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■a busy body
【误解】忙人
【正解】爱管闲事的人
【例句】The old busy body up the street is always gassing about to the neighbors. 街头那个爱管闲
事的老家伙总是跟邻居扯个没完。
■a black sheep
【误解】一头黑羊
【正解】害群之马
【误解】拖后腿
【正解】哄骗,取笑某人,愚弄某人
【误解】自食其言
【正解】收回前言,改正错话
【例句】Don’t brag so much. I guarantee you will eat your words sooner or later. 别说大话,我保
证你迟早要收回前言,承认错误。
He said that no one could beat him, but he had to eat his words after losing several games. 他说没人
能打败他,可是输了几场比赛后,他只好收回自己说的话。
英语常用谚语总汇(编校好)—A
好。
■A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it’s the boundary of the world. 坐井观天。
■A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 一本好书今天如此,将来
也如此,永不改变。
坏处更大。
■A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. 骨头打狗狗不叫。
朋友兼而有之。
■A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer. 一愚发问,七智结舌。
■A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. 愚者所
问,智者难答。
■A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out. 一愚所失,
百智难回。
的罪过。
■A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. 一本好书,莫逆之交。
■A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。
■A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好书,相伴一生。
■A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land. 聪明脑袋勤劳手,走遍天下
贵如金。
■A good surgeon must have an eagle’s eye, a lion’s heart, and a lady’s hand. 出色的外科医生
必须心明眼亮和有一双灵巧的手。
■A good tale is none the worse for being twice told. 好故事百听不厌。
问。
失去朋友。
贵。
■A little child is the sweetest and purest thing in the world. 幼儿是世界上最可爱和最纯洁的。
的一个。
■A man can not spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。
嘴,就是为了多听少说话。
■A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 路遥知马力,日久见人心。
■A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink. 牵马到河易,强马饮水
难。
■A man may love his house well without riding on the ridge. 有宝何必人前夸。
■A man may talk like a wise man and yet act like a fool. 一个人可能说话像个聪明人,而行
为像个大笨蛋。
■A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 讲而不做,犹如花园里长满
了荒草。
■A poor man who takes a rich wife has a ruler, not a wife. 穷汉娶富妻,必受老婆欺。
■A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth. 缄默的嘴,真诚的心,
是世界上最令人赞美的东西。
■A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. 千言万语不如一个行动。
■A wanderer who is determined to reach his destination does not fear the rain. 决心赶到目的地,
浪汉何惧雨来淋。
■A wise man needs not blush for changing his purpose. 智者不耻于改变初衷。
■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。
场合又表扬你的朋友。
■Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended. 事情要按部就班地做,就会很快地做完。
■All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws. 猫都爱吃鱼,却怕爪弄湿。
■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。
■All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. 整个世界是个舞台,男男
女女,演员而已。
■All things will come round to him who will but wait. 只要耐心肯等待,一切都会按时来。
■All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; all play and no work makes Jack a mere boy. 只
工作,不玩耍,聪明孩子要变傻;尽玩耍,不学习,聪明孩子没出息。
■Always taking out of the meal-tub and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom. 坐吃山空。
■An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden. 驴子能负重,但不堪超过力之所及。
■An evening red and a morning grey, is a sign of a fair day. 晚霞红如火,晓色青如灰,定是
晴朗天。
■An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every
opportunity. 乐观的人在灾难中看到希望;悲观的人在希望中看到灾难。
■An ox is taken by the horns, and the man by the tongue. 牛因有脚而被抓,人因有舌而遭殃。
■An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men. 正直的法官重法胜于重人。
■Apothecaries would not sugar their pills unless they were bitter. 好药不苦不会加糖衣。
■As the best wine makes the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turns to the deadliest
hatred. 美酒可制成烈醋,热爱能变为深仇。
■As worms are bred in a stagnant pool, so are evil thoughts in idleness. 虫蛆在死水中孵化,邪
念在懒惰中养成。
■As you make your bed so you must lie on it. 自食其果。
■As you sow, so shall you reap. / As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。/善有
善报,恶有恶报
■Be always as merry as ever you can, for no-one delights in a sorrowful man. 务请心情常欢畅,
只因无人喜忧伤。
■Be considerate towards the poor. 要为穷人著想。
■Be swift to hear, slow to speak. / Give every man your ear, but few your voice. /
■Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. 口蜜腹剑。
■Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear. 眼见的不能全信,耳闻的也不能半信。
■Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip. 功亏一篑。
他不为失望苦。
畅。
■By gambling we lose both time and treasure, two things most precious to the life of man. 赌博
使我们丢失时间和金钱,这两样人生最珍贵的东西。
谈话使其更臻完美。
■By the hands of many a great work made light. 众擎易举(from www.yywords.com)。
■By the street of “Bye and bye” one arrives at the house of “Never”. 迁延因循,一事无成。
■Cast not out the foul water till you bring in the clean. 清水未来,莫泼赃水。
境。
■Compare your grieves with other men’s and they will seem less. 你的悲痛与人比,悲痛就会
轻一些。
■Conquer of fear of death and you are put into possession of your life. 不怕死,然后才能生。
■Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和决心是美德的灵魂。
■Cry with one eye and laugh with the other. 口不应心。
皮的狼。
Beware of the police chief. He seems polite, but he’ s a wolf in sheep’s clothing. 当心这个警察局长,
他看上去彬彬有礼,但实际上是个凶恶的家伙。
Nobody will believe he is in trouble because he has cried wolf so many times. 谁也不会相信他会真
的碰到困难,因为他过去曾多次发出假警报。
Their wages are barely enough to keep the wolf from the door. 他们的工资勉强够维持生活的。
They are not well off, but they manage to keep the wolf from the door. 他们的光景不好,但能吃饱
肚子。
Sunday run:长距离
Sunday painter:业余画家
Sunday punch:(拳击中)最厉害的一击;(对付对手的)杀手锏
Sunday saint:伪善者
Sunday school:(教堂中所设的)主日学校(美)扑克牌戏
Month of Sundays:很久
Low Sunday:业余的;复活节后的星期日
black Monday:(学俚)放假后的开学第一天;执行死刑之星期一;黑色礼拜一(即复活节之
Blue Monday:沮丧,闷烦(相对于欢乐的周末而言)
Saint Monday:(特指交易所)懒散,工作很少的星期一
Mad Monday:忙乱的星期一
Friday:忠仆,随从(源自鲁滨逊漂流记)
Man Friday:男忠仆
Girl Friday:得力助手(尤指女秘书)
Pal Friday:极受信赖的女秘书
Friday face:神色不佳之人
Black Friday:不幸的礼拜五,即有任何灾难发生的礼拜五;复活节前之礼拜五(神职人员于
此日着黑装)
Good Friday:耶酥受难节
Saturday-to-Monday:周末休假;周末的
Black Saturday:黑色星期六(指工人已预借工资无钱可领的星期六)
周六晚上宣布解除水门时间特别检查官考克斯的职务,并解除拒绝把考克斯解职的司法部长理查
森和副部长拉克尔职务)
逃出一种危险,而又落入另一种危险)
■Disease of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body. 心灵上的疾病比肉体上的疾
病更危险。
■Disease, enemy, and debt --these three must be cut off as soon as they begin to grow. 病,仇
与债这三者,一露苗头就砍掉。
■Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee. 为众之所为,受众之所夸。
■Do not all you can, spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all you
know. 不要为所能为,不要花尽所有,不要全信所闻,不要言尽所知。
■Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. 不要忘恩负义。
■Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail. 不要有求必应。
■Do not halloo until you are out of the wood(s). 未出危险境,切莫先高兴。
■Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. 不要向不如你幸运的人述
说你的幸福。
■Do not to others what you do not wish them to do to you. 己所不欲,勿施于人。
■Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread. 狗摇尾巴,爱的是面包。
■Don’t cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean. 清水未来,莫泼赃水。
【译文】叫花子不能挑肥拣瘦;饥不择食。
【活用】I would have preferred a bed, but beggars can’t be choosers so I slept on the sofa. 我
本想要张床,但是叫花子不能挑肥拣瘦,所以我就睡在沙发上了。
【译文】易得易失;来得容易,去得快。
【活用】I often win money at cards but never save a penny—“easy come, easy go” is my
motto. 我玩纸牌经常赢,可一分钱也存不住——我的俗话是“来得容易,去得快”。
【译文】一次被咬,下次胆小;一次上当,下次小心。
【活用】She certainly won’t marry again once bitten, twice shy. 她肯定不再结婚了——所谓
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。
【译文】青春只一度。
【译文】布丁好不好,吃了才知道(评价人或事物只能凭实际体验不能凭表象或理论)。
【活用】The new machine is supposed to be the solution to all our production problems, but
做到这一点还有待于实践的检验。
【译文】不雨则已,一雨倾盆。;灾祸等不发生则已,一发生便接踵而至。
【活用】First my car broke down, then I lost my key: it never rains but it pours! 先是我的汽车
出了故障,接着又丢了钥匙,真是祸不单行!
【活用】We decided to go to see the boss together; there’s safety in numbers. 我们决定一起去
找老板——人多胆壮。
【译文】适用于一人也一定适用于另一人。
【活用】If you can arrive late then so can I:what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the
【译文】不可气馁;不要泄气。
里。
【活用】The contract went to a friend of the chief accountant: it’s (a case of) you scratch my
■Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事,今日毕。
■Don’t speak all you know, but know all you speak. 不要尽言所知,而要尽知所言。
■Don’t throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh. 清水未打来,赃水莫倒掉。
■Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the walls are built. 滴水汇大海,垒石诛高
墙。
■Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起身体好。
■Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak. 高位遭人妒,高峰招风吹。
■Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below. 错
误像稻草,漂浮在水面;欲觅珍珠者,须往水下潜。
■Every dog has his day, and every man his hour. 人人都有得意的日子。
■Every fool can find faults that wise man cannot remedy. 蠢人也能找出聪明人无法弥补的岔
子来的。
■Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost. 人不为己,天诛地灭。
(1)(指婚姻等)濒于破裂,(指生意等)濒于破产
He was unable to get down from his precarious position on the rocks. 他当时无法摆脱自己的困境。
(2)(指饮料)加冰块而不加水的
You must keep awake and look out for squalls. 我们必须提高警惕,以防有危险。
He went to America in the thirties, and soon sailed before the wind. 他 30 年代去了美国,不久就发
迹了。
若用于本义,其义表示“顺风”。如:
■Everything has its time and that time must be watched. 任何事情都有好的时机,不要随意放
过。
■Exercise, temperance, fresh air, and needful rest are the best of all physicians. 锻链、节制、
新鲜空气和必要的休息是最好的医生。
之母。
好。
于有学问而无经验。
He does a bit of writing, but first and foremost he’s a teacher. 他也写一些文章,但他主要是个教师。
I had so many falls that he was black and blue all over. 我摔了许多跤,以至于全身都是青一块紫
一块的。
分。
二、元音相叠
Lights were blazing and men were running here and there: they had just discovered that a prisoner had
escaped. 灯光强烈耀眼,人们跑来跑去——他们刚刚发现有个战俘逃掉了。
The insurance policy does not cover damage caused by normal wear and tear. 保险单内容不包括正
常使用所导致的损坏。
It’s good to see old Mr Jenkins out and about again. 看见詹金斯老先生又能起床出来走动了,可
真高兴。
■Fall sick and you will see who is your friend and who is not. 困难见友情。
■Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off. 名誉像条河,源头最狭窄,
远处最宽阔。
■Fear not the future; weep not for the past. 不要为未来担忧,不要为过去悲泣。
■Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters. 水火是忠仆,造灾成元凶。
■Fire and water have no mercy. 水火无情。
■Fire, water, and money are good servants, but bad masters. 水火金钱是忠仆,使用不当是祸
首。
■Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee. 追求爱情,它要逃走;逃避爱
情,它会跟你。
■Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools. 愚者不学无术,智
者不耻下问。
要及时积蓄,因为早晨的太阳,不会整天照耀。
■Fortune is good to him who knows to make good use of her. 知道利用幸福的人才有幸福。
■Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her. 只要有耐心,总
会走好运。
■Fortune smiles upon the brave and frowns upon the coward. 幸运喜欢勇敢的人,而不喜欢
怯懦的人。
晚娘。
■Friends are like fiddle-strings, they must not be screwed too tight. 朋友像琴弦,不能太拧紧。
■From the father comes honour; from the mother, comfort. 荣誉由父赐,安慰由母予。
■Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her. 只要有耐心,总
会走好运。
■Fortune smiles upon the brave and frowns upon the coward. 幸运喜欢勇敢的人,而不喜欢
怯懦的人。
晚娘。
■Friends are like fiddle-strings, they must not be screwed too tight. 朋友像琴弦,不能太拧紧。
■From the father comes honour; from the mother, comfort. 荣誉由父赐,安慰由母予。
All our rooms have hot and cold running water ie from taps. 我们所有的房间都有冷热自来水。
For a marriage to succeed, both partners must learn to give and take. 要使婚姻美满,双方必须懂得
互相迁就。
If the dispute is to be resolved there must be some give and take. 若要争执获得解决,双方就要互
相让步。
注:give-and-take 可用作形容词。如:
Stop playing fast and loose with that girl’s feelings can’t you see you’re upsetting her? 别玩弄那姑娘
的感情——难道没看到你已经把她弄得心烦意乱了吗?
We’ve spent all day humping furniture up and down stairs. 我们花了一整天的时间楼上楼下地搬运
家具。
I didn’t like the way he looked me up and down before speaking to me. 我不喜欢他在跟我说话之前
那样上下打量我。
■Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice. 要多听少说。
■Glory, honour, wealth, and rank, such things are nothing but shadows. 富贵如浮云。
■Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark. 早睡早起。
■God defend me from my friends; form my enemy I can defend myself. 防友靠天,防敌靠己。
■Good for good every man can do, good for bad only a noble man can do. 以德报德,人人都
能做到;以德报怨只有高尚的人才能办到。
I was only five minutes late but she really bit my head off. 我仅仅迟到五分钟,可她就把我狠狠地
说了一顿。
The success of his first novel completely turned his head. 他第一部小说很成功,便得意忘形了。
How did you know I was behind you? You must have eyes in the back of your head. 你怎么知道我
在你后边? 你脑袋后面准是长眼睛了吧?
The atmosphere in the office had been tense for some time but this latest dismissal brought matters to
a head. 办事处的气氛已紧张一段时日,而最近解雇员工一事使事态的发展达到了顶点。
设法不欠债。
She came in and said that she was the wife of our boss. We laughed our head off about it. 他走进来
说是我们老板的老婆,我们为此笑破了肚皮。
You’d better put the idea of marriage out of your head. 你最好打消结婚的念头。
She suddenly took it into her head to dye her hair green. 她突然心血来潮要把头发染成绿色。
一、谚语、格言(proverb),警句(sentence idiom)
英语有很丰富的谚语、格言和警句。如:
二、俚语(slang)
俚语为某些人群和地区所特有,适用范围有严格限制,使用时要注意其使用的得体性和意义
的准确性。例如:
■the acid test 决定性考验(=test that gives conclusive proof of the value or worth of sth / sb)
The acid test of a good driver is whether he remains calm in an emergency. 衡量驾驶员水平的决定
性考验,就是看他在紧急关头能否保持镇静。
The TV debate was a cop-out:it didn’t tackle any of the real issues. 电视辩论不过是虚晃一枪,并
未解决任何实际问题。
光明磊落。
三、口语(colloquial)
■wouldn’t be seen dead in, at, with, etc sth / doing sth 绝不涉于某事物
If she lost her job for being late once, she got a pretty raw deal. 她若只因迟到一次就失去了工作,
这样对她未免太不公平了。
■Good words and ill deeds decieve wise men and fools. 话好行为劣,欺骗智和愚。
人相处慎于言。
■He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business. 自命大材小用,往
往眼高手低。
■He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man. 不到长城非好汉。
■He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find his stick. 欲加之罪,何患无辞。
■He who has health has hope, and he who has hope everything. 有健康即有希望,有希望即有
一切。
■He who has health, has hope, and he who has hope, everything. 身体好就有希望,有希望就
有一切。
■He who has lost his good name is a dead man among the living. 丧失好名誉,犹如活死人。
■He who imagines that he has knowledge enough has none. 自以为学识丰富的人是没有什么
学问的人。
■He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight. 正人先正己。
■He who lives in glass house should not throw stones. 正人先正己。
■He who overcomes his anger subdues his greatest enemy. 克制火气就是克制强敌。
■He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows one should never remember
it. 受惠不忘,施恩不记。
■He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like. 欢喜说他欢喜的话者将要听到他
不欢喜的话
■He who sees through life and death will meet with most success. 看破生死者,大多会成功。
■He who shareth honey with the bear hath the least part of it. 与熊分蜜糖,得不到多少。
■He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. 讲礼貌的得
友情,好心肠的得感情。
■He who spends more than he should, shall not have to spare when he would. 不该花的乱花,
要花时没有花。
■He who wants a mule without fault, must walk on foot. 如要骡子无缺点,只有自己徒步行。
■He who would catch fish mush not mind getting wet. 欲擒龙王,就得下海。
■He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet. 要抓鱼就不要怕沾水。
■He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 爬梯必须从底层开始。
■He who would search for pearls must dive below. 欲寻珍珠,须潜水下。
■He will always be a slave who knows not how to earn and save. 不懂挣钱和积财,只能永远
当奴才。
■Health and understanding are the two great blessing of life. 健康和融洽是人生两大幸事。
■Heaven never helps the man who will not act. 自己不动,叫天何用。
■Hold (or Run) with the hare and run (or hunt) with the hounds. 两面讨好。
■Honesty may be dear bought, but can never be an ill penny-worth. 出高价买来的诚实,不会
永远没有价值。
■Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 作最好的希望,作最坏的打算。
样才能相信?要有爱情。
■I am not a slave, I am not a captive, and by energy I can overcome the greater obstacles. 我不
是奴隶,也不是俘虏,我有力量可以克服更大的艰难险阻。
■I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. 我不仅要使自己有才智,
而且也要使别人有才智。
■I believe the first test of truly great man is his humility. 一个真正伟大的人,对他的第一个
考验就是看他是否谦逊。
■I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remem-bering my good friends. 我认为,
只有在脑海中想起好朋友时我才会那样快乐。
■I hate to see things done by halves. -- If it be right, do it boldly, --if it be wrong, leave it
undone. 事情不要做一半;对的,就做下去,不对,就丢开。
■I know no such thing as genius, it is nothing but labour and diligence. 是上无天才,勤学加苦
练。
■I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still
■I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country. 我抱憾的是,只有一次生命能献
给祖国。
■I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame. 我认为,人丧失了廉耻就完了。
■I slept, and dreamt that life was Beauty, I woke, and found that life was Duty. 睡时梦觉生活
是美事,醒来发现生活是责任。
著是美国人,死时也是美国人。
■I wept when I was born,, and every day shows why. 我生下时啼哭,后来每天的生活说明了
为什麽。
■I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of good books to read than a king who did
■I would rather have the affectionate regard of my fellow men than I would have heaps and
■Ideals are like the stars -- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by
them. 理想好像星星,不能摘到,但我们犹如水手,可借它指引航向。
■Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of all evil. 懒惰是行乞的敲门砖,是万恶的根源。
■Idleness is the root (or mother) of all evil (or sin or vice
■If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me. 上当一回头,
再多就可耻。
■If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. 如果倒空钱袋,
装入脑袋,那就无人能够把钱夺走。
■If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin
必将以肯定告终。
■If doctors fail thee, be these three thy doctors; rest, cheerful-ness, and moderate diet. 如果医药
不能帮助,那么注意三件事——休息,愉快,饮食调和。
■If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city (or street). 众擎易举。
■If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself. 注意好品行,自有美名声。
■If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. 不正确的事不做,不真实的话不
说。
■If it were not for hope, the heart would break. 人是靠希望活著的。
■If matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. 重要的并不在于一个人怎样死,而是在于
他怎样生。
■If one desires to succeed in anything, he must pay the price. 如果想做成点事,就得付出代价
一干。
■If the beard were all, the goat might preach. 如果有了需就什麽都行,那么山羊也可以说教
了。
■If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 问道于盲,无益于事。
■If the eye do no admire, the heart will not desire. 眼不馋,心不贪。
■If the pills were pleasant, they would not be gilded. 丸药不苦不会加糖衣。
■If the sky fall (or falls), we shall catch larks. 异想天开。
■If there be neither snow nor rain, then will be dear all sorts of grain. 雨雪不调,五谷价高。
■If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun. 吃得苦中苦,方知甜中甜。
■If they say you are good, ask yourself if it be true. 若有人称赞你,要自问对不对。
■If thou injurest conscience, it will have its revenge on thee. 伤害良心,将受到良心的严惩。
■If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind. 两人同骑一马,必有一人在后。
■If we are bound to forgive an enemy we are not bound to trust him. 如果我们决定宽恕一个敌
人,但决不能相信他。
■If we cannot get what we like, we have to like what we can get. 随遇而安。
■If wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance. 智者干傻事,愚蠢到极点。
■If you agree to carry the calf, they’ll make you carry the cow. 得寸进尺。
■If you are too fortunate, you will not know yourself; if you are too unfortunate, nobody will
■If you can be well without health you may be happy without virtue. 如果不健康而能强强壮壮,
那么无美德也可快快乐乐。
■If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have. 如果你不能有最好的,你就充
分利用你现有的吧。
■If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, remember it always. 施恩勿记,
受恩勿忘。
■If you don’t aim high you will never hit high. 不立大志,难攀高峰。
■If you lie upon roses when young, you’ll lie upon thorns when old. 年青时躺在玫瑰上,老年
时就会躺在荆棘上。
■If you live with a lame person, you will learn to limp. 远朱者赤,近墨者黑。
■If you make yourself an ass, don’t complain if people ride you. 人善被人欺,马善被人骑。
■If you remove stone by stone, even a mountain will be levelled. 一块一块把石移,高山也可
变平地。
■If you run after two hares, you will catch neither. 脚踏两条船,必定落空。
■If you run after two heares, you will catch neither. 两头落空。
■If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. 蚀了本也输了利。
■If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die. 不试就相信,死前要悔恨。
■If you want a pretence to whip a dog, say that he ate the frying-pam. 欲加之罪,何患无辞。
■If you want knowledge, you must toil for it. 要想求知,就得吃苦。
■If you want knowledge, you must toil for it. 若要求知识,必须刻苦学习。
■If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good
reputation. 若想为快乐奠立可靠的基础,美好的名声便是奠基的石头。
■If you would have a good wife marry one who has been a good daughter. 想得贤妻子,须娶
好女儿。
■If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some, for the that goes a-
■If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again. 你若想与人成仇结
怨,只要借钱给人再催还。
■Improve your time and your time will improve you. 珍惜时间,时间才会珍惜你。
■In a great river great fish are found; but take heed lest you be drowned. 发现大河有大鱼,可
得注意别溺毙。
■In books, are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages. 历代最伟大的思想都载入史册而不
朽。
■If you want knowledge, you must toil for it. 要想求知,就得吃苦。
■If you want knowledge, you must toil for it. 若要求知识,必须刻苦学习。
■If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good
reputation. 若想为快乐奠立可靠的基础,美好的名声便是奠基的石头。
■If you would have a good wife marry one who has been a good daughter. 想得贤妻子,须娶
好女儿。
■If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some, for the that goes a-
■If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again. 你若想与人成仇结
怨,只要借钱给人再催还。
■If your ears glow, someone is talking of you. 耳朵发烧,有人念叨。
■Improve your time and your time will improve you. 珍惜时间,时间才会珍惜你。
■In a great river great fish are found; but take heed lest you be drowned. 发现大河有大鱼,可
得注意别溺毙。
■In books, are embalmed the greatest thoughts of all ages. 历代最伟大的思想都载入史册而不
朽。
■In every rank, great or small, its industry supports us all. 不论高的低的各级人士,所持的都
是勤劳。
■In good years corn is hay, in ill years straw is corn. 丰年五谷贱如草,荒年稻草贵如粮。
■In life, as in chess, forethought wins 人生如下棋,多谋得胜利。
■In life’s earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail. 在人生的
搏斗中,只有日日前进不甘失败的人,才能获胜。
■In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider. 顺利时要快乐,不利
时要思索。
■In the election of a wife, as in a project of war, to err but once is to be undone for ever. 选择妻
子也象策划战争,一时之错将成终身之恨。
■In the grave the rich and poor lie equal. 人到黄泉,贫富同眠。
■In the kingdom of blind men the one-eyed man is king. 盲人国里,独眼称王。
■In the mirror we see the face; in wine, the heart. 明镜照容颜,醇酒见人心。
■In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom. 处世似游泳,不会即下沉。
■In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty; In time of adversity, not one amongst twenty. 富在
深山有远亲,穷在闹市无人问。
■In water you may see your own face; in wine, the heart of another 水中可见自己的脸,酒
中可见别人的心。
■In youth the hours are golden in mature years they are silver, in old age they are leaden. 青年
时代是黄金的,壮年时代是白银的,老年时代是灰铅的。
手。
■Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, the purse full. 勤奋使身体健
康,使心情开朗,使思想专注,使经济充裕。
■It is a good tongue that says no ill, and a better heart that thinks none. 善心不想坏事,好舌不
出恶声。
术。
■It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上两回当。
■It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait. 蠢人才吃两次亏。
是缺点。
■It is better to fight for good than to rail at the ill. 与其抱怨,不如积善。
■It is dangerous crisis when a proud heart meets with flattering lips 骄傲的心碰上献媚的嘴,
是最危险不过的。
■It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about
anything. 对每一件事知道一些是容易的,对任何一件事详细知道是困难的。
■It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open. 开设店铺易,维持常开难。
■It is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well. 养女容易嫁女难。
■It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends should be true to his country. 对朋友不义,
不可能对国家效忠。
自己。
■It is not helps, but obstaceles, not facilities but difficulties, that make men. 造就人的,不是帮
助,而是磨难,不是方便,而是困难。
龄多大,都要学习不懂的东西,这不是羞耻。
■It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。
■It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently. 话讲得多是一回事,讲得恰当
是另一回事。
■It is the general rule, that all superior men inherit the elements of superiority from their
mother. 一切优秀的人通常都从他们母亲那里继承优良的因素。
■It is the nature of every man to err, but only the fool perseveres in the error. 人总不免要犯错
误,只有蠢人才坚持不改。
■It is the nature of folly to see the faults of others and forget his own. 愚蠢的本质是只看到别
人的错处而忘却了自己的过失。
■It is the peculiarity of knowledge that those who really thirst for it always get it. 只要真正渴求
知识,都能得到,这是知识的特点。
■It is too late to cast anchor when the ship is on the rock. 船触礁后在抛锚,为时已经太晚了。
■It is too late to come with the water when the house is burnt down. 马后炮。
■It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen. 贼出关门。
■It’s a good horse that never stumbles, A good wife that never grumbles. 良马不失蹄,贤妻不
聒絮。
■It’s easy to fall into a trap, but hard to get out again. 堕入陷阱易,脱离陷阱难。
■It’s not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子重德不重衣。
■Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail. 你跟驴子开玩笑,将被驴尾打
耳光。
■Joy often comes after sorrow, like morning after night. 暮去必将朝至,苦尽常会甜来。
■Keep good men company and you shall be of the number. 近朱者赤,近墨者黑。
■Keep good men company, and you shall be of the number. 近朱者赤。
■Keep some till more come. 更多的到手以前,要保持手里的一点。
■Keep thing seven years and you will find a use for it. 备而不用。
■Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards. 婚前张开眼,婚后半闭
月。
■Kind hearts are the gardens; kind thoughts are the roots; kind words are the flowers; kind deeds
■Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the dumb understand. 善良为语言,聋子
能天见哑巴懂心间。
■Kinsman helps kinsman, but woe to him that hath nothing. 亲帮亲,邻帮邻,无亲无助你倒
霉。
知识。
■Knowledge advances by steps not by leaps. 知识的获得是循序渐进而不是突飞猛进的。
匙。
■Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find
关的资料。
■Knowledge is the most precious treasure of all things, because it can never be given away, nor
■Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance. 知识使人笑逐言开,财富使人手
舞足蹈。
知识的。
的艺术家。
■Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. 你笑,人人陪你笑;你哭,
惟独你自哭。
■Lawsuits consume time, and money, and rest, and friends. 诉讼将消耗时间、金钱、休息和
失去朋友。
■Learn to suffer without complaining; that is the best thing I can teach you. 要学会受痛苦而不
怨,这是我教你的至要之事。
■Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age. 学问在
得意时是装饰品,失意时是庇护所,年老时是供应品。
■Learning is wealth to the poor, an honor to the rich, an aid to the young, and a support and
■Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. 知识能使好人更好,坏人更坏。
■Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous. 学而不思则罔,
思而不学则殆。
■Let every man speak well of the bridge theat carries him over. 饮水思源。
■Let our object be our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country. 我们的心目中
要有国家,要有整个国家,而且只有我们的国家别如其他。
■Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by law. 自由就是做法律许可做
的事情的权力。
■Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels. 对善思考者,人生为喜
剧;对凭感觉者,人生为悲剧。
而不是寿命的长短。
■Life is not so short but there is time enough for courtesy. 人生虽短,但表示礼貌的时间还是
足够的。
不愧为有理智的人。
■Lose not time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions. 不要
浪费时间,做些有益的事情,停止一切不必要的行动。
■Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough always proves little enough. 时
间一去不再来,我们常说时间充足,实际. 总是不够。
■Lost wealth can be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or
情人心甘情愿地受它的折磨。
■Love is like the moon; when it does not increase it decreases. 爱情像月亮,不盈即亏。
而得的爱情更为美好。
■Love thy neighbors as thyself. 爱邻如爱己。
■Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge. 爱你的左邻右舍,但不要拆去你们之间
的藩篱。
Maidens should (or must) be mild and meek, swift to hear and slow to speak. 少女应温良谦恭,
敏于听而慎于言。
■Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can. 尽力而为,尽力节约,尽力施舍。
■Make the night night, and the day day, and you will have a pleasant time of it. 白天当白天,
夜晚当夜晚,生活过得好,愉快而多欢。
■Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. 只有人,生下时啼哭,
活著时抱怨,去世时失望。
■Man is not the creature of circumstances; circumstances are the creature of man. 并非时势造
人,而是人造时势。
■Many have suffered for talking, none ever suffered for keeping silence. 多言吃苦,缄默少祸。
成荫。
■March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. 三月来如雄狮,去如绵羊。
也可能是凋谢的时候。
多的了。
■Marry your son when you will, your daughter when you . 给儿子娶亲,想在什麽时候皆可;
把女儿嫁人要在有力量时才行。
■Men know where they were born, not where they shall die. 人能知其生于何地,不能知其死
于何方。
■Men of courage, men of sense, and men of letters are frequent: but a true gentleman is what
■Misers put their back and their belly into their pockets. 爱财如命。
■Misfortunes (or Hardships) never (or seldom) come alone (or singly). 祸不单行。
■Modesty helps one to make progress; conceit makes one lag behind. 谦虚使人进步,骄傲使
人落后。
■Modesty is not only and ornament, but also a guard to virtue. 谦逊不仅可增添光彩也可以维
护美德。
■Money calls, but does not stay: It is round and rolls sway. 金钱会上门,不会留下来,因为
是圆的,所以会滚开。
■Money is a bottomless sea, in which honour, conscience, and truth may be drowned. 金钱是无
底的海洋,荣誉、良心和真理都可以淹没在其中。
■Money is neither good nor bad, but all depends on what use is made of it. 金钱本身无好坏,
要看怎样利用它。
■More of our worries come from within than from without. 烦恼发乎内者多于发乎外。
■Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. 音乐可洗去灵魂中日常生活所沾
染的污垢。
■My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her
life. 儿子婚前是儿子,女儿终生是女儿。
■My son is my son, till he hath got him a wife; but my daughter’s my daughter all the days of
■Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and
■Nature teaches us to love our friends but religion our enemies. 自然教我们爱朋友,宗教却教
我们爱敌人。
■Nature, time, and patience are the three great physicians. 自然,时间和耐心,是三大伟大的
医生。
■Never (or Don’t) trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. 切莫自寻麻烦。
■Never cast dirt into that fountain of which thou hast sometime drunk. 不要过河拆桥。
■Never embark on what comes after without having mastered what goes before. 如未掌握好已
学过的东西,切莫从事更深的学习。
■Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today. 今日事,今日毕。
■Never say of another what you would not have him hear. 莫说不想让人听见的话。
■Never swap (or swop) horses while crossing the stream. 骑渡中流莫换马。
■No man can be a good ruler unless he has first been ruled. 没受过他人的统治,就不能很好
地统治他人。
■No man can make a good coat with bad cloth. 巧匠难以劣布制美服。
■No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes. 不犯千般错误,
难成伟大人物。
■No man is so old, but thinks he may yet live another year. 人越活越想活。
■No man is the worst for knowing the worst of himself. 没有一个人因为他自知最糟就是最糟。
■No man knows when he shall die, although he knows he must die. 纵然知其难免一死,人却
难料何时身亡。
■No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. 不劳则无获,
共难才得福,有荣必有辱,无苦即无乐。
■Nor fame I slight, nor for her favours call; she come unlooked for, if she comes at all. 我不轻
蔑名誉,也不需要她的青睐;如果她竟来的话,也是不求而自来的。
■Nothing comes out of the sack but what was in it. 无风不起浪。
■Nothing for nothing and very little for a half penny. 一分钱,一分货。
■Nothing is impossible (or difficult) to the man who will try. 天下无难事,只怕不努力。
■Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the
■Of earthly goods the best is a good wife. A bad the bitterest curse of human life. 贤妻最可贵,
恶妇是灾星。
■Of young men die many, of old men escape not any. 年轻人死得不少,而年迈者是在劫难逃。
■Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. 老柴最
好烧,陈酒最好饮,老友最可靠,老作家的书最好读。
少罪啊!
■On earth there is nothing great but man, in man there is nothing great but mind. 在世界上没有
一件东西有如人那样伟大,在人之内没有一件东西有如人心那么伟大。
■One beats the bush, and another catches the birds. 坐享其成。
■One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man. 人难一世称雄,但可一生为人。
■One cannot do a foolish thing once in one’s life, but one must hear of it a hundred times. 为人
一生一件蠢事也不做,但要听到上百遍蠢事。
■One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name. 光辉生活中忙迫的一个小
时抵得上无为的一世。
■One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good. 十个朋友做的好事抵不上一个敌
人造成的危害。
■One enemy is too much. 一个敌人也太多。
■One father can support ten children, ten children cannot support one father. 一个父亲能扶养
十个孩子,十个孩子却不能赡养一个父亲。
■One foe is too many; and a hundred friends too few. 朋友成百犹觉少,仇敌一人已嫌多。
脑。
■One half of the world does not know how the other half lives. 贫富不相知。
时。
■One man makes a chair and another man sits in it. 坐享其成。
■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 penny with right is better than a thousand without right. 合法得来一个钱,胜过非法钱
一千。
■One ploughs, another sow; who will reap no one knows. 有的耕,有的播,谁来收获很难说。
次的告诫。
■One wrong (or false) move can lose the whole game. 棋错一著,全盘皆输。
■Only they who fulfill their duty in everyday matters will fulfill them on great occasions. 只有
在日常事务上尽责的人,才能在重大事情上尽责。
■On the choice of friends. Our good or evil name depends. 朋友的选择可影响名誉的好坏。
■On the great clock of time there is but one word, "Now." 在伟大的时钟上,只有一个词,就
是“现在”。
■Opportunity, sooner or later, comes to all who work and wish. 只要努力工作而有志向,机会
迟早终会来临。
■Other men live to eat, while I eat to live. 别人为食而生活,我为生活而食。
■Our affections are our life. -- We live by them; they supply our warmth. 我们的感情,是我们
的生命,我们靠它生存,我们的温暖是它供应。
■Our best friends are they who tell us our faults and help us to mend them. 最好的朋友是指出
我们的缺点并帮助改正的人。
■Our bravest and best lessons are not learnt through success, but through misadventure. 最美好
的教训不是得之于成功,而是来之于不幸。
■Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. 我们最大的光
荣并不在于永不跌倒,而在于每次跌倒后能起来。
■Our happiness consists not in killing others, but in sacrificing ourselves for others. 我们最大幸
福并不是杀害别人,而是为别人而牺牲自己。
■Our own actions are our security, not others’ judgements. 我们的行为是自己的保证而不是
别人的鉴定。
■Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. 最甜美的歌是诉说最悲伤的哀思。
动,待到二十次,大事就成功。
■Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things,
价值。
■Politeness is to do and say the kindest thing in the kindest way. 文雅就是善良地做事,和善
地说话。
■Poverty is not a sufficient cause of disgrace, but poverty without resolution to help oneself is a
disgrace. 贫穷并不可耻,穷而不争气才可耻。
■Poverty shows us who are our friends and who are our enemies. 贫困才能显出敌和友。
■Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. 赞扬使好人更好,坏人更坏。
■Preachers can talk but never teach, Unless they practise what they preach. 说教的人不身体力
行,就只能空谈,不能起教育作用。
保证。
■Prosperity gains (or makes) friends, and adversity tries them. 顺境交朋友,逆境试真情。
■Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. 谚语言短简,得自老经验。
■Provide for the worst, the best will save itself. 作最坏的准备,可以得到最好的结果。
■Put not your hand between the bark and the tree. 少管闲事。
■Rain comes after sunshine, and after a dark cloud, a clear sky. 晴日之后有雨水,乌云过去见
青天。
■Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man. 博览群书使人
完美无瑕,冥思苦想让人深刻精邃,论证阐述让人头脑清晰。
■Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. 读书使人渊博,
交谈使人机敏,写作使人严谨。
■Read not books alone, but men. 不要光是读书,还要识人。
■Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily, it must be worked
for, studied for, thought for, and more than all, must be prayed for. 真正的学问,像其他一切有价
值的东西一样,是不容易得到的,必须学习、钻研、思考,最重要的是必须有迫切的要求。
■Rear sons for help in old age; and store up grains against famine. 养儿防老。
■Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault. 无功得名是常事,无过失名也是
常事。
■Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. 应该做的决心做,
决心做的务必做。
■Responsibility must be shouldered; you cannot carry it under your arms. 责任必须负在肩上,
不能挟在腋下。
■Run (or Hold) with the hare and hunt (or run) with the hounds. 两面讨好。
■Sail while the wind blows; wind and tide wait for no man. 驶船要乘风,风潮不等人。
■Save a thief from gallows and he will help hang you. 放虎归山。
■Save while you may, no morning sun lasts a whole day. 能节俭时就节俭,朝阳难照一整天。
■Say not all that you know, believe not all that you hear. 莫道全所知,莫信全所闻。
■Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much are the three pillars of learning. 见识多、遭
难重,钻研深是学问的三大支持。
■See, listen, and be silent, and you will live in peace. 多看多听少多嘴,你会太平过日子。
要自重、自觉、自制,人生就可达到至高无上的境地。
■Silent men, like still waters, are deep and dangerous. 沉默的人像静水一样,深而难测。
■Silks and satins put out the fire in the kitchen. 绸缎要熄灭厨房的火。
■Sincerity, a deep genuine, heart-felt sincerity, is a trait of true and noble manhood. 真诚--深
刻真挚发自内心的真诚,是真正高尚的人性的一种品质。
■So many men (or heads) so many minds (or wits). 人多意见也多。
■Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and
digested. 有些书只要浏览一下,有些书要仔细阅读,有些书要领会和消化。
■Some of the best lessons we ever learn from our mistakes and failures. The error of the past is
误是未来的智慧和成功。
■Some persons do first, think afterwards, and then repent for ever. 有些人做了再思考,从而
悔恨终身。
■Speak clearly if you speak at all, Carve every word before you let it fall. 要说就索性说得一清
二楚,说出前每句话要字斟句酌。
■Speaking without thinking is shooting without taking aim. 讲话不思考犹如射击不对准目标。
■Speak little of your ill luck and boast not of your good luck. 少说失意事,莫夸好运道。
■Spoil (or Lose) the ship for half penny worth of tar. 因小失大。
■Take care of small sums and the large will take care of themselves. 省小钱才能积大财。
■Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves. 积少成多。
■Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves. 注意你的理智,声调自会
小心。
■Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. 做事要
深思熟虑,但时机一到,就要动手,不要犹豫。
■Take time when time comes lest time steal away. 机不可失,时不再来。
■Take time while time is, for time will be away. 有时间要加以利用,因为时间是要消逝的。
■Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art. 把你的交友讲给我听,我会讲出你是
何许人。
■Tell not all you know nor judge of all you see if you would live in peace. 知道的不要全部倾
吐,看到的不要都加评语,这样生活可以安宁。
■That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. 好书开卷引人入
胜,闭卷使人得益。
■That teacher helps his pupils most who most helps them to help themselves. 教师尽力帮助学
生独立工作是给学生最大的帮助。
■That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always
beautiful. 美丽而引人注目的东西不一定都善良,但善良的东西总是美丽的。
头。
■The best fish smell when they are three days old. 鱼过三天后,再鲜也变臭。
■The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching. 玉不琢不成器。
■The best of all governments is that which teaches us to govern ourselves. 最好的政府是教导
我们管理自己。
■The best smell is bread, the best savour salt, the best love that of children. 面包的气味最香,
食盐的滋味最鲜,儿童的情爱最纯。
■The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great men. 启迪人性最好的导师是伟大人物的
生活。
■The brave man hazards his life, but not his conscience. 英雄的人可以冒生命危险,但不冒良
心危险。
■The brightest of all things, the sun, has its spots. 金无赤足,人无完人。
■The busiest men find (or have) the most leisure (or time). 最忙的人时间最多。
■The cat and dog may kiss, yet are none the better. 猫犬可相吻,莫逆却难成。
■The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it 牛失其尾,方知其贵。
■The cowl (or hood) does not make the monk. 穿袈裟的不一定是和尚。
■The creditor has always a better memory than the debtor. 放债人的记性比借债人好。
■The cuckoo comes in April, and stays the month of May; sings a song at midsummer, and then
■The day is long to him who knows not how to use it. 百无聊赖。
■The devil can cite the Scriptures for his purpose. 魔鬼替其狡辩,也会引经据点。
■The devil may get in by the keyhole, but the door won’t let him out. 魔鬼乘虚而入,开门撵
它不出。
■The diamonds of other countries are always the most beautiful. 别国的钻石是最美丽的。
■The drop hollows the stone, not by force, but by the frequency of its fall. 滴水穿石不是由于
使用强力所致,而是由于滴水频繁所成。
■The evil wound is cured but not the evil name. 重伤可治,臭名难除。
■The eye that sees all things else sees not itself. 眼睛能看见一切的东西,但看不见自己。
■The fire which lights (or warms) us at a distance will burn us when near. 远火能照亮,近火
要烧人。
决心。
■The fool does think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. 愚者自以为聪明,
智者则有自知之明。
■The fool has his heart on his tongue, the wise man keeps his tongue in his heart. 蠢人的心在嘴
上,聪明人的嘴在心里。
■The fox changes his skin but not his habit. 狐狸可以改变皮毛,但不能改变习性。
■The fox knew too much, that’s how he lost his tail. 机关算尽太聪明,反误了卿卿性命。
■The friar preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve. 嘴上真君子,行动烂小人。
■The future of society is in the hands of mothers; if the world was lost through woman she alone
救。
■The government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the
earth. 民有、民治、民享的政府永世长存。
■The greatest fool is he who worries about what he cannot help. 操心无法可想的事是最大的
傻瓜。
■The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant
■The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious. 赠予者的心意可使馈赠的东西增加
价值而显得珍贵。
■The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail. 猴子爬得越高,尾巴越加暴露。
■The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. 人生至要
的事是要有伟大的目标和达到这个目标的决心。
■The least said, the soonest mended. (or Least said, soonest mended) 少说为佳。
■The liar’s punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe
■The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature. 爱美是所有健康人天性中
的一个重要部分。
■The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet. 爱财与好学,实难相共容。
■The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten virtues. 保持一件坏事的代价超过十件好事。
■The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. 不犯错误的人往往也就是
无所作为的人。
■The mill cannot grind with the water that is past. 覆水难收。
■The more a man knows, the more he see his ignorance. 大智若愚。
■The more riches a fool hath, the greater fool he is. 愚人越富越愚蠢。
■The more the well is used, the more water it gives. 井水越打越多。
■The more things a man is ashamed of the more respectable he is. 一个人引以为耻的事情越多,
就越可尊敬。
■The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have. 做得越
多,则能做的越多;越是忙碌,则空闲越多。
■The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance. 学得越多,就越发觉自己无知。
■The more women look in their glass, the less they look to their house. 妇女照镜越多,照管家
务就越少。
■The most busiest men find (or have) the most leisure (or time) 最忙碌的人有最多的空闲。
■The most useful learning in the world is that which teaches us how to die well. 世界上最有用
的学问是告诉我们怎样死得其所。
■The most utterly lost of all days is that in which you have not once laughed. 完全虚度的日子
是你一次也没有笑过的日子。
■The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. 狡兔三窟。
■The mouth of a wise man is in his heart; the heart of a fool is in his mouth. 聪明人的嘴在心里,
蠢人的心在嘴上。
■The only secret a woman can keep is that of her age. 女人能保守的唯一秘密是她的年龄。
■The outsider sees the best (or most) of the game. 旁观者清。
■The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body. 心头的痛苦比肉体的痛苦更厉害。
■The past is for wisdom, the present for action, but for joy the future. 过去是为了求取知识,
现在是为了付诸行动,而未来是为了享受欢乐。
■There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海里的好鱼是取之不尽的。
■There are but three ways of living: by working, by stealing, or by begging. 生活道路有三条∶
劳动、偷盗或乞讨。
■There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other
■There are only two powers in the world, the sword and the pen; and in the end the former is
■There are three ways of spreading news. -- telegraph, telephone, and tel-a-woman. 传播新闻有
三种方法∶电报、电话和告诉女人。
■There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the
的要求有很大的区别。
■There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. 可敬与可笑之间只有一步之差。
■There is more trouble in having nothing to do than in having much to do. 无事可做比有许多
事要做更伤脑筋。
■There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love and innocence. 人世间最大的幸福莫
如既有爱情而又清白无暇。
■There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. 事情本无好与坏,全在自己怎
么想。
■There is nothing which has not been bitter before being ripe. 事情在成功前没有不艰苦的。
■There is no wealth like unto knowledge, for thieves cannot steal it. 没有什么财富像知识那样
保险,因为它偷不去,抢不走。
■There’s as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海里的好鱼是取之不尽的。
■There’s many a slip between the cup and the lip. 天有不测风云。
■There’s more knows Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows. 臭名气并不光彩。
■The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest
in it. -- We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds. 记忆力好的秘密在于
专心,而对于一个问题的专心取决于对这个问题的兴趣。在我们心上留下深刻印象的东西,
我们是不大会忘记的
■The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. 人生一
生中成功的秘诀是在机会来临时要及时抓住。
■The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time. 要想多做事情,最简单
的办法是一次只做一件事。
■The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it. 天不会因瞎子看不见而减其蓝
色。
■The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. 有点礼貌使生活愉快,多点礼貌使
生活高尚。
■The smiles of a pretty woman are the tears of the purse. 美女的微笑就是钱包的泪水。
■The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of
fame. 成功没有其它办法,只有好好工作而不存名利思想。
■The three foundations of learning: seeing much, suffering much, and studying much. 求学的三
个基本原则是∶多观察、多吃苦、多钻研。
■The three things most difficult are, to keep a secret, to forget an injury, and to make good use
of labour. 三件事最困难∶保守秘密,忘却伤害和善用精力。
■The tiger has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it. 老虎一次尝到血,它的贪心
就更大。
■The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high. 舌头虽只三寸长,但能
杀害六尺汉。
■The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping. 兔子睡大觉,乌龟才得胜。
■The truths we least like to hear are those which it is most to our advantage to know. 我们最不
喜欢听到的真实,总是我们知道了会大有好处的真实。
镑受到污浊。
■The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his
■The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. 水能载舟,也能覆舟。
■The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. 国家智慧,寓于格言,
它们精辟,而且简练。
■The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds, by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and
■The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks. 聪明人的手不做愚笨人所说的事。
■The wise man has long ears and a short tongue. 聪明人耳朵长,嘴巴短。
■The wise man knows he knows nothing, but the fool thinks he knows it all. 聪明人知道自己
不懂什么,蠢人则以为自己什么都懂。
■The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利。
■The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature. 江山易改,本性难易。
■The world is comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel. 世界对思惟著的人来说,
是一出喜剧,而对凭感觉的人看来,只是一出悲剧。
有人顺梯下降。
■They must hunger in frost that will not work in heat. 少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
■Things of a kind come together; people of a kind fall into the same group. 物以类聚,人以群
分。
■Think about the misfortune of others that you may be satisfied with your own lot. 想想别人的
不幸,你可以对自己的命运感到满足。
■Think all you speak, but speak not all you think. 想想你所说的一切,不要全部说出你所想
的。
■Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; doing well, wisest and best of all. 想得好,聪明;
筹画得好,更聪明;做得好,最聪明最好。
■Think of the devil and he’s looking over your shoulders. 说到曹操,曹操就到。
■Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar. 同智者一起考虑,与俗人一起交谈。
■Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself. 教学相长。
■Those that make the best use of their time have none to spare. 能充分利用时间的人不会有时
间多馀。
■Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for
money. 认为有了钱就能办一切的人,往往准备为了钱而无所不为。
■Those who climb high often have a fall. 爬得高往往跌得重。
■Those who eat best and drink best often do worst. 吃得好喝得好的人往往干得最糟。
■Thos who eat most are not always fattest; those who read most, not always wisest. 吃得最多的
人不一定最肥胖,读书最多的人不一定最聪明。
■Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. 自己有短处,不要揭别人的短处。
■Those who work deserve to eat; those who do not work deserve to starve. 劳动者该得食,不
劳者该挨饿。
■Though thy enemy seem a mouse, yet watch him like a lion. 即使敌人小如鼠,也要防他如
防虎。
■Though you cast out nature with a fork, it will still return. 本性难移。
■Three things soon pass away; the echo of the woods, the rainbow, and woman’s beauty. 三样
东西最易消逝∶树林的回响, 彩虹和妇女的美貌。
■Thy friend has a friend and thy friend’s friend has a friend so be discreet. 你的朋友有朋友,
朋友的朋友又有朋友,所以要谨慎小心。
■Time does not bow to you,, you must bow to time. 必须抓紧时间。
■Time past never returns, a moment lost, lost for ever. 过去的时间决不返回,浪费一点,永
远消失。
■To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more difficult, but to spend it wisely most difficult
of all. 积财难,守财最难,而聪明地散财最难。
是逆风。
■To be angry with a weak man is a proof that you are not very strong yourself. 对弱者发脾气证
明你自己并不很强。
■To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. 维护和平最有
效的办法之一是备战。
■To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money
好得多。
■To have a stomach and lack meat; to have meat and lack a stomach; to lie in bed and cannot
息。
■To him that does everything in its proper time, one day is worth three. 办事不失时机,一天
可抵三天用。
■To live in the hearts of those left behind is not to die. 活在后人心,虽死而犹生。
■To live long is almost everyone’s wish, but to live well is the ambition of a few. 活得长几乎
是每个人的愿望,可是生活得好只是少数人的志气。
幸福。
■To marry a woman for her beauty is like buying a house for its paint. 由于面貌美丽而娶妻,
犹如油漆漂亮而买屋。
■To preserve a friend three things are required: to honour him present, praise him absent, and
中考察他。
■To say little and perform much is the characteristic of great minds. 少讲多做是大智者的特性。
■To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour. 怀著希望
去旅行比抵达目的地更愉快;而真正的成功在于勤劳。
■To travel through the world it is necessary to have the mouth of hog, the legs of a stag, the eyes
of a falcon, the ears of an ass, shoulders of a camel, and the face of an ape, and over plus, a satchel
猿猴的脸,尤其需要的是要有满口袋的金钱和耐心。
■To youth I have but words of counsel -- work, work, work. 对青年人,我要奉劝几句话∶工作,
工作,再工作。
■Travel east or travel west, a man’s own home is still the best. 走到东,走到西,最好还是到
家里。
■True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. 真诚的友
谊犹如强健的身体,要到失去它时,才知它的可贵。
■True wisdom is know what is best worth knowing, and to do what is best worth doing. 真正的
智慧是知道最值得知道的事情和做最值得做的事情。
■Trust not the praise of a friend, nor the contempt of an enemy. 不要信赖朋友的赞扬,也不要
仇敌的轻蔑放在心上。
■Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee. 只要信任你自己,别人不会辜负你。
■Truth and love are two of the most powerful things in the world; and when they both go
者走在一起时,它们是很难抵挡的。
■Truth is honest, truth is sure; Truth is strong and must endure. 真理不会骗人,切实无假;真
理的力量强大,永存不垮。
■Truth is the foundation of all knowledge, and the cement of all societies.真理是一切知识的基
础,是一切社团的纽带。
■Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in one. 两猫
伴一鼠,两妻居一屋,两狗肯一骨,万难同相处。
■Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it. 鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利。
■Two ears to one tongue, therefore hear twice as much as you speak. 两只耳朵对一舌,故应
多听而少说。
■Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other’s little failings. 小过彼此
不相谅,两人友谊难长久。
■Two things doth prolong your life: a quiet heart and a loving wife. 心情平静妻贤淑,延年益
寿多得福。
■Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress, which is great and tall, but bears no fruit. 无益雄辩
不济事,犹如柏树参天不结果。
豪爽,睡眠酣畅。
■Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses. 浪费时间是一切花费中最奢
侈豪华的费用。
■Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away. 水滴天天滴不停,石头最坚也磨损。
■Weak men wait for opportunity, but the strong men make it. 若者等待机会,强者创造机会。
的人。
■Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, leisure, and liberty. 财富可能是一样好
东西,因为它意味著权力,安逸和自由。
■We can live without a brother, but not without a friend. 我们生活中可以没有兄弟,但不能
没有朋友。
■We can live without our friends, but not without our neighbours. 生活可无友,邻居不能无。
■We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. 我们先养成习惯,然后习惯又左右我
们。
■We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth
没有权利享受幸福。
■We hope to grow old, yet we fear old age; that is, we are willing to live, and afraid to die. 我们
希望长大,但怕年老;就是,愿意生,而害怕死。
■We know not what is good until we have lost it. 有的时候不爱惜,失了以后空叹息。
■We must repeat a thousand and one times that perseverance is the only road to success. 我们必
须千百次地反覆说明,坚韧不拔是取得胜利的唯一道路。
■We never know the worth (or value) of water till the well is dry. 井枯方知水可贵。
■We only live once,, but if we work it right once is enough. 我们生命只一次,好自为之一次
足矣。
■We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault. 欲找朋友无缺点,永远
不会有朋友。
■We should never remember the benefit we have offered nor forget the favour received. 施惠莫
记,受恩莫忘。
■We should push our work, the work should not push us. 我们要推动工作,不要让工作推动
我们。
■We should weep for men at their birth and not a t their death. 我们应在人降生时流泪,而不
该在人死亡时哭泣。
■What a sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 不分畛域,一样对待。
■What does the moon care if the dogs bark at her? 月亮岂怕狗来吠。
■Whatever you do, do with your might; Things done by halves are never done right. 不论做什
么事要尽力去搞;事情做得不彻底,就不能算好。
■What good shall I do this day? What good have I done today? 我今天要做些什么好事?我今
天做了些什么好事?
■What is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh. 生于骨中者不会出肉外。
■What is learnt in the cradle lasts (or is carried) to the grave. 小时学会的事情到老不会忘记。
■What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 适用于甲的,也适用于乙。
之于大理石。
■What is there sadder under the sun than a day that is gone and nothing done. 世界上没有什么
事情,较之虚度年华,一事无成,更使人痛心。
■What’s bred in the bone will come out in the flesh. 生就的本性,总会暴露的。
■What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over. 眼不见,心不烦。
■What the eye sees not, the heart craves not. 目不瞬,心不乱。
己身上的也要注意改正。
■What you lose on the swings you gain (or get back) on the roundabouts. 失之东隅,收之桑榆。
■When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred. 怒时数十再说话,大怒数
百方开言。
duty. 蠢人做件羞愧事,总说义不容辞。
■When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war. 龙争虎斗。
■When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window. 贫穷进门来,爱情飞窗外。
■When rogues (or thieves) fall out, honest men come by their own. 盗贼一内哄,好人就自在。
■When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. 祸不单行。
■When the belly is full the mind is among the maids. 逸则思淫。饱则思淫欲?
■When the fight begins within himself a man’s worth something, 内心开始斗争时,为人就会
有价值。
■When the heart is afire, some sparks will fly out at the mouth. 心中发火,口吐妄言。
■When the sun comes in, the doctor goes out. 阳光入室,医生出屋。
■When two friends have a common purse, one sings and the other weeps. 两友合用一钱包,一
个悲来一个笑。
■When two ride on one horse, one must sit behind. 两人共骑一匹马,总有一个背后跨。
■When war begins then hell opens. 战争一开始,地狱门敞开。
■When we have gold we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger. 手头有黄金,惶恐
很担心;两手都空空,处在危急中。
■When you go to buy, use your eyes not your ears. 你去购买东西时,要用眼睛莫用耳。
■Wherever he is satisfied with what he does, he has reached his culminating point--he will
风?
■While the grass grows the horse (or steed) starves. 远水救不了近火。
■While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten. 道高一尺,魔高一丈。
■While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when ‘tis once spoken, ‘tis another’s. 话未出
口属于己,话一出口属别人。
■Who has never tasted bitter, knows not what is sweet. 不尝黄连苦,怎知蜂蜜甜。
■Who has no haste in his business mountains to him seem valleys. 做事不急,履险如夷。
■Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl. 近朱者赤,近墨者黑。
■Who knows not how to dissemble knows not how to live. 掩饰感情全不会,怎样生活必不知。
■Who minds his own business has no time to mind other folks. 为人只顾自己事,就无时间关
心人。
■Who undertakes many things at once, seldom does anything well. 许多事情同时干,一件事
也办不成。
■Who will not keep a penny, shall never have many. 不积少,不会成多。
■Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love. 坏人服从出于怕,好人服从出于爱。
■Wise men have their mouth in their heart, fools their heart in their mouth. 智者嘴在心里,蠢
人心在嘴上。
■Wise men learn by other men’s mistakes (or harms); fools by their own. 聪明人由别人的错误
获得教训,蠢人由自己的错误获得教训。
毫无生气。
■With time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin. 只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针。
果。
■Wonders are many, and nothing is more wonderful than man. 奇迹很多,但没有一件东西比
人更为奇妙。
■Work today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. 今天有事今天做,
明天可能事受阻。
■Write down the advice of him that loves you, though you like it not at present. 爱你的忠言且
记下,即使你目前不爱它。
■Write it on your heart every day is the best day of the year. 要记住,每天是一年中最好的一
天。
■Yesterday is dead, forget it; tomorrow does not exist, don’t worry; today is here, use it. 昨天已
经消逝,把它忘掉;明天还未来到,不必烦恼;今天就在眼前,把它用好。
■You are the greatest enemy if you are a coward, but if you are brave, you are your greatest
friend. 如果你是胆小鬼,你就是自己最大的敌人;如果你是勇敢者,你就是自己最好的朋友。
■You can do more than strike while the iron is hot; you can make the iron hot by striking. 铁热
时,你能做的不止是锤打,而锤打可使铁热。
■You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time; but you
人;但不能一直愚弄所有的人。
■You (or One) cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. 粗瓷碗雕不出细花来。
■You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk. 你不可能出售乳牛,同时又要喝牛奶。
■You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. 马到河边不喝水,逼马低
头亦枉然。(不要逼人做他不愿做的事)
■You can’t eat your cake and have it. 不能既要吃饼,又要把饼保存。
■You can’t make omelets (or omeletts) without breaking eggs. 有失才有得。
■You make the failure complete when you stop trying. 不再努力之时,就是完全失败之日。
■You may force a man to shut his eyes, but you cannot make him sleep. 你可以迫人闭眼,但
不能使他睡觉。
■You never know what you can do till you try. 事非经过不知难。
■Young man may die but old men must die. 年轻人可能会死,老年人难免不亡。
年遗憾懊丧。
■Youth is the season of hope, enterprise, and energy, to a nation as well as an individual. 青年
时期对国家和个人都是希望、创业和精力充沛的时期。