外国谚语集锦
1. Brevity is the soul of wit. 言贵简洁。 2. Easier said than done. 说时容易做时难。 3. Fling dirt enough and some will stick. 诽谤重复多遍就会有人相信。 [注] 相似的谚语有: Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 给人强加恶名,毁灭人的一生。 Give a lie twenty-four hours' start, and you can never overtake it. 24小时不辟谣,谣言成事实。 与此相似的中国谚语有:是非吹入凡人耳,万丈黄河洗不清。 3. He who excuses himself accuses himself. 欲盖弥彰。 4. His heart can not be pure whose tongue is not clean. 言语脏者,心灵不净。 5. If the cap fits, wear it. 如果这顶帽子合适你,就戴吧! [注] 意为:如果你认为我是在讲你,那么就认为我在讲你吧。 6. It is one thing to promise and another to perform. 许诺是一回事,实现诺言是另一回事。 7. No one is informed but he who inquires. 多问长知识。 8. Not good is it to harp on the frayed string . 老调重弹,音不悦耳。 [注] 意指老说一个话题令人生厌。 9. One lie makes many. 一旦撒谎,欲止难休。 10. Praise makes good men better and bad men worse. 表扬使好的人变得更好,坏的人变得更坏。 11. Silence gives consent. 缄默即是认可。 [注]相似的谚语有: No answer is also an answer. 12. There is a sin of omission as well as of commission.做与不做均是过。 13. After a dinner sit a while ,after a supper walk a mile. 午饭后歇歇,晚餐后走走。 14. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一个苹果,不要求医问药。 15. Bed is a medicine. 睡好觉,如服药。 16. Early to bed and early to rise. 早睡早起使你聪明健康和富裕。 17. An empty sack cannot stand upright. 空粉袋,站不直。 [注] 寓意人以粮食为主。 18. The end makes all equal. 死亡面前人人平等。 19. A healthy mind is in a healthy body. 身体好则精神爽。 20. A little labour, much health. 适度劳动,没病没痛。 21. Medicines are not meant to live on. 不能靠医药救命。 22. Seek your salve where you get your sore. 何处得病痛,何处寻药医。(或:心病还需心药医。) 23. Beggars must not be choosers. 要饭的哪能挑肥拣瘦。 [注] 相似的谚语是: Never look a gift horse in the mouth. 人家送你马,切莫看口齿。 24. Blessed is he who experts nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. 不奢望得到任何东西的人最幸福,因为他永远不会失望。 相似的谚语有: There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. 杯到嘴边还会失手。 汉语谚语“知足长乐”的意思与此句相似。 25. Better wear out shoes than sheets. 穿破鞋子,胜于磨破床单。 26. Care is enemy to health. 忧愁是健康之敌。 27. Care kill a cat. 忧虑伤身。 28. Cleanliness is next to godliness. 爱洁净仅次于敬上帝。 29. Comfort is better than pride. 宁愿舒适,不慕虚荣。 30. A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 知足常乐 31. Courtesy costs nothing. 谦恭有礼,惠而不费。 [注] 这句话的另一种形式是: There is nothing that costs less than civility. 彬彬有礼,惠而不费。 32. Don't meet trouble half-way. 不要自寻烦恼。 33. Don't outrun the constable. 不要背债。 [注] 这句谚语的另一种形式是: Don't overrun the constable. 从前讨债是英国警察的职责之一,如果你到期不付应付的款项,债权人报警,债务人就可能被逮捕入狱。 34. Eavesdropoers never hear any good of themselves. 隔墙之耳(偷听者)永远听不见被人夸。 [注] 这句谚语告诫人们不要过于好奇。 相似的谚语还有: The fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait.嘴谗的鱼儿早上钩。 He who peeps through a hole may see what will vex him. 孔中窥视,只见烦恼事。 Too much curiosity lost paradise. 太强好奇心,失去伊甸园。 35. A fault confessed is half redressed. 承认错误等于改正了一半。 [注] 参见另一句谚语: Open confession is good for the soul. 有错承认,心里安然。 与此相似的中国谚语是:知错改错不是错,知错不改错中错。迷途知返,得道未远。 36. Gluttony kills more than the sword. 饕餮**剩余甚于刀剑。 相近的中国谚语:狂饮伤身,暴食伤胃。 整理:zhl201608 |
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