Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。
1、To know everything is to know nothing.什么都知道,一如什么都不知道。
2、You cannot burn the candle at both ends.蜡烛不能两头点,精力不可过分耗。 3、Unity is strength.团结就是力量。 4、A light heart lives long.静以修身。 5、No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。 6、No pleasure without pain.没有苦就没有乐。
7、The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.世界如阶梯,有人上有人下。 8、Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。 9、Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见,心为静。 10、Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠犬不咬人。
11、The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.(舌无骨却能折断骨。)人言可畏
12、Two wrongs do not make a right.别人错了,不等于你对了。 13、Beauty lies in the love's eyes. 情人眼里出西施。
14、Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.抱最好的愿望,做最坏的打算。
15、I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too. 朋友不能阿谀奉承。 16、The more noble, the more humble.人越高尚,越谦虚。 17、If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.耳朵发烧,有人念叨。 18、Life is but a span. 人生苦短。 19、Example is better then percept.说一遍,不如做一遍。
20、A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。
21、Every day is not Sunday.好景不常在,好花不长开。
22、Do well and have well.善有善报。 23、All covet, all lose. 贪多必失。
24、A fault confessed is half redressed. 承认错误,等于改正一半。
25、A clean hand wants no washing. 身正不怕影子斜。 |