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英语谚语 (二) Time and tide wait for mo man. 岁月不等人。 Art is long , but life is short. 艺术长久,人生短暂。 No man can call back yesterday. 昨日一去不复返。 Few words are best. 少说为妙。 After meat, mustard. 雨后送伞 Every dog is a lion at home. 夜郎自大。 Dexterity comes by experience. 熟练来自经验。（dexterity：熟练，灵巧，敏捷） Cheek brings success. 和气生财。 Beauty is but skin-deep. 红颜易变。 All the treasures of the earth would not bring back one lost moment. 机会失去不再来，千贯万贯难赎回。 Give hostages to fortune. 听天由命。 Fire that's closest kept burns most of all. 关得最紧的火，燃烧得最炽烈。 Eagles catch no flies. 大人物不计较小事情。 Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. 不要忘恩负义。 Cats hide their paws. 大巧若拙。 Better lose the saddle than the horse. 吃小亏占大便宜。 An oak is not felled（砍伐） at one stroke. 万事不能一蹴而就。 All is not gold that glitters. 闪光的东西并不都是黄金。 Go for wool and come home shorn. 求得反失。 Fear not the future; weep not for the past. 不要为未来担忧，不要为过去悲泣。 Children and fools cannot lie. 孩子和傻子，不会说谎话。 Better be poor than wicked. 宁可做穷人，不要做坏人。 All good things come to an end. 一切美好终会结束。 Great wits have short memories. 贵人多忘事 Glory, honour, wealth, and rank, such things are nothing but shadows. 富贵如浮云。Full bellies make empty skulls. 大腹便便，头脑空虚。 Fair faces need no paint. 貌美毋须修饰。 Every tide has its ebb. 兴盛之日必有衰退之时。 Do not praise a day before sunset. 切勿褒贬过早。 Better are small fish than an empty dish. 有胜于无。 All play and no work makes Jack a mere boy. 尽玩耍，不学习，聪明孩子没出息。 Fast bind, fast find. 保存得好，东西好找。 Extremes are dangerous. 物极必反。 Better be alone than in bad company. 交损友不如无友。 All asses wag their ears. 傻子总爱装聪明。 First catch your hare, then cook him. 不要谋之过早。 Everything has its seed. 无风不起浪。 Diligence is the mother of good fortune. 勤劳是发家之本。 Believe no tales from the enemy. 切莫轻信敌人。 All are not merry that dance lightly. 表面高兴的，未必都快乐。 Fat hens lay few eggs. 肥鸡不下蛋。 Everything is good in its season. 万物逢时皆美好。 Delays are dangerous. 坐失良机必有忧患。 Curiosity killed the cat. 好奇心，惹祸根。 Better a bachelor's life than a slovenly wife. 过光棍生活，胜过有一个邋遢老婆。 Art lies in concealing art. 隐而不露即艺术 Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在，好花不常开。 Do not despise your enemy. 万勿轻敌。 Circumstances are the rulers of the weak, instrument of the wise. 弱者困于环境，智者利用环境。 Better an empty purse than an empty head. 宁可钱袋瘪，不要脑袋空。 After rain comes the sunshine. 苦尽甘来。 Everything new is fine. 新事物总是美好的。 Do as you would be done by. 推己及人。 Borrowed garments never fit well. 借来的衣服不合身。 After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile. 午餐之后坐片刻，晚饭之后走一里。 Every pleasure has a pain. 乐中必有苦。 Diet cures more than the doctor. 药补不如食补。 Creditors have better memories than debtors. 放债人的记性比借债人好。 Beauty is in the eye of the gazer. 情人眼里出西施。 Catch the bear before you sell his skin. 大事未成时，莫开庆功宴。 Beauty will buy no beef. 漂亮不能当饭吃。 Adversity makes strange bedfellows. 身处逆境不择友。 Facts are stubborn things. 事实是不容改变的东西。 Deliver not your words by number but by weight. 言不在多，而在有物。 Credit, like a looking-glass, broken once, is gone, alas! 信誉像镜子，破碎无法补。 Behind bad luck comes good luck. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。 Adversity is a good discipline. 苦难是磨练人的好机会。 Every rule has its exception. 一切规则皆有例外。 Everything comes to him who waits. 安心等待必有好处。 Early start makes easy stages. 早开始是成功的保证。 Dead men tell no tales. 死无对证。 Care killed a cat. 忧虑伤身。 Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 多听少说。 Be just to all, but trust not all. 要公正对待所有的人，但不要轻信所有的人。 Bad news has wings. 坏事传千里。 A word is enough to the wise. 对明智者一言已足。 Habit cures habit. 新风移旧俗。 Gain got by a lie will burn one's fingers. 骗来的利益会烫手。 Fact speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。 Each bird love to hear himself sing. 孤芳自赏。 Danger is next neighbour to security. 危险是安全的近邻。 Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋，带来好运气。 Call no man happy until he dies. 盖棺才能定论。 Bacchus has drowned more men than A wise man thinks all that he says, a fool says all that he thinks. 智者思其所言，愚者言其所思。 A wise man needs not blush for changing his purpose. 智者不耻于改变初衷。 A wise man cares not for what he cannot have. 智者不做非凡之想。 A wise head makes a close mouth. 智者寡言。 A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言者智。 A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent. 一本坏书危害无穷。 A watched pot is long in boiling. 心急水不沸。 A valiant man's look is more than a coward's sword. 勇士的神色胜过懦夫的刀剑。 A useful trade is a mine of gold. 一样有用的手艺是取之不尽的财 A true man and a thief think not the same. 君子和窃贼的思想不同。 A true friend is one soul in two bodies. 真正的朋友好似两个身子长着一颗心。 A trouble shared is a trouble halved. 两人分担，困难减半。 A tree is known by its fruit. 观其行而知其人。 A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. 千言万语不如一个行动。 A thousand friends are few, one enemy is too many. 朋友千人尚觉少，仇敌一人犹嫌多。 A thing is bigger for being shared. 插手人一多，事态就扩大。 A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf. 贼了解贼，正如狼了解狼。 A thief is a thief, whether he steals a diamond or a cucumber. 偷多偷少都是贼。 A tall tree catches the wind. 树大招风。 A straw shows which way the wind blows. 一叶便知秋。 A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 身正不怕影子斜 A spot is most seen on the finest cloth. 最清洁的布上，污点特别显眼。 A sow, when washed; returns to the muck. 江山易改，本性难移。 A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平静的海洋练不出熟练的水手。 A servant is known by his master's absence. 主人不在可以看出仆人的品行来。 A secret between more than two is no secret. 两人以上知道的秘密就不算秘密。 A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money. 失友都因借钱起。 A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. 白日不做亏心事，夜半不怕鬼敲门。 A ragged coat may cover an honest man. 不能以衣着取人。 A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman. 远亲不如近邻。 A mill cannot grind with the water that is past. 机不可失，时不再来。 A middle course is the safest. 中庸之道最保险。 Children are what the mothers are. 耳濡目染，身教言传。 Heaven never helps the man who will not act. 自己不动，叫天何用。 Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art. 察友知其人。 Keep conscience clear, then never fear. 问心无愧，永无畏惧。 Great oaks from little acorns grow. 合抱之木，生于毫末。 Wasting time is robbing oneself. 浪费时间就是抢劫自己。 No possession, but use, is the only riches. 真正的财富不是占有，而是使用。 Hawks will not pick hawks' eyes out. 同类不相残。 What is done by night appears by day. 若要人不知，除非己莫为。 You may go farther and fare worse. 应知足常乐。 The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。 A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 一环薄弱，全局必垮。 A man is as old as he feels. 老不老，自己晓。 Fools has fortune. 傻人有傻福。 That which is evil is soon learnt. 恶行易学。 God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. 天无绝人之路。 Measure another's corn by one's own bushel. 以己度人。 Every shoe fits not every foot. 不能以己度人。 Good wine needs no bush. 酒香不怕巷子深。 Progress sometimes uses a comma, but never a full stop. 学无止境。 Too much liberty spills all. 自由放任，一事无成。 Faults are thick where love is thin. 一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。 A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。 The fox preys farthest from his hole. 兔子不吃窝边草。 Until all is over one's ambition never dies. 不到黄河心不死。 Far from eye, far from heart. 离远而情疏。 Conversation makes one what he is. 言如其人。 Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle. 随遇而安。 Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise. 要善于处世，不要老于世故。 Keep good men company, and you shall be of the number. 近朱者赤。 Each day brings its own bread. 天无绝人之路。 Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day. 看人看年少，看天看破晓。 Happiness consists in contentment. 知足常乐。 Give a thief rope enough and he will hang himself. 多行不义必自毙。 He who hesitates is lost. 举棋不定，坐失良机。 Money can buy the devil himself. 有钱能使鬼推磨。 Books and friends should be few but good. 读书如交友，应求少而精。 No discord, no concord. 不打不相识。 A great ship asks deep waters. 大船要走深水。（英雄要有用武之地。） As you make your bed so you must lie on it. 自食其果。 Reason binds the man. 理智约束人。 Two of a trade seldom agree. 同行是冤家。 Dogs that run after many hares kill none. 多谋寡成。 It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. 家丑不可外扬。 Faith will move mountains. 精诚所至，金石为开。 Little things amuse little minds. 小人无大志。 There is a skeleton in the cupboard. 家家有本难念的经。 Prefer loss to unjust gain. 宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。 The child is father to the man. 三岁定终身。 One good turn deserves another. 行善积德。 To know oneself is true progress. 人贵有自知之明。 A man can do no more than he can. 凡事都应量力而行。 One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. 一次痛苦的经验抵得上千百次的告诫。 Give him an inch and he’ll take a yard. 得寸进尺。 Do wrong once and you'll never hear the end of it. 一失足成千古恨。 He is rich that has few wants. 寡欲者富。 Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 自己的命运自己掌握。 Courtesy on one side only lasts not long. 来而不往非礼也。 One man's fault is other man's lesson. 前车之鉴。 The finest diamond must be cut. 玉不琢，不成器。 Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。 Speech is silver, silence is gold. 能言是银，沉默是金。 Example is better then percept. 说一遍不如做一遍。 It is the unforeseen that always happens. 天有不测风云。 One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays. 百闻不如一见。 It takes three generations to make a gentleman. 十年树木，百年树人。 Bad workmen often blame their tools. 拙匠常怪工具差。 Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。 A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所，流芳百世。 All one’s geese are swans. 自吹自擂。 The danger past and God forgotten. 过河拆桥。 Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患难见真情。 No living man all things can. 世上没有万事通。 The cat shuts its eyes when stealing. 掩耳盗铃。 It takes two to make a quarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响。 Big mouthfuls often choke. 贪多嚼不烂。 Adversity reveals genius, fortune conceals it. 苦难显才华，好运隐天资。 In prosperity think of adversity. 居安思危。 Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 不经灾祸不知福。 |
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