英语谚语与中文谚语的区别

英语谚语与中文谚语的区别

【篇一：英语谚语与中文谚语的区别】

1.

爱屋及乌

love me, love my dog.

2.

百闻不如一见

seeing is believing.

3.

比上不足比下有余

worse off than some, better off than many;

to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.

4.

笨鸟先飞

a slow sparrow should make an early start.

5.

不眠之夜

white night

6.

不以物喜不以己悲

not pleased by external gains, not

saddened by personnal losses

7.

不遗余力

spare no effort; go all out; do ones best

8.

不打不成交

no discord, no concord.

9.

拆东墙补西墙

rob peter to pay paul

10.

辞旧迎新

bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring

out the old year and ring in the new

11.

大事化小小事化了

try first to make their mistake sound less

serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all

12.

大开眼界

open ones eyes; broaden ones horizon; be an eye-

opener

13.

国泰民安

the country flourishes and people live in peace

14.

过犹不及

going too far is as bad as not going far enough;

beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too

little

15.

功夫不负有心人

everything comes to him who waits.

16.

好了伤疤忘了疼

once on shore, one prays no more

17.

好事不出门恶事传千里

good news never goes beyond the

gate, while bad news spread far and wide.

18.

和气生财

harmony brings wealth.

19.

活到老学到老

one is never too old to learn.

20.

既往不咎

let bygones be bygones

21.

金无足赤人无完人

gold cant be pure and man cant be perfect.

22.

金玉满堂

treasures fill the home.

23.

脚踏实地

be down- to-earth

24.

脚踩两只船

sit on the fence

25.

君子之交淡如水

the friendship between gentlemen is as pure

as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green

27.

礼尚往来

courtesy calls for reciprocity.

28.

留得青山在不怕没柴烧

where there is life, there is hope.

29.

马到成功

achieve immediate victory; win instant success

30.

名利双收

gain in both fame and wealth

31.

茅塞顿开

be suddenly enlightened

32.

没有规矩不成方圆

nothing can be accomplished without

norms or standards. 33.

每逢佳节倍思亲

on festive occasions

more than ever one thinks of ones dear ones far is on

the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.

34.

谋事在人成事在天

the planning lies with man, the outcome

with heaven. man proposes, god disposes.

35.

弄巧成拙

be too smart by half; cunning outwits itself

36.

拿手好戏

masterpiece

37.

赔了夫人又折兵

throw good money after bad

38.

抛砖引玉

a modest spur to induce others to come forward

with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale

39.

破釜沉舟

cut off all means of retreat

；

burn one‘s own way of

retreat and be determined to fight to the end

40.

抢得先机

take the preemptive opportunities

41.

巧妇难为无米之炊

if you have no hand you cant make a fist.

one cant make bricks without straw.

42.

千里之行始于足下

a thousand-li journey begins with the first

step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

43.

前事不忘后事之师

past experience, if not forgotten, is a

guide for the future. 44.

前人栽树后人乘凉

one generation plants

the trees in whose shade another generation sows

and another reaps.

45.

前怕狼后怕虎

fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind

hesitate in doing something

46.

强龙难压地头蛇

even a dragon (from the outside) finds it

hard to control a snake in its old haunt - powerful outsiders

can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.

47.

强强联手

win-win co-operation

48.

瑞雪兆丰年

a timely snow promises a good harvest.

49.

人之初性本善

mans nature at birth is good.

50.

人逢喜事精神爽

joy puts heart into a man.

51.

人海战术

huge- crowd strategy

52.

世上无难事只要肯攀登

where there is a will, there is a way.

53.

世外桃源

a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of

the world;

54.

死而后已

until my heart stops beating

55.

岁岁平安

peace all year round.

56.

上有天堂下有苏杭

just as there is paradise in heaven, ther

are suzhou and hangzhou on earth

57.

塞翁失马焉知非福

misfortune may be an actual blessing.

58.

三十而立

a man should be independent at the age of

thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.

59.

升级换代

updating and upgrading (of products)

60.

四十不惑

life begins at forty.

61.

谁言寸草心报得三春晖

such kindness of warm sun, cant be

repaid by grass. 62.

水涨船高

when the river rises, the boat

floats high.

63.

时不我待

time and tide wait for no man.

64.

杀鸡用牛刀

break a butterfly on the wheel

65.

实事求是

seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be

true to facts

66.

说曹操

,

曹操到

talk of the devil and he comes.

67.

实话实说

speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as

it is

68.

< br>实践是检验真理的唯一标准

practice is the sole criterion for

testing truth.

69.

山不在高

,

有仙则名

no matter how high the mountain is, its

name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy;

70.

韬光养晦

hide ones capacities and bide ones time

71.

糖衣炮弹

sugar- coated bullets

72.

天有不测风云

anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from

the blue

73.

团结就是力量

unity is strength.

74.“

跳进黄河洗不清

”eve if one jumped into the yellow river, one

can not wash oneself clean--theres nothing one can do to clear

ones name

75.

歪风邪气

unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

76.

物以类聚

,

人以群分