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Better late than never.
迟做总比不做好。
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2
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Easier said than done.
说起来容易做起来难。
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3
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Something is better
than nothing.
有总比没有好。
(
4
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Better
safe than sorry.
(事后追悔不如事前稳妥。)
(
5
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Two
heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。
(
6
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Actions speak
louder than words.
(事实胜于雄辩。)
(
7
)
Hea
lth is better than wealth.
健康胜于财富。
(
8
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The
sooner begun, the sooner done.
开始越早,完成得越早。
(
9
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Honesty is the best
policy.
诚实总是上策。
(
10
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The best fish
are / swim near the bottom.
好鱼居水底。
(有价值的东西不能轻易得到。)
(注:以上谚语运用了形容词或副词的比较级、最高级。)
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11
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See
ing is believing.
眼见为实。
(
12
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Saving
is getting.
(节约就是获得。)
(
13
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It
is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水难收。
(
14
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A
rising tide lifts all boats.
水涨众船高。
(
15
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Time lost cannot be
recalled.
光阴一去不复返。
(
16
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One is
never too old to learn.
活到老,学到老。
(
17
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It’s never too late
to mend.
(亡羊补牢,未为迟也。)
(
18
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To
stand still is to move back.
逆水行舟,不进则退。
(
19
)
To
live is to learn, to learn is to better live.
活着为了学习,学习为了更好的活着。
(
20
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Live not to
eat, but eat to live.
活着不是为了吃饭,吃饭为了活着。
(注:以上谚语运用了非谓语动词。)
(
21
)
All work and
no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作
/
学习不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻。
(
22
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Early to
bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,
wealthy, and wise.
早起早睡使你健康、富裕、聪明。
(
23
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You may take a
horse to the water, but you cannot make him
drink.
领马河边易,逼马饮水难。(不要逼人做不愿做的事。)
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(
24
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Mone
y makes the mare go.
有钱能使鬼推磨。
(
25
)
An
apple a day keeps the doctor
away.
(一天一苹果医生远离我。)
(注:以上谚语运用了
“make/keep+ O.+
O.C.”
结构。)
(
26
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All that glitters is
not gold. / All is not gold that glitters.
闪光的并非都是金子。
(
27
)
All that dogs bark
at are not thieves. / All are not thieves that
dogs bark at.
狗吠者未必是贼。(勿以貌取人。)
(
28
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Every couple
is not a pair. / Not every couple is a pair.
成双未必能配对。
(注:以上谚语运用了部分否定结构。)
(
29
)
It
is the early bird that catches the worm.
早出的鸟儿吃到虫。(疾足者先得。)
(
30
)
It’s a long
lane that has no
turning.
否极泰来。
路必有弯,事必有变。(没有弯曲的路真长。)
/
(不顺是暂时,转机定出现。)
(
31
)
It
is love that makes the world go round.
爱使世界更美好。
(
32
)
It
is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good
wife that never grumbles.
良马会失蹄,贤妻有牢骚。
(注:以上谚语运用了强调句型。)
(
33
)
Never put off
till tomorrow.
(今日事,今日毕。)
(
34
)
An
eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
以眼还眼,以牙还牙。
(
35
)
A
fall into the pit, a gain in your
wit.
吃一堑,长一智。
(
36
)
Once bitten,
twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。(一次上当,下次小心。)
(
37
)
Out
of sight, out of mind.
眼不见,心不想。(不见就忘。)<
/p>
/
(离久情疏。)
(
38
)
Waste not,
want not.
不浪费,不愁缺。
(
39
)
No
pains, no gains.
不劳无获。
(
40
)
More
hasty, less speed.
欲速则不达。
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(
41
)
Like
father, like son.
有其父,必有其子。
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/p>
(
42
)
Wel
l begun, half done.
好的开始等于成功的一半。
(
43
)
An
idle youth, a needy age.
少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
(
44
)
The older, the
wiser.
姜是老的辣。
(
45
)
As
the tree, so the fruit.
种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
(
46
)
The sooner, the
better.
越快越好。
(
p>
47
)
First come,
first served.
先到者先受用。(先到先得。)
(
48
)
No
thing brave, nothing have.
不入虎穴
< br>,
焉得虎子。
(
49
)
So
said, so done.
说到做到
,
< br>言出必行。
(
50
)
Easy come, easy go.
来也匆匆,去也匆匆。
(注:以上谚
语运用了
“
省略
”
结构。)
(
51
)
He
laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑在最后,谁笑得最好。
(
52
)
All’s well that
ends well.
结果好就是一切好。
(
53
)
God helps
those who help themselves.
天助自助者。
(
54
)
Those who live in glass
houses should not throw stones.
家居玻璃房,切忌乱扔石。(自己有弱点,勿揭他人短。)
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55
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He
that corrects not small faults will not control
great ones.
小错不纠,大错难控。
(注:以上谚语运用了定语从句。)
(
56
)
When in Rome
do as the Romans do.
入境问俗。(入乡随俗。)
(
57
)
Strike while the
iron is hot.
趁热打铁。
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