,and another catches the bird.

坐享别人的劳动成果。

One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.

片云足以遮全日。

One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine.

一滴毒药足以毒化整桶的酒。

One fire burns out another,s burning.

新火可以扑灭旧火;新的爱情可以赶走旧的爱情。

One fool makes many.

听蠢人话的人也将变成蠢人;愚蠢也能传染。

One hand washes another

有来有往;互相利用。

One has lived too near a wood to be frightened by owls.

住在森林里的人不怕猫头鹰;深知事情真相就不会大惊小怪。

One lie needs seven lies to wait upon it. (=One lie makes[calls for] many.)

一次撒谎装得像,得有七次假话帮。

One love drives out another.

新的爱情来,旧的爱情去。

One man may steal a horse while another may not look over a hedge.

只许州官放火,不许百姓点灯。

One man,no man.

个人的作用是有限的;孤掌难鸣。

One man,s meat is another man,s poison.

对一个人有利未必对另一个人也有利;各有所好

Out of sight,out of mind.

去者日以疏;人别则情疏;眼不见,心不烦。

P

Patience is the best remedy.

忍耐是良药。

Penny wise,pound foolish.

贪小便宜吃大亏。

Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.

正大光明者,说到的多,做到的少。

Please the eye and plague the heart.

贪图一时快活,必然留下隐祸。

Pleasure comes through toil.

苦尽甘来。

Pour water into a sieve.

竹篮子打水一场空。

Practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

Praise is not pudding.

恭维话不能当饭吃。

Praise makes good men better,and bad men worse.

好人越夸越好,坏人越夸越糟。

Prefer loss to unjust gain.

宁可吃亏,不贪便宜。

Prevention is better than cure.

预防胜于治疗。

Pride goes before,and shame comes after.

骄傲使人落后。

Promise is debt.

一诺千金。

Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.

谚语是日常经验的结晶。

Pull the chestnut out of fire.

火中取栗。

Put the cart before the horse.

本末倒置。

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

鼎力相助。

Please one,s eye and plague one,s heart.

只图眼前快活,不顾事后烦恼。

Praise a fair day at night.

到了夜里才能说今天是晴天;盖棺定论。

Put not your hand between the bark and the tree.

莫管他人的家务事。

Put your arm no further than your sleeve will reach.

量入为出。

R

Reading enriches the mind.

开卷有益。

Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.

读书健脑,运动强身。

Respect yourself,or no one else will respect you.

要人尊敬,必须自重。

Rome is not built in a day.

冰冻三尺,非一日之寒。

S

Saying is one thing and doing another.

言行不一。

Seeing is believing.

眼见为实。

Seek the truth from facts.

实事求是。

Send a wise man on an errand,and say nothing to him.

智者当差,不用交代。

Set a thief to catch a thief.

以贼捉贼。

Short accounts make long friends.

好朋友勤算账。

Something is better than nothing.

寥胜于无。

Soon learn,soon forgotten.

学得快,忘得快。

Soon ripe,soon rotten.

熟得快,烂得快。

Speech is silver,silence is gold.

能言是银,沉默是金。

Strike the iron while it is hot.

趁热打铁。

Success belongs to the persevering.

坚持就是胜利。

Safe bind,safe find.

扎得牢,丢不了。

Salt water and absence wash away love.

远航久别恩情疏。

Scratch my back and I,ll scratch yours. (=Scratch me and I,ll scratch you.)

你捧我,我捧你;你帮我,我帮你;朋比为奸。

Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings.

人到危急时,平时所不屑做的也要做;急不暇择,饥不择食。

Sell the bear,s skin before one has caught the bear.

熊未捉到先卖皮(意指过早乐观)。

Soft fire makes sweet malt.

慢工出细活。

Soft words butter no parsnips.

好听的诺言不能当饭吃。

Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

有时吃亏就是占便宜。

Still waters run deep (=Smooth waters run deep.)

静水流深;沉默者深谋。

Stolen waters are sweet.

偷来的水特别甜;偷欢最乐。

Store is no sore.

有备无患。

Sweep before one,s own door.

正人先正己。