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Corresponding English and Chinese proverbs and phrases（1） 1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor . 雨后送伞 Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given when it is too late. Example: just as I had cancelled my application to go abroad, I had a promise of money for my fare. It was a case of after death, the doctor. 2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar. 挂羊头卖狗肉 Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you claim it to be. Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar. 3. All is over but the shouting. 大势已去 Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be changed. Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting. 4. All lay load on the willing horse. 人善被人欺，马善被人骑 Explanation: a willing horse is someone who is always doing things for others. Very often the implication is that others impose on him. Examples: the trouble is you're too good-natured and people take advantage of it. all lay load on the willing horse. You will have to learn to refuse people who ask too much. 5.anger and haste hinder good counsel. 小不忍则乱大谋 Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry. Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel. 6. As poor as a church mouse 一贫如洗 Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon. Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse. Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food. 7. A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追 Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo. Example: for the rest of his life he regretted what he had said, but a word spoken is past recalling and he knew he could never repair the damage of that moment of harshness. NOW, TRY YOUR HAND ON THE FOLLOWING:（根据解释，试试翻译下面的谚语） Love is blind. beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation. Better to die in glory than live in dishonor. if one has the choice between living in shame and degradation and dying in glory, it is better to die. Birds of a feather flock together. people who are alike often become friend or are together: if you are often with certain people, you may be their friends or like them. Blood, toil, tears and sweat. said of a person bending oneself to a task and exerting all efforts in the performance of one duty. Calamity is man true touchstone. the most telling test of a man ability and worth comes when he has to face great difficulties. Clean conscience laughs at false accusation. a person who knows he has done no wrong is morally stronger than those who falsely accuse him are. Cry over spilt milk. to cry or complain about something that has already happened Corresponding English and Chinese proverbs and phrases（2） 1.World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君 Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is in someway connected with him in a place where he would never have expected to do so. Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmate on a trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all. 2. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 入乡随俗 Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live. Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, but now you are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and take coffee and rolls. 3. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts. 失之东隅，收之桑榆 Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you have bad luck on one day you have good on another; if one venture results in loss try a fresh one---it may succeed. Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything; if he loses on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts. 4.What are the odds so long as you are happy. 知足者常乐 Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy. Example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy. 5．Entertain an angel unawares. 有眼不识泰山 Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing his merits. Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she was entertaining an angel unawares, in the shape of a composer of the greatest promise 6.every dog has his day . 是人皆有出头日 Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming. 7.every potter praises his own pot. 王婆买瓜，自卖自夸 Explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in their possessions or their family members Example: he said that his teacher considered his work brilliant, but I would rather hear it from his teacher’s own mouth. Every potter praises his own pot 一些“形”同“意”合的谚语口译 Pride goes before a fall 骄者必败 Fish in troubled waters 浑水摸鱼 Business is business 公事公办 The style is the man 文如其人 More haste,less speed 欲速则不达 Great minds think alike 英雄所见略同 Misfortunes never come alone 祸不单行 Hedges have eyes,walls have ears 隔篱有眼，隔墙有耳 Man proposes,God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天 Beauty is in the eye of beholder 情人眼里出西施 Time and tide wait for no man 时不待我/岁月无情 A young idler,an old beggar 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲 A man should not bite the hand that feeds him 不要恩将仇报 Health is better than wealth 家有万贯财，不如一身健 Out of office,out of danger 无官一身轻 In time of peace prepare for war 居安当思危 The tongue cuts the throat 祸从口出/言多必失 Out of sight,out of mind /far from eye,far from heart 眼不见为净 All shall be well,Jack shall have Jill 有情人终成眷属 Friends must part 聚散离合总有时/天下无不散之宴席 The remembrance of the past is the teacher of the future 前事不忘，后事之师/前车之覆，后车之鉴 当然还要ＫＮＯＷ外国人笔下的中国谚语 1. Add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it. 2. A book holds a house of gold. 3. Crows everywhere are equally black. 4. Dream different dreams while on the same bed. 5. Even a hare will bite when it is cornered. 6. Have a mouth as sharp as a dagger, but a heart as soft as tofu. 7. An inch of time is an inch of gold, but you can't buy that inch of time with an inch of gold. 8. Looking for the ass on its very back. 9. The longer the night lasts, the more our dreams will be. 10. No wind, no waves. 11. Of all the stratagems, to know when to quit is the best. 12. Once on a tiger's back, it is hard to alight. 13. One monk shoulders water by himself; two can still share the labor among them. When it comes to three, they have to go thirsty. 14. Paper can't wrap up a fire. 15. A smile will gain you ten more years of life. 16. A sly rabbit will have three openings to its den. 17. Some prefer carrot while others like cabbage. 18. Steal a bell with one's ears covered. 19. There are always ears on the other side of the wall. 20. Vicious as a tigress can be, she never eats her own cubs. 21. A weasel comes to say ＂Happy New Year＂ to the chickens. 22. Without rice, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook. 23. The more you sweat in Peacetime, The less you bleed during War. 24. Pure gold does not fear furnace. 25. Those who do not read are no better off than those who can not. 26. The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names. 27. The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. 28. He painted a tiger, but it turned out a dog. 29. If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. 30. After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless. 31. A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. 32. Sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, all must be tasted. 33. With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm. 34. There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. 35. When a finger points at the moon, the imbecile looks at the finger. 36. It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun. 37. He who rides the tiger can never dismount. 38. Every day cannot be a feast of lanterns. 39. It is not the knowing that is difficult, but the doing. 40. Virtue never dwells alone; it always has neighbours. 41. The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities. |
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