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常用英语谚语学习
A
A crow is never the whiter for washing
herself often.
江山易改,本性难移;狗改不了吃屎。
(讽刺那些恶习难改的人或是提醒他人注意防范坏人。
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A fault confessed is half redressed.
知过能改,善莫大焉。
(关于原谅、宽容。
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A fool’s haste is no speed.
急急忙忙,想快反慢;欲速则不达。
(不可急功近利,做事要稳妥。
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A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
多行不义必自毙;做贼心虚。
(用于规劝他人向善。
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A burden of one's choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
(自己喜欢的、
感兴趣的事做起来很轻松愉快。
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A
bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
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一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林;到手的才实在;把握现在,不要空想未来。
(珍惜自己所拥有的,不要去强求自己无法得到的东西)
A candle lights others and consumes
itself.
蜡烛照亮别人,却毁灭了自己。
(比喻有牺牲、奉献精神的人,如老师。
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Adversity leads to prosperity.
穷则思变。
(讲逆境、困难。
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A fair death honors the whole life.
死得其所,流芳百世。
(对伟人评价。
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A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
(
劝告的话不中听,但往往是正确的。
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A word
spoken is past recalling. / A word spoken is an
arrow let fly.
一言既出,驷马难追。
(信守诺言。
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Although the sun shines, leave not your
cloak at home.
未雨绸缪。
(事前做好准备、防范措施。
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All good things come to an end.
好景不常;天下没有不散的筵席。
(离别时互相劝慰的话语。
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A crooked stick throws a crooked
shadow.
上梁不正下梁歪;曲杖生曲影。
(说明榜样的重要性。
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A man can lead a horse to the water but
he cannot make him drink.
师傅领进门,修行在个人。
(表明个人在学习中的重要性。
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A cat may look at a king.
猫也有权晋见国王。
(人人平等。
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A contented mind is perpetual feast.
知足常乐。
(知足的人能保有愉悦的心情。
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Admonish your friends in private,
praise them in public.
在私底下要忠告你的朋友,在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。
(交友之道,朋友间相处的方式。
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A good example is the best sermon.
身教胜似言教。
(行动是最具有说服力的。
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A hasty man is seldom out of trouble.
性急难免出岔子。
(做事要沉稳,要保持冷静的头脑。
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A man cannot spin and reel at the same
time. / A man cannot whistle and drink at the
same time.
一心不能二用。
(要专一、专心。
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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。
(心态的重要性,好的心态是成功的关键。
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A road of a thousand
miles begins with one step.
千里之行始于足下。
(要脚踏实地,一切都要从头开始。
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B
Better give than take.
施比受有福。
(学会付出,不要一味的索取。
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Beauty is but a blossom.
美丽只是盛开的花朵。
(美丽只是瞬间,不要以貌取人。
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Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as
a flower without perfume.
美而无德犹如花之无香。
(高尚的道德胜过外表的美丽。
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Bees that have honey in their mouths
have stings in their tails.
口蜜腹剑。
(形容表里不一。
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Behind bad luck comes good luck.
塞翁失马,焉知非福。
(劝慰他人的话。
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Be just to all, but trust not all.
要公正对待所有的人,但不要轻信所有的人。
(对人要保有戒心,切不可轻信于人。
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Be prepared to put one's
hand in one's pocket.
准备慷慨解囊。
(要有一颗及时行善的心。
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Better an empty purse than an empty
head.
宁可钱袋瘪,不要脑袋空。
(知识就是力量,拥有知识胜过一切。
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Brevity is the soul of wit.
言以简洁为贵。
(说话要抓重点,不要啰嗦。
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C
Constant dropping wears
the stone. / Constant dripping wears away the
stone.
滴水穿石;铁杵磨成针。
(持久的努力会有成效。
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Call a spade a spade.
直言不讳;有话直说;说一是一,说二是二。
(做人要诚实、坦率。
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Cast not the first stone.
欲谴责别人前,先扪心自问是否无罪。
(批评别人前,先反省自己。
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Care brings grey hair. /Care killed the
cat.
忧虑催人老。
/
忧虑伤身。
(心态与健康的关系密切。
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Come what may, heaven won't fall.
船到桥头自会直。
(事情一定会有结果。
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Coming events cast their shadows before
them.
山雨欲来风满楼。
(事情发生前的征兆。
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Children are what the mothers are.
耳濡目染,身教言传。
(人与人之间的影响是潜移默化的。
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Creep before you walk.
循序渐进。
(做事要按一定的顺序,不可冒进。
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D
Deliberate in counsel,
prompt in action.
考虑要仔细
,
行动要迅速
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(思考与效率的重要性。
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Do not teach fish to swim. /Don't try
to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
不要班门弄斧。
(不要做不自量力的事。
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Don't bite off more than you can chew.
贪多嚼不烂;不要自不量力。
(凡事要适度,切不可贪多。
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Do as you would be done by.
己所不欲,勿施于人。
(不要把自己的意愿强加于人。
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Doing is better than saying.
与其挂在嘴上,不如落实在行动上。
(行动是最重要的,凡事都需要亲身体验。
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Do it now.
机不可失,时不再来。
(不要总把希望寄托于明天。
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Do nothing by halves.
凡事不可半途而废。
(做事要有毅力。
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E
Every man has his faults.
金无足赤,人无完人。
(人都有缺点,不要过度追求完美。
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Every advantage has its disadvantage.
有利必有弊。
(事物的两面性。
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Every day is not Sunday.
好景不常在。
(所有的事物都会有消亡的那一天。
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Every man has his hobbyhorse.
萝卜青菜,各有所爱。
(每个人的兴趣不同,志向不同。
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Every man is the architect of his own
fortune.
自己的命运自己掌握。
(自己的未来是自己创造的。
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Every minute counts.
分秒必争。
(珍惜时间。
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Experience must be bought.
吃一堑,长一智。
(经验让人获得成长。
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F
Fortune helps him that's
willing to help himself. / God helps those who
help
themselves.
天助自助者。
(人最靠得住的就是自己。
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Faults are thick where love is thin.
一朝情意淡,样样不顺眼。
(感情破灭之后,一切都不再美好。
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Fear always springs from ignorance.
恐惧源于无知。
(知识的重要性。
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First think and then speak.
先想后说。
(说话前要经过思考。
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Fools grow without watering.
朽木不可雕。
(人或事物无药可救,无法挽回。
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Four eyes see more than two.
集思广益。
(群众的智慧是无穷的、听取大众的意见。
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Friends agree best at
distance.
朋友之间也会保持距离。
(要给人留以空间。
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G
Grasp all, lose all.
样样都要,全都失掉。贪多嚼不烂。
(要懂得取舍。
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Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
众口铄金,积毁销骨。
(流言的杀伤力巨大。
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Great hopes make great man.
伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。
(理想之于人格塑造的重要性。
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H
Hope for the best and
prepare for the worst.
做最好的打算,做最差的准备。
(做
事要周全或是以积极的心态面对困境。
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Handsome is he who does handsomely. /
Beauty is as beauty does.
行为漂亮才算美。
(内心美才重要。
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Happy is the man who learns from the
misfortunes of others.
吸取他人教训,自己才会走运。
(要从别人的身上学习获得知识。
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Hear all parties.
兼听则明。
(不可偏听一面之词。
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Heaven never helps the man who will not
act.
自己不动,叫天何用。
(自己要采取补救的措施。
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He is lifeless that is faultless.