英语格言

ghten 2013-12-11

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英语格言

Sloth is the key of poverty.惰能致贫。
Sloth turneth the edge of wit.懒散能磨去才智的锋芒。
Something is better than nothing.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Speak when you are spoken to.
Speaking without think is shooting without aiming. 说话不假思索，等于无的放矢。
Speech is the picture of the mind. 言为心声。
Still waters run deep.
Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁。
Sweet things are bad for the teeth.
Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away.时来必须要趁时，不然时去无声息。
Tall trees catch much wind.树大招风。
Teach an old dog new tricks 使守旧的人接受新事物
Teach the dog to bark 教狗怎么叫(意指多此一举)
Teaching others teaches yourself.教学相长。
That's like putting the cat near the goldfish bowl. 引狼入室; 等于把猫放在金鱼缸旁。
The bait hides the hook.
The best fish swim near the bottom.
The best go first.
The best of friends must part.
The best things in life are free.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
The cat did it. 【口谑】是猫打破的; 不是我搞的。(推托责任的话)
The cat is out of the bag. 【口】秘密泄露; 真相大白。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 掩耳盗铃; 猫偷吃奶油的时候, 总是闭着眼睛。
The cat would eat fish and would not wet her feet. 猫儿想吃鱼, 又怕湿了脚(想吃鱼又怕腥; 想得到某种东西又怕麻烦或担风险)。
The day is short but the work is much.工作多，光阴迫。
The dog returns to his vomit. 狗回头吃自己吐出来的东西; 重犯旧日罪恶。
The early bird catches the worm.
The end justifies the means.
The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
The first step is the hardest.
The grapes are sour.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
The last straw breaks the camel's back.
The more one knows, the less one believes.
The more you get, the more you want.
The morning sun never lasts a day.好景不常；朝阳不能光照全日。
The pot calls the kettle black.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The scalded cat fears cold water. 被烫过的猫, 连冷水也怕(一朝被蛇咬, 三年怕井绳)
The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE.节俭是致富的秘诀。
The sheep has no choice when in the jaws of the wolf.
The shortest answer is doing the thing.最简短的回答就是一个"干"字。
The early bird catches the worm.笨鸟先飞。
The kettle and the pot.一丘之貉。
The leopard cannot change its spots. 本性难移。
The water that bears boat is the same that swallows it up.水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
There are only twenty-four hours in a day.
There are two sides to every question.
There is a black sheep in every flock.到处都有害群之马。
There is a time and a place for everything.
There is more than one way to skin a cat.
There is no honor among thieves.
There is safety in numbers.
There is no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪。
There's a black sheep in every flock.
There's no fool like an old fool.
There's no place like home.
There's no smoke without fire.
There's one law for the rich, and another for the poor.
They that dance must pay the fiddler.
They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can.不能如愿而行，也须尽力而为。
Things are not always what they seem.