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1、=爱情的王国不用刀剑来统治。Love rules his kingdom without a sword. =爱情始甜而终苦。Love is sweet in the beginning but sour in the ending.=爱情是甜蜜的痛苦。Love is a sweet torment.爱情是一种甜蜜的痛苦。=抱最大的希望，做最坏的准备。Hope for the best and prepare for the worst./ =要最好的结果，做最坏的准备。Provide for the worst, the best will save itself. =并非人人都能当头。Al
2、l men cannot be masters./We cannot all be masters. =不管做什么，都要一心一意。Whatever you do, do with all your might.=不请自来，没人接待。不速之客坐冷板凳。He who comes uncalled, sits unserved.=不是大获全胜，就是满盘皆输。Either win the horse or lose the saddle.=不要孤注一掷。不成功，便成仁。He will make a spoon or spoil a horn./Make or break./Mend or mar./不
3、成功便成仁。Win the mare or lose the halter. /不要孤注一掷。凡事要有两手准备。Dont put all your eggs in one basket. /切莫孤注一掷。不可铤而走险。Do not keep all your eggs in one basket./Venture not all in one bottom. /切勿孤注一掷。Dont put all your eggs in one basket. =不要在太岁头上动土。别惹麻烦。勿打草惊蛇。不要惹事生非。Let sleeping dogs lie./Wake not a sleeping l
4、ion./It is dangerous to wake a sleeping dog./It is ill to wake sleeping dogs./ It is best to let sleeping dogs lie./不要无事生非，免得自讨苦吃。It is not good to wake a sleeping lion./ 不要惹事生非。Dont wake a sleeping dog. /Let a sleeping dog lie. /别在太岁头上动土。Gentle puddocks have long toes./虎口拔牙。（太岁头上动土。）Beard the lion
5、in his den. =苍蝇不叮无缝的鸡蛋。口紧不招祸。A close mouth catches no flies./Into a shut mouth flies fly not.=成事在天，谋事在人。Man proposes, God disposes. =聪明人一点就明。响鼓不用重锤。明白人不用多言语。Few words suffice to the wise. /Few words to the wise suffice. /响鼓不用重锤敲。举一反三。聪明者一点就通，愚蠢者棒打不回。响鼓不用重锤。（明白人不用多言语。）Half a tale/word is enough for a
6、 wise man. 智者一说就领会。/=智者当差，不用交代。心有灵犀一点通。智者不用多告诫。A word to the wise is enough/sufficient./话有三说，巧说为妙。少说为妙。A word is enough for/to the wise./智者当差，不用交代。Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him./ 智者一点即通。To a wise man one word is enough. /心有灵犀一点通。Mind acts upon mind. =大祸临头。祸事临头。The black ox has
7、 trod his foot.=东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。样样是新的好，只有朋友是老的好。物莫如新，友莫如故。衣不如新，人不如故。Everything is good when new, but friends when old./物莫如新。Everything new is fine. =肚子太饱，不能打仗也不能逃跑。A full belly neither fights nor flies well. =对于公鸡来说，麦粒胜过钻石。A barly-corn is better than a diamond to a cock. =恶人自有恶人磨。倒霉鬼，不得闲。There is no p
8、eace for the wicked.=凡事必先难而后易。 All things are difficult before they are easy.=否极泰来。物极必反。Extremes meet. 从一个极端走向另一个极端。/否极泰来。阳光总在风雨后。雨过天晴。After a storm comes a calm. /After black clouds, clear weather. /（否极泰来。苦尽甘来。）After rain comes fair weather/clear sunshine. / /不经风雨寒，不知阳光暖。不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。If there were n
9、o clouds, we should not enjoy the sun./天无绝人之路。阳光总在风雨后。祸兮福所依。Every dark cloud has a silver lining. / Every cloud has a silver lining. 否极泰来。柳暗花明又一村。 =富贵亲朋多，贫贱验真情。富贵交友易，患难见真情。Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. /富贵有亲朋，穷困无兄弟。贫居闹市无人问，富在深山有远亲。In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty; in t
10、ime of adversity, not one amongest twenty. /富贵亲朋多。Rich folk have many friends. /富家山野有人瞅。A rich mans joke is always funny./He that hath a full purse never wanted a friend. /富在深山有远亲。Every one is akin to the rich man./Rich men can want no kindred./The rich never want for kindred.富人不缺亲戚。/钱包丰厚的人从来不缺少朋友。H
11、e that has a full purse never wants a friend. /有钱朋友遍四方。Wealth makes many friends. /有钱有酒，必有朋友。A full purse never lacks friend. =腹饱思眠。吃饱喝足就想歇。When the belly is full, the bones would be at rest.=故事总是被人们说的添枝加叶。A tale never loses in the telling. =光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。A man of words and not of deeds is like a
12、garden full of weeds. 光说空话啥不搞，就像花园尽长草。/ =过犹不及。凡事过则必伤。Over doing is doing nothing to purpose./Over fast over loose./Over sicker over loose./To much is as bad as too little. / Too much of one thing is good for nothing./Too much of one thing is not good./You may have too much of a good thing./过犹不及。Too
13、much water drowned the miller. /Enough is better than too much./ Enough is as good as a feast. /过犹不及。More than enough is too much. /You may go farther and fare worse. /Going too far is as bad as not going far enough./过犹不及。矫枉过正。 Too far east is west. =好朋友像冬天的太阳。A good friend is as the sun in winter./
14、人生没有朋友，犹如人生没有了太阳。A life without a friend is a life without a sun. =好心不一定有好报。A loyal heart may be landed under Traitors Bridge. /好心没好报。Hell is paved with good intentions./The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. /好心有好报。Good mind, good find./好人有好报。A good deed is never lost./ 好人有好报。诚实必有回报。Honest
15、y pays.=欢娱嫌时短。欢乐时光过得快。Pleasant hours fly past./Time takes wings when youre enjoying yourself./欢乐不觉时光过。Happiness takes no account of time. =火是一把双刃剑。Fire is a good servant but a bad master. =机不可失，时不再来。如花美眷，似水流年。The mill cannot grind with (the) water that is past./如花美眷，似水流年。往者已矣，来者可追。往者不可谏，来者犹可追。/ A mi
16、ll cannot grind with the water that is past. =积跬步，成千里。Step after step the ladder is ascended.梯子需要逐级登。登梯需要逐级登。/世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down. =己所不欲，勿失于人。想别人怎样对你，你就怎样对人。爱人者，人爱之；敬人者，人敬之。将心比心。All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye eve
17、n so to them. /己所不欲，勿失于人。Do unto others as you would be done by./All things whatever ye would that men should not do to you, do ye even not to them./Do for others just what you want them to do for you./Do not to others what you do not wish them to do with you./Do to others as you would have them do
18、to you./Dont let the others do the things that you yourself dont want to do it./爱人者，人爱之；敬人者，人敬之。Use others as you would have them use you./Treat others just what you want them to do for you./人心换人心。（将心比心。）Do as you would be done by. /想别人怎样对你，你就怎样对人。人心换人心。Always do to others as you would be done by./爱
19、人者人恒爱之，敬人者人恒敬之。He who loves others is constantly loved by them;he who respects others is constantly respected by them.=见树不见林。一叶障目，不见泰山。以偏概全。He cannot see the wood for the tree./见木不见林，逐末而忘本。Cannot see the wood for the tree. /一叶障目，不见泰山。（见树不见林。）One cannot see the wood for the trees. /You cannot see the
20、 city for the houses. /You cannot see the wood for the trees. =谨慎消灾。Good watch prevents misfortune.=尽力而为。不能尽如人意，也应竭尽全力。They who cannot do as they would, must do as they can. /=身不由己也应尽力而为。We do as we can, since when we cant do as we would. =近朱者赤，近墨者黑。交什么人，学什么人。什么人交什么友。He that sleeps with dogs rise up
21、 with flees. / He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas./ Evil communications corrupt good manners. 交恶友，损德行。/跟好人学好人。Keep good men company and you shall be of the number./休与恶人为伍。Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number. /跟坏人，学坏人。（近墨者黑。）Who keeps company with wolves, will lear
22、n to howl./Good man teach good; companionship with bad will but corrupt the good mind that you had./He that lies down with dogs, must rise up with fleas./He that touches pitch shall be defiled./交什么人，学什么人。跟什么样的人学什么样。He that lives with cripples learns to limp./近朱者赤。A boy living next to a temple knows
23、the litany by heart./Near vermilion one gets stained pink./The finger that touches rouge will be red./跟好人，学好人。With the good we become good./ If you go a year with a cripple, youll limp at the end of it./近墨者黑。They that touch pitch will be defiled./常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。Touch pitch, and you will be defiled./跟着坏
24、人难学好。He who keeps company with a wolf will learn to howl. /久在河边走，焉能不湿鞋。老子偷瓜盗果，儿子杀人放火。The cask savours of the first fill./He who scrubs every pig he sees will not long be clean himself./He who touches pitch must expect to be defiled./He who touches pitch will be defiled./One cannot touch pitch withou
25、t being defiled./老子偷瓜盗果，儿子杀人放火。（近朱者赤，近墨者黑。）Every cask smells of the wine it contains. /三人行，必有我师。He that walks with wise men shall be wise. /与有智之人同行，你会变得聪颖。Walk with the wise men and you shall be wise. /跟什么样的人学什么样。He that lives with cripples learns to limp. =精诚所至，金石为开。Faith can/will remove mountains.
26、 /忠诚移山。Faith moves a mountain./有爱就有路。爱心所至，金石为开。爱之所至，金石为开。Love will find out the way.爱情自会寻出路。/有爱就有路。真情所至，金石为开。爱心所至，金石为开。爱之所至，金石为开。Love will find a way.爱情自会寻出路。 =口是心非人常有。Many a one says well that thinks ill. =困难象弹簧，你弱它就强。Problems loom large when men dont. =懒驴上磨屎尿多。Idle folks have most labour. /The wor
27、st wheel of a cart creaks most./懒汉辩解，何患无词。Idle folks lack no excuses./懒驴上磨屎尿多。懒猫逮不住老鼠，懒人出不了成果。Muffled cats catch no mice./ A cat in gloves catches no mice.带手套的猫捉不到老鼠。/懒人不着闲。Idle folks have the least leisure. /Lazy folks have the most labour./懒人不着闲。Lazy folks have the least leisure./懒汉多吃苦。Lazy folks
28、take the most pains. /懒人做工作，越懒越费力。Idle folks take the most pains./Idle people have the most labour. =滥交不如无友。宁可孤芳自赏，也不同流合污。宁可孤身一人，不与坏人结群。Better alone than in bad company./没朋友也不滥交友。交损友不如无友。Better be alone than in bad company./ 没朋友也不滥交友。It is better to be alone than in ill company./ 宁可独处，勿交恶友。Better to
29、 be alone than in bad company. 宁可孤单也不交坏朋友。/滥交者无友。广交友，无深交。A friend to everybody/all is a friend to nobody/none. 对一切人都是朋友，对哪一个也不是朋友。=良药苦口。Good medicine always tastes bitter./Good medicine is bitter in the mouth. /良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。A good medicine tastes bitter./良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。Unpleasant advice is a goo
30、d medicine./良药苦口利于病。Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth. /良药苦口利于病。忠言逆耳，良药苦口。Advice is like medicine, the better it is, the nastier to take. /Bitter pills may have sweet effects. /Advice is like medicine, the better it is, the nastier./忠言逆耳。Advice is seldom welcome. /Advice when most
31、needed is least heeded. /忠言逆耳利于行。直言无害。Hard words break no bones. /（忠言逆耳利于行。）Good counsel does no harm. /（忠言逆耳利于行。）Good counsel never comes amiss./忠言逆耳。Advice when most needed is least heeded. /忠言逆耳利于行。Hard words break no bones. =两人同事，必有主次。When two ride on one horse, one must sit behind./不可能人人得第一。If
32、two men ride a horse, one must ride behind. /不可能人人得冠军。All men cant be first. =锣鼓听声，听话听音。注意言下之意。（话中有话。）More is meant than meets the ear. /闻其声而知其人。The bird is known by his note, the man by his words. /锣鼓听声，听话听音。A bird may be known by its song. 什么鸟唱什么歌。 /闻声知鸟鸣，闻言见人心。A bird is known by its note, and a m
33、an by his talk/words. 鸟以声闻，人以言知。/听话听音，话里有话。Figure out the meaning of someones words./The sting is in the tail. =满招损，谦受益。Haughtiness invites disaster, humility receives benefit. /Humility often gains more than pride./Modest dogs miss much meat. =逆境出人才。患难能使人聪明，但不能使人富有。Adversity makes a man wise,not ri
34、ch. =七十二行，各干一行。Every man for/to his own trade./敲锣卖糖，各干一行。干一行爱一行。干东行不说西行，贩骡马不说猪羊。A shoemaker should stick to his last./干一行爱一行。Let not the cobbler go beyond his last./干东行不说西行，贩骡马不说猪羊。Let the cobbler stick to his last. /安分守己。A cobbler should stick to his last.=气壮如牛，胆小如鼠。（外强中干。）Many would be cowards if
35、they had courage enough.=轻诺者寡信。He that promises too much means nothing./Those who are quick to promise are generally slow to perform. /轻诺者，信必寡。A man apt to promise is apt to forget.=情同手足。真朋友亲如手足。Count true friends as brothers. =饶舌者的嘴巴是魔鬼的邮袋。A gossips mouth is the devils mail-bag. =人不可貌相，海不可斗量。不可以貌取人
36、。人不可貌相。Judge not from/according to the appearance./A black hen lays white eggs./A royal heart is hidden under a tattered cloak./Men are not to be measured by inches./人不可貌相。Dont judge a book by its cover./Judge not a book by its cover./You cannot judge a tree by its bark./You cannot judge the horse b
37、y the harness./人不可貌相。表面文章不可信。Appearance often deceives. /There is no trusting to appearance./不可以貌取人。A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. 相马不可凭马的装饰。/切勿以貌取人。Dont judge by appearance./穿袈裟的不一定是和尚。The cowl does not make the monk./The habit does not make the monk./The hood does not make
38、the monk./It is not the hood that makes the monk./外表是靠不住的。Appearances are (often) deceptive./人不可以貌相，海水不可以斗量。不可以貌取人。Never judge from appearances./切莫以貌取人。Never judge by appearance. /切勿以貌取人。（人不可貌相。）Never judge people by their appearance. /外表靠不住。In appearance place no trust. /美丽的面孔不算美，美丽的心灵才是美。（不可以貌取人。）
39、Beauty is but a skin-deep.美丽只是外表罢了。 /君子在德不在衣。鸟美不在羽毛，人美不在相貌。It is not only the feather that makes the bird./人不可貌相。（好马不在鞍，人美不在衣。）Fine feathers do not make fine birds./Its not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. /君子不在衣装。人品好坏，不在穿戴。（好马不在鞍，人美不再衫。）It is not the fine coat that makes the fine gentleman./（
40、好马不在鞍，人美不在衫。）衣服不能成就人。君子不在衣装。Clothes dont make the man. /狗咬的不见得都是小偷。All are not thieves that dogs bark at. /外表欺人。 Appearances are deceptive. /举止造人品。仪表取人。Manners make/maketh the man.=人逢喜事精神爽。（喜形于色。）The hearts mirth does make the face fair. /The joy of the heart makes the face merry.心中快乐，面带喜色。/心中喜悦，面带笑
41、容。A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance. /A blithe heart makes a blooming visage./A happy heart makes a blooming visage.心花怒放，笑逐颜开。/Joy puts heart into a man.心花怒放,笑逐颜开。=人生不如意者常八九。There is a crook in the lot of every one. /不尽人意。Be not all roses. =人无德行难立世。民以食为天。Empty bags cant stand. /有理走遍天下，无理寸步难
42、行。理由充足，行动就坚决。Strong reasons make strong actions. /有理走遍天下，无理寸步难行。人无德行难立世。人是铁，饭是刚，一顿不吃饿得慌。民以食为天。An empty bag/sack cannot stand upright. /人是铁，饭是钢。民以食为天。Bread is the staff of life.=人心叵测。画龙画虎难画骨，知人知面不知心。Mens characters are not always written on their foreheads. 人心叵测。知人知面不知心。大智若愚，大巧若拙。Mens character are n
43、ot always written on their forehead./The face is no index to the heart. /大智若愚，大巧若拙。Cats hide their claws./He who canot play the fool is not a wise man./真人不露相。大智若愚。Greatest genius often lies concealed. =人至察则无友。We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault./没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。A frien
44、d without faults will never be found. =人走运，百事顺。运来百事顺。时来运转百事顺。He dances well to whom fortune pipes. =色厉内荏。刀子嘴，豆腐心。A cold hand and a warm heart./His bark is worse than his bite./ 色厉内荏。爱叫的狗不咬人。犬吠不咬人。Barking dogs do not bite./嘴硬者手软。Barking dogs seldom bite.犬吠不咬人。/爱叫的狗不咬人。（色厉内荏。）Long mint, little dint./犬
45、吠不咬人。好狗不挡道。气壮如牛，胆小如鼠。Great barkers are no biters. =山中无老虎，猴子称霸王。阎王不在，小鬼成精。猫儿不在，鼠儿成精。Among the blind the one-eyed man is king./猫儿不在，鼠儿成精。When the cat is away, the mice will play./大王不在，小鬼成精。When the cats are away the mice will play. /（蜀中无大将，廖化当先锋。）In the country of the blind the one-eyed is king. /In t
46、he kingdom of blind men, the one-eyed man is king./山中无老虎，猴子称大王。In the land of the blind,the one-eyed man is king./山中无老虎，猴子成大王。（蜀中无大将，廖化当先锋。）For want of a wise man, a fool is set in the chair./（蜀中无大将，廖化当先锋。）For want of a wise man, fools sit on benches. /阎王不在，小鬼做怪。When the cats away, the mice will pla
47、y./ 猫儿胆小耗子闹。A shy cat makes a proud mouse. =善言者寡行。语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。光说空话啥不搞，就像花园尽长草。光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。The greatest talkers are (always) the least doers. =身在屋檐下勿以螳臂挡车。识时务者为俊杰。不要螳臂挡车。Dont kick against the pricks. /螳臂挡车。To kick against the pricks./身在屋檐下，不得不弯腰。胳膊扭不过大腿。The earthen pot must keep clear of the bra
48、ss vessel./The wagon must go whither the horses draw it. /身在屋檐下，不得不弯腰。He must stoop that has a low door. /人在屋檐下，不得不低头。As long as you serve the tod, you must bear up his tail./ /身在屋檐下，不得不弯腰。Needs must go when the devil drives./ It is hard to sit in Rome and strive against the Pope./人在屋檐下，焉能不低头。（胳膊扭不过
49、大腿。）It is ill sitting at Rome and striving with the Pope. /人在屋檐下，不得不低头。He must needs go whom the devil drives. /He must needs swim that is held up by the chin. /人在屋檐下，焉能不低头。鸡蛋碰不过石头。Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher. /人在屋檐下。大丈夫能屈能伸。Better bend/bow than break.=施恩勿记，受恩勿忘。If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, remember it always. =事
