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常用俗语大全
常用俗语大全
常用俗语大全
一、常用熟语
《现代汉语词典》对熟语的解释是:“固定的词组,只能整个应用,不能随意变动其中成分,并且往往不能按照一般的构词法来分析,如‘慢条斯理、无精打采、不尴不尬、乱七八糟、八九不离十’等。”
从这个解释我们可以看到,熟语和成语很接近,但范围比成语要广泛。成语除了符合熟语所具备的特点之外,还具有简洁精辟、大多由四字结构组成、一般都有出处(书面来源或典故)、书面色彩较浓等特点。
在语言里,一般词组是临时组合的,而各种熟语则是经久沿用有了定型的,它具有丰富的内容,概括了人们的认识成果,并且口语化程度高,生动活泼,具有很强的表现力。在结构上,不限于四字词组,包括多由三字格组成的“惯用语”,由两个部分组成的“歇后语”,人民群众口头流传的“俗语”和揭示客观事理、富有教育意义的“谚语”等。
在使用上,虽然不能随意变动其中成分,但大多比较灵活,例如中间插上其他成分,如“炒鱿鱼”——“炒你的鱿鱼”。
下面精选常用熟语100个(以惯用语和俗语为主),提供较准确的解释,供师生们参考。
1.八辈子。形容时间久、程度深。如:“我跟着你算了倒了八辈子霉了,自打处对象到结婚,连个布丝儿都没穿过你的。”
2.八竿子打不着。比喻关系疏远或没有关系。如:“就连和东方文化八竿子打不着的情人节、愚人节,也大有席卷华夏之势。”如:“几万字的文字也能做成三五百页的大书,一些书的图和文八竿子打不着,配得莫名其妙,文不够图来凑的现象越来越严重。”
3.八九不离十。几乎接近(实际情况)。如:“奥斯卡提名今晚揭晓,《娱乐周刊》预测八九不离十。”
4.八字没一撇。比喻事情还没有眉目。如:“一年一度的退伍工作就要开始了,辛海伟入了党,当了战斗班长,可当文艺兵的事‘八字没一撇’。”
5.不管三七二十一。不顾一切;不问是非情由。如:“我想,首先是不管三七二十一,‘拿来’!”(鲁迅《拿来主义》)如:“法海和尚见许仙不答应,就不管三七二十一,把他关了起来。”
6.闭塞眼睛捉麻雀。比喻盲目地办事情。如:“‘闭塞眼睛捉麻雀’,‘瞎子摸象’,粗枝大叶„„还在我们党许多同志中继续存在着。”(毛泽东《改造我们的学习》)。
7.拆烂污。捣蛋、胡来。如:“并且因为两国反动派向两国人民撒了许多谎,拆了许多烂污,就是说做了许多的坏宣传和坏事,使得两国人民的联系极不密切。”(毛泽东《为什么要讨论白皮书》)
8.唱白脸。白脸:京剧中的反派角色。指扮演反面
的角色,对事情采取尖酸苛刻的态度。如:“记得有一次妈妈生病了,她都坚持要我背乘数表,背不出就不准我吃饭。妈妈唱白脸,爸爸就唱红脸,所以当时我更喜欢爸爸多一点。”
9.唱对台戏。比喻采取与对方相反的行动,或有意搞垮对方。如:“半岛电视台:同西方唱对台戏。”
10.唱反调。提出相反的主张,采取相反的行动。如:“凯伊离职前与布什唱反调,称伊拉克没有非法武器。”
11.唱高调。说不切实际的漂亮话;说得好听而不去行动。如:“值得注意的是,在道德问题上我们似乎总是陷入一种误区:唱高调的受到赞扬,说实话的遭到贬损;唱高调的得到好处,说实话的丢掉实惠。”如:“大凡贪官都喜欢唱高调——而且是反腐倡廉的高调。究其缘由,一为恐慌,二为掩饰。”
12.唱空城计。比喻掩饰自己力量空虚、骗过对方的方法;比喻某单位的人员全部或大部不在;形容肚子饿。如:“在春运安全最关键时刻,南充两个乡镇党委、政府竟关门闭户,无人上班值班。昨日记者从南充市有关部门获悉,两个唱‘空城计’的乡镇党委书记受到停职检查处理。”如:“难怪肚子大唱空城计,原来该吃晚饭了。”(席娟《我就是赖定你,怎样?!》)
13.唱主角。比喻担负主要任务或在某方面起主导作用。如:“百兽联欢猴子唱主角”如:“京城百姓拜年短信唱主角,一小时发送一千万条”
14.炒鱿鱼。鱿鱼一炒就卷起来,像是卷铺盖,比喻解雇、撤职。如:“就业问题时常困扰着大家。没工作的人找工作,有工作的人又存在着随时被
炒鱿鱼的危险。”如:“韩亲美外长被炒鱿鱼,可能暗示韩对美政策有变。”
15.撑场面。指维护表面的排场;维护体面。如:“因为资金紧缺的原因,将于今日开幕的第六届长春电影节走到了一个骑虎难下的境地。虽然开幕式闭幕式请来了不少港台明星撑场面,但真正唱主角的电影人却寥寥无几。”
16.吃不了兜着走。比喻某人行为造成了很严重的后果。“大贪污犯谢鹤亭伏法鲸吞千万元,吃不了兜着走”如:“没有证据就是诽谤,我让她吃不了兜着走。”
17.吃错药。比喻说话办事有违常理。“头一两天我老在后悔,放着明媚秀丽的桂林不要,偏偏跑到这来活受罪,真是吃错药!”
18.吃香的喝辣的。形容生活条件非常好。如:“小虎子爬起来骂道:‘你他吗的狗眼看人低,小爷我现在可是有钱人了,我要进去吃香的喝辣的,你还得伺候小爷我呢„„’”(蒋胜男《玉手乾坤》)
19.吃小灶。比喻享受到特殊照顾。如:“美经济学家提醒中国外贸:‘吃小灶’不足取,以长期补贴
刺激出口会破坏经济平衡”如:“青岛队主教练汤乐普根据这种情况,决定让这员‘新丁’吃小灶,先单练一周,然后再随队训练。”
20.丑媳妇早晚要见公婆。比喻不好的东西迟早要让人知道。如:“„„
但这种短期行为却为今后的交房酝酿了极大的风险隐患。因为,‘丑媳妇’早晚是要见‘公婆’的。”
21.穿小鞋。比喻暗中报复人,刁难人。如:“谁谁再也不穿小鞋了,因为那个靠帮派势力上台的党委书记被撤了职„„”(张洁《沉重的翅膀》)如:“道理明摆着,不去‘祝贺’一下,把自来水公司得罪了,以后给你‘穿小鞋’,经常停水,有你受的。”
22.闯红灯。比喻超越法现有的规则办事。如:“‘别闯红灯’,这不仅是对我们党政领导干部提出的要求,对于我们体育健儿来说,同样要从平时的一点一滴做起,使自己树立‘别闯红灯’的意识。”
23.打(敲)边鼓。比喻从旁帮腔、助势。如:“过去打仗也好,现在搞工业也好,我都不喜欢站在旁边打边鼓,而喜欢当主角,不管我将演的是喜剧还是悲剧。”(蒋子龙《乔厂长上任记》)如:“当别人问他既然‘不喜欢’,为什么还作诗时,鲁迅推说:‘只因为那时诗坛寂寞,所以打打边鼓,凑些热闹;待到称为诗人的一出现,就洗手不作了。’”
24.打官腔。指说些官场上的辞令、口吻,或用冠冕堂皇的话来应付、推托或责难别人。如:“听报告、看文件以及在新闻媒体中,常见某些领导干部‘打官腔’。”
如:“儿女同父母说话,没有听说打官腔的,因为父母是长辈、是亲人。党政干部是人民公仆,讲话发言,与群众交流思想,不能打官腔。”
25.打水漂。比喻白白投入而没有收获。如:“大赤包是眼里不揉沙子的人,向来不肯把余钱打‘水漂儿’玩。”(老舍《四世同堂》)如:“致富心切上了当,四十万元打水漂。”
谚语
整理一下:
An empty sack cannot stand upright. 空麻袋,立不直。
An enemy's mouth seldom speaks well. 狗嘴里吐不出象牙。
An evening red and a morning grey, is a sign of a fair day. 晚霞红如火,晓色青如灰,定是晴朗天。
An evil chance seldom comes alone. 祸不单行。
An evil lesson is soon learned. 学坏容易。
A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。
Anger is a short madness. 发火是短暂的疯狂。
Anger rests in the bosom of folly. 怒火常寓于蠢人的胸中。
An honest man's word is as good as his bond. 诚实人的话像他的契约一样靠得住。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。 An idle brain is the devil's workshop. 游手好闲是万恶之源。
An idle youth, a needy age. 少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
An ill workman quarrels with his tools. 拙匠常怪工具差。
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell. 错无分大小,有错皆不好。 An nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. 对牛弹琴。
An oak is not felled at one stroke. 万事不能一蹴而就。
An occasion lost cannot be redeemed. 时机失了无法挽回。
An old dog barks not in vain. 老犬不空吠。
An old dog bites sore. 老狗咬人痛得很。
An old dog cannot alter its way of barking. 老狗难改吠声。
An old dog will learn no new tricks. 老家夥学不出新名堂。
An old physician, and a young lawyer. 医生年老的好,律师年轻的俏。 An old poacher makes the best keeper. 老偷猎者是最好的看守人。 An open door may tempt a saint. 一扇开著的大门可诱惑一个圣徒。
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。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 预防胜于治疗。
An ox is taken by the horns, and the man by the tongue. 牛因有脚而被抓,人因有舌而遭殃。
Answer a fool according to his folly. 以其人之道,还治其人之身。 An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men. 正直的法官重法胜于重人。
A penny saved is a penny earned(or gained). 省钱就是赚钱。
A pet lamb makes a cross ram. 宠坏的小羊将成为脾气坏的大羊。
A poor man who takes a rich wife has a ruler, not a wife. 穷汉娶富妻,必受老婆欺。
Apothecaries would not sugar their pills unless they were bitter. 好药不苦不会加糖衣。
Apparel makes the man. 马靠鞍装,人靠衣装。
Appearances are deceitful. 人不可貌相,海水不可斗量。
Appetite comes with eating. 食欲越吃越旺。
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. 白日不做亏心事,夜半不怕鬼敲门。
A ragged coat may cover an honest man. 不能以衣著取人。
Necessity is the mother of invention,but patent right is the father. 需要是发明之母,但专利权是发明之父。
Art is long, but lift is short. 人生有涯,而学无涯。
A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money. 失友都因借钱起。
A road of a thousand miles begins with one step. 千里之行始于足下。
A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔,转业不聚财。
Art lies in concealing art. 隐而不露即艺术。
As a man lives so shall he die. 有生必有死。
As a man's heart is, so does he speak. 言为心声。
As a man sows, so he shall reap. 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
A secret between more than two is no secret. 两人以上知道的秘密就不算秘密。
A servant is known by his master's absence. 主人不在可以看出仆人的品行来。
A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth. 缄默的嘴,真诚的心,是世界上最令人赞美的东西。
A single spark can start a prairie fire. 星星之火,可以燎原。 As is the workman so is the work. 什么工人出什么活。
Ask no questions and you will be told no lies. 如果你少问,谎言就难进。
A smart coat is a good letter of introduction. 人要衣装,佛要金装。
A small leak will sink a great ship. 一个小漏洞可能弄沉一艘大轮船。
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平静的海洋练不出熟练的水手。
A sow, when washed; returns to the muck. 江山易改,本性难移。
A spot is most seen on the finest cloth. 最清洁的布上,污点特别显眼。 As soon as you have drunk, you turn your back upon the spring. 忘恩负义。
A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪,何患无辞。 As the best wine makes the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turns to the deadliest hatred. 美酒可制成烈醋,热爱能变为深仇。
As the call, so the echo. 发什么声音,有什么回声。
As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks. 一厢情愿。
As the inner life is, so will be the language. 言为心声。
As the old cock crows, so doth the young. 有其父必有其子。
As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man. 试金石可以试金,正如黄金可以试人。
As the tree falls, so shall it lie. 自作自受。
我来整理一下:
1. A bad conscience is a snake in one's heart.
做贼心虚。
2. Accidents will happen.
天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福。
3. A clear conscience is a sure card.
为人不做亏心事,半夜不怕鬼敲门。
4. A hedge between keeps friendship green.
君子之交淡如水。
5. All your swans are geese.
事与愿违。
6. As you make the bed, so you must lie in it.
自食其果。
7. A watched pot never boils.
心急吃不了热豆腐。
8. Count one's chickens before they are hatched.
盲目乐观。
9. Danger is next neighbor to security.
塞翁失马,安知非福?
10. Do in Rome as Romans do.
入乡随俗。
11. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
顺其自然。
12. Everybody's business is nobody's business.
三个和尚无水吃。
13. Justice has long arms.
天网恢恢,疏而不漏。
14. He knows most who speaks least./Still water runs deep.
大智若愚。
15. Late fruit keeps well.
大器晚成。
16. Many kiss the baby by the name of the nurse's sake.
醉翁之意不在酒。
17. Misfortune might be a blessing in disguises.
祸兮福所倚,福兮祸所伏。
18. Names are debts.
树大招风。
19. Nothing venture, nothing have.
不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
20. Rest breeds rust.
生命在于运动。
21. Rome was not built in a day.
冰冻三尺非一日之寒。
22. Save your breath to cool your porridge.
各人自扫门前雪,莫管他人瓦上霜。
23. Short pleasure, long lament.
一失足成千古恨。
24. Stick together through thick and thin.
患难与共。
25. Take things as they come.
既来之则安之。
26. The pot calls the kettle black.
五十步笑一百步。
27. The shepherd would rather lose the wool than the sheep.
留得青山在,不怕没柴烧。
28. Things done cannot be undone.
木已成舟。/覆水难收。
29. True blue will never stain.
真金不怕火炼。
30. You cannot make a crab walk straight.
江山易移,本性难改。
只看不练假把式,下面的谚语究竟是什么意思呢?
Common fame is a liar.
The moon is not seen when the sun shines.
31.beat the dog before the lion.
杀鸡给猴看
32.survival of the fittest.
适者生存
33.borrow trouble.
杞人忧天,自找麻烦
34.a watched pot never boils.
心急吃不了热豆腐
35.retort insult for insult.
以牙还牙
36.burn dayligt.
白日点灯,徒劳无益
37.burn one's boats.
破釜沉舟,背水布阵
38.burn oneself out.
筋疲力尽
39.burn oneself out.
筋疲力尽
40.Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
41.A friend indeed is known by sharing hardships.
患难是朋友的试金石。
42.Plain living and high thinking.
生活要朴素,情操要高尚。
43.What is done by night appears by day.
若要人不知,除非己莫为。
44.Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
热情而无知,犹如无光之火。
45.You never know till you have tried.
不尝试,不知晓。
46.Nothing in the world is difficult if you set your mind to it.
世上无难事,只怕有心人。
47.Pay what you owe,and you'll know what's your own.
付清你所欠下的债,方知什么是属于自己的。
48.A life without a friend is a life without a sun.
人若无友,犹如只有生命没有太阳。
49.A good friend is my nearest relation.
好友如近亲。
50.A hedge between keeps friendship green.
淡交使友谊长青。(君子之交淡如水)
51.All are not friends that speak us fair.
说我们好话的未必全是朋友。
52.Better an open enemy than a false friend.
虚伪的朋友比公开的朋友更可怕。
53.Better (be) alone than in bad company.
宁可独处,勿交坏友。
54.One never notices what has been done;one can only see what remains to be done. ——Marie Curie
切不要注意已经做了哪些,而只能去考虑还有哪些有待去做。——居里夫人
55.Always aim for achievement and forget about success.——Helen Hayes 永远要争取去做出成就,别去多考虑成功。——海伦
56.Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
久别情深。
57.Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
58.Accidents will happen in the best regulated families.
家规再严,事端难免。
59.All good things must come to an end.
天下没有不散的宴席(好景不长)。
60.All shall be well,and Jack shall have jill.
有情人终成眷属。
61.All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的未必都是金子。
英语谚语大全(1)
1.A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。
2.A bad thing never dies. 坏事传千年。
3.A bad workman always blames his tools.不会撑船怪河弯。
4.A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 技术拙劣怨工具。
5.A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
6.A blessing in disguise. 因祸得福
7.A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
8.A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 好书千载常如新。
9.A book that remains shut is but a block. 书本不常翻,犹如一块砖。
10.A bully is always a coward.色厉内荏。
11.A burden of one's choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。
12.A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人,却毁灭了自己。
13.A cat has 9 lives. 猫有九条命。
14.A cat may look at a king. 猫也可以打量国王。(意为人人平等)
15.Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
16.A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入
17.A constant guest is never welcome. 常客令人厌。
18.A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所,流芳百世
19.A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。
20.A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑,长一智。
21.A false tongue will hardly speak truth. 假舌不会吐真言。
22.A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.口若悬河,不能证明真有才智。
23.A fool always comes short of his reckoning. 愚人常短于心计。
24.A fool always finds a greater fool than himself.
愚人总以为旁人比自己更傻。
25.A fool's heart dances on his lips. 愚人的心挂在唇边。
26.A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改,本性难移。
27.A friend in need is a friend in deed. 患难见真情。
28.A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难,失朋友易。
29.A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之时方知友。
30.A friend without faults will never be found.没有十全十美的朋友。
31.A gentleman would rather be quick in action than talk a lot. 君子欲讷于言而敏于行。
32.A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。
33.A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始善终
34.A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。
35.A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 一本好书,相伴一生。
36.A good conscience is a soft pillow. 不做亏心事,不怕鬼叫门。
37.A good fame is better than a good face.美名胜于美貌。
38.A good husband makes a good wife.夫善则妻贤。
39.A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。
40.A good name keeps its luster in the dark. 好名声在黑暗中也闪光。
41.A good wife health is a man's best wealth.妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。
42.A great ship asks deep waters.大船要走深水。(蛟龙要在海中游。)
43.A great talker is a great liar.说大话者多谎言。
44.A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。
45.A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.
戏谑不能化敌为友,只能使人失去朋友。
46.A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich.
穷人眼中的一只羊,贵似富人一头牛。
47.A lazy youth,a lousy age.少时懒惰老来苦。
48.A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。
49.A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
50.A lie begets a lie till they come to generations.谎言生谎言,谎言世代
传。
51.A light heart live long. 心情开朗寿命长(不恼不愁,活到白头)。
52.A light heart lives long.静以修身。
53.A light purse makes a heavy heart. 钱袋轻时心事重。
54.A little body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精品。
55.A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解,自欺欺人。
56.A little of every thing is nothing in the main.每事浅尝辄止,事事都告无成。
57.A little pot is soon hot.狗肚子盛不得四两油。
58.A man becomes learned by asking questions.多问则业精。 (不耻下问才能有学问。)
59.A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。
60.A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。
61.A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。
62.A man may talk like a wise man and yet act like a fool.
一个人可能说话如智者,而行为象愚人。
63.A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 光说空话不做事,犹如花园光长刺。
64.A man without money is no man at all.一分钱难倒英雄汉。
65.A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡,事事顺利。
66.A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘,差之千里。
67.A moneyless man goes fast through the market. 身上无钱过市快。
68.A mother's love never changes.母爱永恒。
69.A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火
70.A penny saved is a penny gained. 省一文是一文。
71.A plant may produce new flowers; man is young but once.
花有重开日,人无再少年。
72.A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.深忧偿不了小债。
73.A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.问心无愧,打雷也能睡。
74.A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔,转业不聚财。
75.A single flower does not make a spring.
一花独放不是春,百花齐放春满园。
76.A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。
77.A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆丰年。
78.A sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身体。
79.A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言者智。
80.A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补,大洞吃苦。
81.A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。
82.A wicked man is his own hell. 坏人作恶,自造地狱。
83.A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon.
不能宽恕故意犯下的错误。
84.A wise head makes a close mouth.真人不露相,露相非真人。
85.A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.智者不强求。
86.A wise man thinks all that he says,a fool says all that he thinks. 聪明人想了才说,愚笨的人想着就说。
87.A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand.
能随机应变的人是聪明人。
88.A word is enough to the wise. 对明智者一言已足。
89.A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出,驷马难追。
90.A work ill done must be twice done. 首次做不好,必须重新搞。
91.A year's plan starts with spring.一年之计在于春。
92.A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。{thunder的谚语}.
93.Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行动是知识之佳果。
94.Action speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
95.Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变(困苦通向昌盛)。
96.Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。
97.Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.患难能使人聪明,但不能使人富有。
98.Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.
成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。
99.Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.
按部就班,事情很快就做完。
100.After a storm comes a calm.雨过天晴。
英语谚语100句(经典)
勵志英語諺語100句
1.有志者,事竟成.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart./Where there is a will there is a way.
2.千里之行,始於足下.The longest journey begins with the first step.
3.積少成多.Every little helps.
4.滿招損,謙受益.Pride hurts, modesty benefits.
5.世上唯有貧窮可以不勞而獲.Nothing is to be got without pain but poverty.
6.偉業非一日之功.Rome was not built in a day.
7.一寸光陰一寸金,寸今難買寸光陰.Lost years are worse than lost dollars.
8.自助者天助之.God helps those who help themselves.
9.欲速則不達.More haste, less speed.
10.臺上一分鐘,台下十年功.One minute on the stage needs ten years practice off stage.
11.好的開端是成功的一半.Well begun is half done.
12.酒香不怕巷子深.Good wine needs no bush.
13.成功源於勤奮.Industry is the parent of success.
14.英雄所見略同.Great minds think alike.
15.熟能生巧.Practice makes perfect.
16.靜水流深.Still waters run deep.
17.滴水穿石.Little stone fell great oaks.
18.前事不忘,後事之師.The membrane of the past is the teacher of the future.
19.君子之交淡如水.A hedge between keeps friendship green.
20.機不可失,時不再來.Take time while time is, for time will away.
21.集思廣益.Two heads are better than one.
22.未雨綢繆.Provide for a rainy day.
23.真金不怕火煉.True blue will never strain.
24.相信自己是成功的秘訣.You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success.
25.燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志.A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan.
26.身正不怕影子歪.A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
27.天涯何處無芳草.There is plenty of fish in the sea.
28.大智若愚.Cats hind their paws.
29.人不可貌相,海水不可鬥量.Judge not a book by its cover.(Never judge from appearances.)
30.有情人終成眷屬.All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill.
31.海內存知己,天涯若比鄰. Long distance separates no bosom friends.
32.寧為雞頭,不為鳳尾.It is better to be a head of dog than a tail of a lion.
33.良藥苦口.A good medicine tastes bitter.
34.知識就是力量.Knowledge is power.
35.金錢不是萬能的.Money is not everything.
36.時不我待. Time will not wait for me.
37.少壯不努力,老大徒傷悲.A young idler, an old beggar.
38.趁熱打鐵.Strike while the iron is hot.
39.天生我才必有用.Everyone has his price./ there must be a use for my talent.
40.看破生死的人能成大事.Who sees through life and death will meet with most success.
41.世上無難事,只要肯登攀.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
42不入虎穴,焉得虎子.Nothing venture, nothing gain.
43.不鳴則已,一鳴驚人.It never rains but it pours.
44.勝者為王,敗者為寇.Losers are always in the wrong.
45.謀事在人,成事在天.Man proposes, God deposes.
46.眾人拾柴火焰高.Many hands make light work.
47.不經風雨,怎能見彩虹. No cross, no crown.
48.沒有付出,就沒有收穫.No pain, no gain.
49.不進則退.Not to advance is to go back.
50.勇者無懼.No way is impossible to courage.
51. All is not gold that glitters./All that glitters is not gold. 閃光的不一定是黃金.
52.failure make success possible.失敗乃成功之母。
53.Look before you leap; see before you go.三思而行。
54. You get what you pay off. 一分錢一分貨.
55. Seeing is believing. 眼見為實.
56. Where there's smoke without fire. 無風不起浪.
57. In time of peace prepare for war. 居安思危。
58. It is more blessed to give than to receive. 施恩比受惠更有福。
59. Make your whole year's plan in the spring and the whole day's plan in the morning. 一年之計在於春,一天之計在於晨.
60. Details is the key to success. 細節決定成敗.
61. Liberty is not license. 自由不是放縱。
62.A big tree falls not at the first stroke. 一斧子砍不倒大樹.
63.Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起身體好.
64.Ask not what your country can do for you; Ask what you can do for your country.不要問你的國家能為你做什麼,而要問你能為你的國家做什麼.
65.Loftiest trees most dread the thunder. 樹大招風。
66. Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation從希望中得到快樂,在磨難中保持堅韌.
67.Never put off until tomorrow what may be done today.今日事今日畢.
68.Something attempted, something done.沒有嘗試,就沒有成功.
69.Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.好處著想,壞處準備.
70. Great hope makes great man. 偉大的思想造就偉大的人.
71.A rolling stone gathers no moss.滾石不聚苔,轉行不聚財.
72.When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入鄉隨俗.{thunder的谚语}.
73.Knowledge is a measure, but practice is the key to it.知識是珍寶,而實踐是獲取它的鑰匙.
74.Lost time is never found again.光陰一去不復返.
75.Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.勞動強體,磨難強智.
76.Behind bad luck comes good luck.塞翁失馬,焉知非福.
77.All for one, one for all.我為人人,人人為我.
78.Treat other people as you hope they will treat you.己所不欲,勿施於人.
79.Suspicion is the poison of friendship.懷疑是對友誼所下的毒藥.
80.He laughs best who laughs last.笑到最後的才是贏家。
81.Follow your own course, and let people talk.走自己的路,讓別人說去吧.
82.Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.主動性是做正確的事而無需被告知。
83.Think twice before acting.三思而後行.
84.Adversity reveals genius, fortune conceals it.苦難顯才華, 好運隱天資.
85.The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.水能載舟,亦能覆舟.
86.No man is wise at all times 聰明一世糊塗一時。
87.A stitch in time saves nine.防微杜漸.
88.Diamond cuts diamond.強中更有強中手.
89.The early bird catches the worm.捷足先登.
90.Whatever you go, go with all your heart.無論做什麼事,一定要全力以赴.
91.The good seaman is known in bad weather.驚濤駭浪,方顯英雄本色.
92.Where there is life, there is hope.留得青山在,不怕沒柴燒.
93.All thing are difficult before they are easy.萬事開頭難.
94.Life is not all roses.人生並不都是康莊大道.
95.Heaven never seals off all the exits.天無絕人之路.
96.Is it not a joy to have friends come from afar? 有朋自遠方來,不亦樂乎
97.Reading is always profitable.開卷有益.
98. A gentleman acts on behalf of an understanding friend, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her lover. 士為知己者用,女為悅己者容.
99.Actions speak louder than words.事實勝於雄辯.
100. Achievements are reached by hard work rather than recreation. 業精於勤荒於嬉
谚语百谈{thunder的谚语}.
谚语百谈
1. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
一鳥在手可值兩鳥在林。
A bird in the hand 解作為"已到手的東西",意思是"有把握的事"; 而A bird in the bush 則解作"未到手的東西",也就是"沒有把握的事"。所以全句的意思是﹕已到手的,即使少也勝過未到手的; 未到手的即使有很多,也是空的。這就是"多得不如現得"的意思。所以中文譯成 "一鳥在手,勝過兩鳥在林" 或"兩鳥在林,不如一鳥在手"更能突出本諺語的真正意思。
相同意思的諺語還有﹕
Better keep now than seek anon.
現有的勝過將有的。
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
現有一隻蛋勝過將得一隻雞。
但是人們有時會把想像的事物看得勝過現實,這是不切實的幻想,這可參閱另一組諺語﹕Distance lends enchantment to the view. (86)。
2 A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蠟燭照亮了別人,眦滅了自己。
這句諺語是以蠟燭作比喻,讚揚自我 牲的精神。Consume 原意是消耗,對蠟燭來講,當它發出亮光的同時,就是不斷消耗本身的蠟,直至耗盡為止。以此作比喻也是很確切的,一個高尚的人,當他為人類作出貢獻的同時,卻不斷消耗自己的精力,直到生命結束。
有另一句諺語有覑近似的意思,但並沒有用上比喻形式﹕
We are not born for ourselves,
人生天地間,並非為自己。
這種高尚的精神,是全人類所共同肯定的。所以,中國成語"捨己為人"也是這意思;如果反過來"損人利己",那就必然為人唾棄。
中國古代墨家思想的創始人墨翟,被稱為"摩頂放踵,利天下為之。"也是體現了這偉大的精神。
3 A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.
問心無愧者不怕別人誣告。
句子開頭 A clear conscience 也有寫成 a good conscience或 a quiet
conscience,是指品德高尚、問心無愧的人。後面部分可有各種寫法,如﹕….. is a sure card.(有堅定的自信心),….. sleeps in thunder.(熟睡無恐、高枕無憂)。 另一諺語有俗語"白天不做虧心事,夜半敲門不心驚"的意思﹕
A clean hand wants no washing.
雙手潔淨,無須洗刷。
近似意思的諺語還有﹕
A good anvil does not fear the hammer.
True blue will never stain.
那相當於中國諺語"真金不怕火"的意思。True blue原用指英國保守黨員,這裏泛指忠誠的黨員。Blue(藍色)在英語裏往往給人不同的聯想,包括"堅定不移"或"高貴"的意思。
以上諺語是形容沒有缺點錯誤的人,那麼有缺點錯誤的人又怎樣呢?可見另一組的諺語﹕Conscience does make cowards of us all. (73)。
4. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一塹,長一智。
此諺語省略了一些詞。如果把