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美國的民間諺語

美國的民間諺語

 Let the cat out of the bag.泄漏天機。Life is but a span.人生苦短。

 Lies can never changes fact.謊言終究是謊言。

 Lies have short legs.謊言站不長。

 Life is half spent before we know what it is.人過半生,方知天命。

 Life is not all roses.人生並不是康莊大道。

 Life without a friend is death.沒有朋友,雖生猶死。

 Like a rat in a hole.甕中之鱉。

 Like author, like book.文如其人。

 Like father, like son.有其父必有其子。

 Like for like.壹報還壹報。 Like knows like.惺惺相惜。

 Like mother, like daughter.有其母必有其女。

 Like teacher, like pupil.什麽樣的老師教什麽樣的學生。

 Like tree, like fruit.羊毛出在羊身上。

 Little things amuse little minds.小人無大誌。

 Look before you leap.摸清情況再行動。

 Lookers-on see more than players.當局者迷,旁觀者清。

 Losers are always in the wrong.勝者為王,敗者為寇。

 Lost time is never found again.歲月既往,壹去不回。

 Love at first sight.壹見鐘情。 Love cannot be compelled.愛情不能強求。

 Love is blind.愛情是盲目的。 Love is full of trouble.愛情充滿煩惱。

 Love is never without jealousy.沒有妒忌就沒有愛情。

 Love me, love my dog.愛屋及烏Make hay while the sun shines.良機勿失。

 Make your enemy your friend.化敵為友。

 Man is the soul of the universe.人是萬物之靈。

 Man proposes, God disposes.謀事在人,成事在天。

 Many hands make light work.眾人拾柴火焰高。

 Many heads are better than one.三個臭皮匠,賽過諸葛亮。

 Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.

 有心栽花花不發,無心插柳柳成蔭。

 Once bitten, twice shy.壹朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩。

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

 壹個和尚挑水喝,兩個和尚擡水喝,三個和尚沒水喝。

 One cannot put back the clock.時鐘不能倒轉。

 One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百聞不如壹見。

 One false move may lose the game.壹著不慎,滿盤皆輸。

 One good turn deserves another.行善積德。

 One hour today is worth two tomorrow.爭分奪秒效率高。

 One man‘s fault is other man‘s lesson.前車之鑒。

 One never loses anything by politeness.講禮貌不吃虧。

 One swallow does not make a summ壹燕不成夏。

 One‘s words reflect one‘s thinking.言為心聲。

 Out of debt, out of danger.無債壹身輕。

 Out of office, out of danger.無官壹身輕。

 Out of sight, out of mind.眼不見,心為靜。

 Patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良藥。

 Penny wise, pound foolish.貪小便宜吃大虧。

 Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.

 正大光明者,說到的多,做到的少。

 Please the eye and plague the heart. 貪圖壹時快活,必然留下隱禍。

 Pleasure comes through toil.苦盡甘來。

 Pour water into a sieve.竹籃子打水壹場空。

 Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。

 Praise is not pudding.恭維話不能當飯吃。

 Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.

 好人越誇越好,壞人越誇越糟。

 Prefer loss to unjust gain.寧可吃虧,不貪便宜。

 Prevention is better than cure.預防勝於治療。

 Pride goes before, and shame comes after.驕傲使人落後。

 Promise is debt.壹諾千金。

 Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.諺語是日常經驗的結晶。

 Measure for measure.針鋒相對。

 Misfortunes never come alone.禍不單行。

 Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患難見真情。

 Money isn‘t everything.錢不是萬能的。 Murder will out. 紙包不住火。

 My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.

 兒子婚前是兒子,女兒終生是女兒。

 Nature is the true law.天行有常,不為堯存,不為桀亡。

 Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是發明的動力。

 Never fish in trouble water.不要混水摸魚。

 Never judge from appearances.不可以貌取人。 Never say die.永不言敗。

 The secret of success is constancy of purpose. 成功的秘訣是目標堅定。

 The shortest answer is doing the thing. 最簡短的回答就是幹。

 The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time. 要想多做事情,最簡單的辦法是壹次只做壹件事。

 The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it. 天不會因盲人看不見而減其藍色。

 The sleeping fox catches no poultry. 睡覺的狐貍抓不到雞鴨。

 The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. 有點禮貌使生活愉快,多點禮貌使生活高尚。

 The smiles of a pretty woman are the tears of the purse. 美女的微笑就是錢包的淚水。

 The soul is not where it lives, but it loves. 心靈不在它生活的地方,而在它所愛的'地方。

 The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 心有餘而力不足。

 The still sow eats up all the draff. 不聲不響的豬吃光全部的飼料。

 The style is the man. 文如其人。

 The sun shines all alike. 太陽同樣地普照壹切。

 The surest way to be happy is to be busy. 要快樂,最可靠的辦法是忙碌。

 Sadness and gladness succeed each other. 悲喜互繼,哀樂相續。

 Safe bind, safe find. Sail while the wind blows; wind and tide wait for no man. 駛船要乘風,風潮不等人。

 Salt water and absence wash away love. 遠離久別愛情淡。久別情淡?

 Satan always finds work for idle hands. 懶漢總會幹壞事。

 Save a thief from gallows and he will help hang you. 放虎歸山。

 Save while you may, no morning sun lasts a whole day. 能節儉時就節儉,朝陽難照壹整天。

 Saving is getting. 節約等於收入。

 Saying and doing are two things. 說與做是兩回事。

 Saying is one thing, and doing another. 說是壹回事,做是另壹回事。

 Say not all that you know, believe not all that you hear. 莫道全所知,莫信全所聞。

 Say well is good, but do well is better, 說得漂亮固好,做得漂亮更佳。

 Science is organized knowledge. 科學是系統化的知識。

 Score twice before you cut once. 三思而行。

 Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 神氣的狗也會吃贓布丁的。

 Scratch a Russsian, and you('ll) find a Tartar. 文明不能改變本性。

 Scratch me and I'll scratch you 朋比為奸。

 Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. 朋比為奸。

 Second thoughts are best. 三思而行,再思可也。

 Seeing is believing. 眼見為實。

 Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much are the three pillars of learning. 見識多、遭難重,鉆研深是學問的三大支持。

 See, listen, and be silent, and you will live in peace. 多看多聽少多嘴,妳會太平過日子。

 Seize (or Take) time by the forelock. 撤熱打鐵。

 Seldom seen, soon forgotten. 見得少,忘得快。

 Self-confidence is the first requisite to human greatness. 人類的偉大,首要的是要有自信。

 Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failure. 我們的失敗多數是由於缺乏自信。

 Self do, self have. 自食其果。

 Self-praise is no recommendation. 自我吹噓,決不可取。

 Speak clearly if you speak at all, Carve every word before you let it fall. 要說就索性說得壹清二楚,說出前每句話要字斟句酌。

 Speaking without thinking is shooting without taking aim. 講話不思考猶如射擊不對準目標。

 Speak less and listen more. 要少說多聽。

 Speak little of your ill luck and boast not of your good luck. 少說失意事,莫誇好運道。

 Speak of angels and you will hear their wings. 說到曹操,曹操就到。

 Speak well of your friend, of your enemy say nothing. 要贊美朋友,莫提及敵人。

 Speech is silver (or silvern), silence is golden. 雄辯是銀,沈默是金。

 Speech is the picture of the mind. 言為心聲。

 Speech shows what a man is. 言如其人。

 Speed is the soldier's asset. 兵貴神速。

 Spend money like water. 揮金如土。

 Spoil (or Lose) the ship for half penny worth of tar. 因小失大。

 Step after step the ladder is ascended. 按部就班,循序漸進。

 Still waters have deep bottoms. 靜水常深。

 Still waters run deep. 大智若愚。靜水流深。

 Straight trees have crooked roots. 直樹也有曲根。

 Strike while the iron is hot. 見機行事。稱熱打鐵。

 Strong reasons make strong actions. 理由充足,行動就堅決。

 Study sickness while you are well. 居安思危。

 Success belongs to the persevering. 堅持到底必獲勝利。堅持就是勝利。

 Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties. 成功來自於克服困難的鬥爭。

 Such beginning, such ending. 有怎樣的開始,就有怎樣的結束。

 Such carpenters, such chips. 什麽樣的木匠,出什麽活。

 Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. 壹天的不幸已夠人受的了,別再自尋煩惱。

 Suit the action to the word. 怎麽說就怎麽做。

 Sure bind, sure find. 捆得好,逃不了。

 Suspicion is the poison of true friendship. 猜疑傷害莫逆之交。

 Sweep before your own door. 先律己,後律人。

 Sweet discourse makes short days and nights. 言語投機恨時短。

 The sweetest grapes hang the highest. 最甜的葡萄掛在最高的地方。

 The sweetest thing in life. Is the welocme of a wife. 人生最甜蜜的事情就是愛妻的歡迎。

 The tail does often catch the fox. 狐貍常因尾巴而被捕。

 If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.耳朵發燒,有人念叨。

 If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.腳踏兩條船,必定落空。

 If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.殺雞取卵。

 If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.不入虎穴,焉得虎子。

 If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.要想求知,就得吃苦。

 Industry is the parent of success.勤奮是成功之母。

 It is better to die when life is a disgrace.寧為玉碎,不為瓦全。

 It is easier to get money than to keep it.掙錢容易攢錢難。

 It is easy to be wise after the event.事後諸葛亮好當。

 It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.創業容易守業難。

 It is hard to please all.眾口難調It is never too old to learn.活到老,學到老。

 It is no use crying over spilt milk.覆水難收。

 It is the first step that costs troublesome.萬事開頭難。

 It is the unforeseen that always happens.天有不測風雲,人有旦夕禍福。

 It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.坐失良機,後悔已遲。

 It never rains but it pours.不鳴則已,壹鳴驚人。

 It takes three generations to make a gentleman.十年樹木,百年樹人。

 Jack of all trades and master of none.門門精通,樣樣稀松。

 Judge not from appearances.人不可貌相,海不可鬥量。

 Justice has long arms.天網恢恢,疏而不漏。

 Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤近墨黑。

 Kill two birds with one stone.壹箭雙雕。

 Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it君王發狂,百姓遭殃。

 Kings have long arms.普天之下,莫非王土。

 Knowledge is power.知識就是力量。

 Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.

 博學使人謙遜,無知使人驕傲。 Learn and live.活著,為了學習。

 Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.

 好人越學越好,壞人越學越壞。

 Learn not and know not.不學無術。Let sleeping dogs lie.別惹麻煩

 Learn to walk before you run.先學走,再學跑。

 Let bygones be bygones.過去的就讓它過去吧。 ;