excellent英汉互译中的谚语巧合以及中文小吃翻译

2021年1月24日发(作者：cappuccino什么意思)
俚语和谚语是英语学习中的一大绊脚石。
我们不明白这些俗语的含义，
是因为我
们和英语国家的文化背景不同。
如果能在汉语中为这些俗语找到对应的说法，
问
题就 解决了。
我们向你介绍一些英汉合璧的俚语和谚语，
帮助你的英语学习更上
一层楼。< br>


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 fter 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.



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.

下面的谚语不难理解了吧？


NOW, TRY YOUR HAND ON THE FOLLOWING:



Love is blind.


beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgement. This is often
used of a person whose judgement 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.



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,