O 共109 條 1. Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm. 樹大招風(fēng)。 2. Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 服從是軍人的 第一職責(zé)。 3. Observation is the best teacher. 觀察為良師。 4. Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives. 人生最可寶貴的是聲譽(yù),軀體入土后,聲譽(yù) 猶存。 5. Of earthly goods the best is a good wife. A bad the bitterest curse of human life. 賢妻最可貴,惡婦是災(zāi) 星。 6. Offence is the best defence. 進(jìn)攻是最好的防御。 7. Of nothing comes nothing. 無中不能生有。 8. Often and little eating makes a man fat. 少吃多餐,身 強(qiáng)體胖。 9. Of two evils choose the least. 權(quán)衡兩害,取其輕者。 10. Of young men die many, of old men escape not any. 年輕人死得不少,而年邁者是在劫難逃。 11. Old bees yield no honey. 老蜂不釀蜜。 12. Old birds are not caught with new nests. 新巢捉不到 老鳥。 13. Old birds are not to be caught with shaff. 老謀是不會(huì) 失算的。 14. Older and wiser. 越老越聰明。 15. Old foxes want no tutors. 老狐貍不需要教師。 16. Old friends and old wine are best. 古交友情深,陳酒 香味醇。 17. Old love will not be forgotten. 舊情永難忘。 18. Old vessels must leak. 舊船必漏。 19. Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. 老柴最好燒,陳酒最 好飲,老友最可靠,老作家的書最好讀。 20. Old wood is best to burn, old book to read. 老柴好燒, 老書宜讀。 21. Old wood is best to burn, old horse to ride. 老柴好燒, 老馬好騎。 22. O liberty, how many crimes have been committed in thy name! 自由??!假你的名義犯了多少罪??! 23. Omelets are not made without breaking eggs. 有失才 有得。 24. Once a devil, always a devil. 一次做魔鬼,永遠(yuǎn)是魔 鬼。 25. Once a knave, ever a knave. 一朝失足,鑄成千古恨。 26. Once a man and twice a child. 一次為成人,兩度當(dāng)小 孩。 27. Once bit, twice shy. 一朝被蛇咬,三年怕草繩。 28. Once is no custom. 一次不成例。 29. Once on shore, we pray no more. 一旦上了岸,就不再 祈禱。 30. On earth there is nothing great but man, in man there is nothing great but mind. 在世界上沒有一件東西有如 人那樣偉大,在人之內(nèi)沒有一件東西有如人心那么偉 大。 31. One barking dog sets all street a-barking. 一狗吠聲 響,狗吠滿街坊。 32. One beats the bush, and another catches the birds. 坐 享其成。 33. One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls. 一個(gè)男孩 比十二個(gè)女孩還要麻煩。 34. One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man. 人難一世稱雄,但可一生為人。 35. One cannot be in two place at once. 36. One cannot do a foolish thing once in one's life, but one must hear of it a hundred times. 為人一生一件蠢 事也不做,但要聽到上百遍蠢事。 37. One cannot eat one's cake and have it. 事難兩全其美。 38. One cannot get blood from a stone. 石頭里抽不出血。 39. One cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. 朽木 不可雕。 40. One cannot make bricks without straw. 巧婦難為無米 之炊。 41. One cannot put back the clock. 光陰一去不復(fù)返。 42. One chick keeps a hen busy. 一只小雞已夠母雞辛忙。 43. One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun. 一葉可障 目。 44. One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name. 光輝生活中忙迫的一個(gè)小時(shí)抵得上無 為的一世。 45. One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine. 一滴 之毒,毒染整桶之酒。 46. One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good. 十個(gè)朋友做的好事抵不上一個(gè)敵人造成的危害。 47. One enemy is too much. 一個(gè)敵人也太多。 48. One false move may lose the game. 一著不慎,滿盤皆 輸。 49. One false step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘, 謬以千里。 50. One father can support ten children, ten children cannot support one father. 一個(gè)父親能扶養(yǎng)十個(gè)孩子, 十個(gè)孩子卻不能贍養(yǎng)一個(gè)父親。 51. One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. 一 個(gè)父親勝于一百個(gè)教師。 52. One flower makes no garland. 一木不能成林。 53. One foe is too many; and a hundred friends too few. 朋友成百猶覺少,仇敵一人已嫌多。 54. One fool makes many. 一人傻,傻大家。 55. One foot is better than two crutches. 一只腳勝過兩根 拐杖。 56. One good head is better than a hundred strong hands. 上百雙有力的手,不如一個(gè)聰明的頭腦。 57. One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters. 一個(gè)好的母親頂?shù)蒙弦话賯€(gè)教師。 58. One good turn deserves another. 以德報(bào)德。 59. One half of the world does not know how the other half lives. 貧富不相知。 60. One has lived too near a wood to be frightened by owls. 深知底蘊(yùn),不以為怪。 61. One honest word is better than two oaths. 兩句誓言不 如一句實(shí)話。 62. One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after. 午夜前睡一小時(shí)抵得上午夜后睡三小時(shí)。 63. One hour today is worth two tomorrow. 今天的一個(gè) 小時(shí)抵得上明天的兩個(gè)小時(shí)。 64. One love drives out another. 新愛逐舊歡。 65. One man makes a chair and another man sits in it. 坐 享其成。 66. One man may steal a horse while another may not look over a hedge. 只許州官放火,不許百姓點(diǎn)燈。 67. One man's meat is another man's poison. 一個(gè)人的佳 肴常為另一人的毒藥。 68. One may sooner fall than rise. 跌倒容易爬起難。 69. One may think that dares not speak. 人可思其不敢言 者。 70. One misfortune comes on the neck of another. 禍不單 行。 71. One must draw the line somewhere. 人之所為,總有限 度。 72. One must drink as one brews. 自作自受。 73. One must howl with the wolves. 入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。 74. One never loses anything by politeness. 有禮貌對(duì)自己 不會(huì)吃虧。 75. One never loses by doing a good turn. 行善者決無一 失。 76. One penny witgh right is better than a thousand without right. 合法得來一個(gè)錢,勝過非法錢一千。 77. One ploughs, another sow; who will reap no one knows. 有的耕,有的播,誰來收獲很難說。 78. One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel. 一只爛蘋果 爛一蘿蘋果。 79. One should eat to live, not live to eat. 人為生而食,非 為食而生。 80. One sin opens the door for another. 一個(gè)罪惡常為另 一個(gè)罪惡開門。 81. One's mantle falls on somebody. 春風(fēng)化雨。 82. One sows another reaps. 不勞而獲。 83. One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。 84. One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. 一次痛苦的經(jīng)驗(yàn)抵得上千百次的告誡。 85. One today is worth two tomorrows. 今天一天抵明天 兩天。 86. One who can do everything can do nothing. 什么都能 做,什么都不行。 87. One woe doth tread upon another's heels. 禍不單行。 88. One wrong (or false) move can lose the whole game. 棋錯(cuò)一著,全盤皆輸。 89. One wrong thought may cause a lifelong regret. 一念 之錯(cuò)可鑄終生之恨。 90. Only that which is honestly got is gain. 正當(dāng)?shù)氖杖氩?br>是真正的收入。 91. Only they who fulfill their duty in everday matters will fulfill them on great occasions. 只有在日常事務(wù)上 盡責(zé)的人,才能在重大事情上盡責(zé)。 92. On the choice of friends. Our good or evil name depends. 朋友的選擇可影響名譽(yù)的好壞。 93. On the great clock of time there is but one word, "Now." 在偉大的時(shí)鐘上,只有一個(gè)詞,就是“現(xiàn)在”。 94. Open confession is good for the soul. 坦白交代,身心 愉快。 95. Open not your door when the devil knocks. 不要受人 的誘惑。 96. Opportunity makes the thief. 疏忽招盜賊。 97. Opportunity seldom knocks twice. 機(jī)不可失,失不再 來。 98. Opportunity, sooner or later, comes to all who work and wish. 只要努力工作而有志向,機(jī)會(huì)遲早終會(huì)來臨。 99. Other men live to eat, while I eat to live. 別人為食而 生活,我為生活而食。 100. Our affections are our life. -- We live by them; they supply our warmth. 我們的感情,是我們的生命,我們 靠它生存,我們的溫暖是它供應(yīng)。 101. Our best friends are they who tell us our faults and help us to mend them. 最好的朋友是指出我們的缺點(diǎn) 并幫助改正的人。 102. Our bravest and best lessons are not learnt through success, but through misadventure. 最美好的教訓(xùn)不是 得之于成功,而是來之于不幸。 103. Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. 我們最大的光榮并不在于 永不跌倒,而在于每次跌倒后能起來。 104. Our happiness consists not in killing others, but in sacrificing ourselves for others. 我們最大幸福并不是 殺害別人,而是為別人而犧牲自己。 105. Our own actions are our security, not others' judgements. 我們的行為是自己的保證而不是別人的 鑒定。 106. Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. 最甜美的的歌是訴說最悲傷的哀思。 107. Out of debt, out of danger. 無債一身輕。 108. Out of sight, out of mind. 久違情疏。眼不見,心不 煩? 109. Overdone is worse than undone. 過猶不及。 P 共78 條 1. Paddle your own canoe. 自立更生,自食其力。 2. Pain is forgotten where gain follows. 好了傷疤忘了痛。 3. Pardoning the bad is injuring the good. 饒了壞人便傷 了好人。 4. Patience and application will carry us through. 忍耐和 努力會(huì)使我們度過難關(guān)。 5. Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone's garden. 忍耐是朵花,并非人人園中都開發(fā)。 6. Patience is a plaster for all sores. 忍耐是治療一切傷痛 的藥膏。 7. Patience is a virtue. 忍耐是一種美德。 8. Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. 忍耐是苦痛的, 但它的果實(shí)是甜蜜的。 9. Patience is the best remedy (or medicine). 忍耐是最好 的藥物。 10. Patience, time, and money overcome everything. 耐 心,時(shí)間和金錢可以征服一切。 11. Pay somebody back in his own coin. 一報(bào)還一報(bào)。 12. Peace on earth and good will towards men. 愿世界得 太平,人間持善意。 13. Peace with sword in hand, 'tis safest making. 居安思 危,此乃萬全之策。 14. Pen and ink is wit's plough. 筆墨是才智之犁。 15. Penny and penny laid up will be many. 積少成多。 16. Penny wise and pound foolish. 小事聰明,大事糊涂。 17. People do not lack strength; they lack will. 人們不缺 力量,缺的是決心。 18. Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. 失敗十九次,堅(jiān)持而不動(dòng),待到二十次, 大事就成功。 19. Perseverance is vital to success. 不屈不撓是成功之 本。 20. Pitchers/Walls have ears. 隔墻有耳。 21. Pity is akin to love. 憐憫近乎愛情。 22. Plants of learning must be watered with the rain of tears. 知識(shí)的幼苗要用淚雨來澆灌。 23. Pleasant hours fly fast. 歡樂的時(shí)間過得快。 24. Pleasing everybody is pleasing nobody. 討好每個(gè)人, 人人不討好。 25. Pleasure has a sting in its tail. 樂中必有苦。 26. Plenty is no plague. 富裕絕非災(zāi)禍。 27. Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence its importance. 詩歌只不過是最美麗、最感人、最有力的 說話方式,這也就是詩歌的價(jià)值。 28. Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. 詩人是世上沒有得到承認(rèn)的立法者。 29. Politeness costs nothing and gains everything. 禮貌不 費(fèi)分文而可贏得一切。 30. Politeness is to do and say the kindest thing in the kindest way. 文雅就是善良地做事,和善地說話。 31. Poor men's words have little weight. 人微言輕。 32. Poverty breeds strife. 貧窮引起斗爭(zhēng)。 33. Poverty is apain, but no disgrace. 貧困是痛苦,但不是 恥辱。 34. Poverty is no shame, laziness is. 貧窮不害羞,懶惰才 可恥。 35. Poverty is no sin. 貧窮不是罪惡。 36. Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is. 貧非恥,恥貧乃恥。 37. Poverty is not a sufficient cause of disgrace, but poverty without resolution to help oneself is a disgrace. 貧窮并不可恥,窮而不爭(zhēng)氣才可恥。 38. Poverty is the mother of all arts. 貧困乃一切藝術(shù)之 源。 39. Poverty is the mother of health. 缺乏是健康之母。 40. Poverty is the reward of idleness. 貧窮是游手好閑的 報(bào)應(yīng)。 41. Poverty is the root of all evils. 窮困是萬惡之源。 42. Poverty on an old man's back is a heavy burden. 老而 貧窮,負(fù)擔(dān)沈重。 43. Poverty shows us who are our friends and who are our enemies. 貧困才能顯出敵和友。 44. Poverty tries friends. 貧窮考驗(yàn)朋友。 45. Practice is better than precept. 身教勝于言教。 46. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。 47. Practice what you preach. 言必行。 48. Praise is not pudding. 恭維不是布丁。 49. Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. 贊 揚(yáng)使好人更好,壞人更壞。 50. Praise no man till he is dead. 蓋棺論定。 51. Preachers can talk but never teach, Unless they practise what they preach. 說教的人不身體力行,就只 能空談,不能起教育作用。 52. Prepare for a rain day. 未雨綢繆。 53. Prevention is better than cure. 預(yù)防勝于治療。 54. Pride and grace dwelt never in one place. 傲慢和溫雅 決不會(huì)共處在一起。 55. Pride apes humility. 大巧若拙。 56. Pride goes before a fall. (or destruction). 驕兵必?cái) ?br>57. Pride goeth before, and shame cometh after. 驕傲一開 始,恥辱接踵至。 58. Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak. 驕傲可能披 著老一套的外衣出現(xiàn)。 59. Pride must be pinched. 驕傲必須收斂。 60. Pride will have a fall. 驕者必?cái) ?br>61. Procrastination is the thief of time. 拖延即浪費(fèi)時(shí)間。 62. Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. 進(jìn)展即今日的活動(dòng)和明日的保證。 63. Promise is debt. 許愿就是債,欠了不容賴。 64. Promise little but do much. 少許愿,多做事。 65. Prosperity discovers vices and adversity virtues. 順境 顯邪惡,逆境見善性。 66. Prosperity gains (or makes) friends, and adversity tries them. 順境交朋友,逆境試真情。 67. Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. 諺語言短簡(jiǎn),得自老經(jīng)驗(yàn)。 68. Proverbs are the cream of a nation's thought. 諺語是 一國的思想精華。 69. Proverbs are the wisdom of the ages. 諺語是時(shí)代的智 慧。 70. Prove thy friends ere thou have need. 需要朋友之前, 先要加以考驗(yàn)。 71. Provide for the worst, the best will save itself. 作最壞 的準(zhǔn)備,可以得到最好的結(jié)果。 72. Providence is always on the side of the strongest battalions. 天公總是佑強(qiáng)者。 73. Punctuality is the soul of business. 嚴(yán)守時(shí)間是辦事情 的重要原則。 74. Purpose supposes foresight. 深謀遠(yuǎn)慮。 75. Put not your hand between the bark and the tree. 少 管閑事。 76. Put (or Lay or Set) one's shoulder to the wheel. 出一 把力。 77. Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置。 78. Put the shoe on the right foot. 責(zé)備應(yīng)受責(zé)備者,表揚(yáng) 應(yīng)受表揚(yáng)者。 Q 共7 條 1. Quality is better than quantity. 質(zhì)重于量。 2. Quality matters more than quanity. 質(zhì)量比數(shù)量重要。 3. Quarrels of lovers but renew their love. 情人爭(zhēng)爭(zhēng)吵 吵,自會(huì)言歸于好。 4. Quick at meal, quick at work. 吃得快,做得快。 5. Quick feet and busy hands fill the mouth. 手勤腳快,嘴 里吃飽。 6. Quietness is best. 寧靜最好。 7. Quietude is the crown of life. 安靜是生命的皇冠。 R 共35 條 1. Rain before seven; fine before eleven. 雨過天晴。 2. Rain comes after sunshine, and after a dark cloud, a clear sky. 晴日之后有雨水,烏云過去見青天。 3. Rats leave (or desert or forsake) a sinking ship. 船沈鼠 先竄。 4. Readiness is all. 有備無患。 5. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. 讀 書養(yǎng)神,鍛鏈健身。 6. Reading makes a full amn, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man. 博覽群書使人完美無瑕,冥思苦 想讓人深刻精邃,論證闡述讓人頭腦清晰。 7. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. 讀書使人淵博,交談使人機(jī) 敏,寫作使人嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)。 8. Read not books alone, but men. 不要光是讀書,還要識(shí) 人。 9. Ready money is a ready medicine. 現(xiàn)錢等于成藥。 10. Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily, it must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and more than all, must be prayed for. 真 正的學(xué)問,像其他一切有價(jià)值的東西一樣,是不容易得 到的,必須學(xué)習(xí)、鉆研、思考,最重要的是必須有迫切 的要求。 11. Reap as (or what) one has sown. 自食其果。 12. Rear sons for help in old age; and store up grains against famine. 養(yǎng)兒防老。 13. Reason binds the man. 理智約束著人。 14. Reason deceives us often, conscience never. 理性常騙 人,良心永不欺。 15. Reason governs the wise man a cudgels the fool. 理智 指導(dǎo)聰明人,而且打擊愚蠢漢。 16. Reason is the guide and light of life. 理智是人生的響 導(dǎo)和光輝。 17. Reason rules all things. 情理管萬事。 18. Reckless youth makes rueful age. 虛度青春,悔恨無 已。 19. Remember thou are but a man. 記住你自己只不過是 一個(gè)人。 20. Repentance is good, but innocence is better. 悔罪雖 好,無罪更佳。 21. Repetition is the mother of knowledge. 反覆學(xué)習(xí)是知 識(shí)之源。 22. Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault. 無功得名是常事,無過失名也是常事。 23. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. 應(yīng)該做的決心做,決心做的務(wù)必 做。 24. Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 君須 自敬,人乃敬之。 25. Responsibility must be shouldered; you cannot carry it under your arms. 責(zé)任必須負(fù)在肩上,不能挾在腋 下。 26. Rest breeds rust. 停止須生銹。 27. Revolutions are not made with rose water. 革命不是 繡花。 28. Riches do not always bring happiness. 富未必永遠(yuǎn)帶 幸福。 29. Riches either serve or govern the possessor. 財(cái)富可以 侍候主人,也可以支配主人。 30. Riches have wings. 財(cái)富難保。 31. Riches serve a wise man but command a fool. 財(cái)富事 智者,卻又馭蠢人。 32. Rivers need a spring. 大河要有源頭。 33. Roll my log and I'll roll yours. 互相吹噓。 34. Rome was not built in a (or one) day. 羅馬不是一日建 成的。 35. Run (or Hold) with the hare and hunt (or run) with the hounds. 兩面討好。 S 共109 條 1. Sadness and gladness succeed each other. 悲喜互繼,哀 樂相續(xù)。 2. Safe bind, safe find. 3. Sail while the wind blows; wind and tide wait for no man. 駛船要乘風(fēng),風(fēng)潮不等人。 4. Salt water and absence wash away love. 遠(yuǎn)離久別愛情 淡。久別情淡? 5. Satan always finds work for idle hands. 懶漢總會(huì)干壞 事。 6. Save a thief from gallows and he will help hang you. 放 虎歸山。 7. Save while you may, no morning sun lasts a whole day. 能節(jié)儉時(shí)就節(jié)儉,朝陽難照一整天。 8. Saving is getting. 節(jié)約等于收入。 9. Saying and doing are two things. 說與做是兩回事。 10. Saying is one thing, and doing another. 說是一回事, 做是另一回事。 11. Say not all that you know, believe not all that you hear. 莫道全所知,莫信全所聞。 12. Say well is good, but do well is better, 說得漂亮固好, 做得漂亮更佳。 13. Science is organized knowledge. 科學(xué)是系統(tǒng)化的知 識(shí)。 14. Score twice before you cut once. 三思而行。 15. Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 神氣的狗也會(huì) 吃贓布丁的。 16. Scratch a Russsian, and you('ll) find a Tartar. 文明不 能改變本性。 17. Scratch me and I'll scratch you 朋比為奸。 18. Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. 朋比為奸。 19. Second thoughts are best. 三思而行,再思可也。 20. Seeing is believing. 眼見為實(shí)。 21. Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much are the three pillars of learning. 見識(shí)多、遭難重,鉆研深 是學(xué)問的三大支持。 22. See, listen, and be silent, and you will live in peace. 多 看多聽少多嘴,你會(huì)太平過日子。 23. Seize (or Take) time by the forelock. 撤熱打鐵。 24. Seldom seen, soon forgotten. 見得少,忘得快。 25. Self-confidence is the first requisite to human greatness. 人類的偉大,首要的是要有自信。 26. Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failure. 我們 的失敗多數(shù)是由于缺乏自信。 27. Self do, self have. 自食其果。 28. Self-praise is no recommendation. 自我吹噓,決不可 取。 29. Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, these three alone lead life to sovereign power. 只要自重、自 覺、自制,人生就可達(dá)到至高無上的境地。 30. Selt-trust is the essence of heroism. 自信是英雄的本 色。 31. Self-trust is the first secret of success. 自信是成功的 首要秘訣。 32. Serve somebody with the same sauce. 以其人之道還 治其人之身。 33. Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil. 小人得意,忘乎所以。 34. Set a thief to catch a thief. 以毒攻毒。 35. Shallow streams make most din. 修養(yǎng)不深,高談闊論。 36. Sharp stomachs make short graces. 餓的肚子顧不到 體面。 37. Short accounts make long friends. 帳算清,交情深。 38. Short acquaintance brings repentance. 淺交生后悔。 39. Short is my date, but deathless my renown. 年壽短 暫,聲譽(yù)永存。 40. Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief. 謊言是做賊 的第一步。 41. Sickness is everyman's master. 英雄只怕病來磨。 42. Sickness is felt, but health not at all. 疾病能夠感覺 到,健康全然不知曉。 43. Sickness shows us what we are. 疾病使人亮出本來面 目。 44. Silence gives consent. 沈默等于同意。 45. Silence in times of suffering is the best. 遭到不幸時(shí), 沈默是上策。 46. Silence is learnt by the may misfortunes of life. 沈默 是通過生活中的許多不幸而學(xué)會(huì)的。 47. Silence is more eloquent than words. 沈默是更有說服 力的言詞。 48. Silence is sometimes the severest criticism. 沈默有時(shí) 是最嚴(yán)厲的批評(píng)。 49. Silent men, like still waters, are deep and dangerous. 沈默的人像靜水一樣,深而難測(cè)。 50. Silks and satins put out the fire in the kitchen. 綢緞要 熄滅廚房的火。 51. Sincerity, a deep genuine, heart-felt sincerity, is a trait of true and noble manhood. 真誠--深刻真摯發(fā)自內(nèi) 心的真誠,是真正高尚的人性的一種品質(zhì)。 52. Six feet of earth makes all men equal. 在墓穴中人人 都平等。 53. Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. 技能 和信心是不可克服的軍隊(duì)。 54. Sleeping is the best cure for waking troubles. 睡眠是 良藥,專治醒時(shí)愁。 55. Sloth turneth the edge of wit. 懶惰會(huì)磨去才智的鋒 芒。 56. Slow and steady wins the race. 跛鱉千里。 57. Slow help is no help. 幫忙不及時(shí),等于不幫忙。 58. Small gains bring great wealth. 小益聚大財(cái),薄利成巨 富。 59. Smooth water runs deep. 大智若愚。 60. Soft fire makes sweet malt. 慢工出細(xì)活。 61. Soft (or Fine or Kind) words butter no parsnips. 畫餅 充饑。 62. So many countries, so many customs. 一個(gè)國家有一 個(gè)國家的風(fēng)俗。 63. So many men (or heads) so many minds (or wits). 人 多意見也多。 64. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. 有些書只要 瀏覽一下,有些書要仔細(xì)閱讀,有些書要領(lǐng)會(huì)和消化。 65. Some of the best lessons we ever learn from our mistakes and failures. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future. 從過錯(cuò)和失敗中,我 們?nèi)〉昧艘恍┯幸娴慕逃?xùn)。過去的錯(cuò)誤是未來的智慧和 成功。 66. Some persons do first, think afterwards, and then repent for ever. 有些人做了再思考,從而悔恨終身。 67. Something attempted, something done. 68. Sometimes the best gain is to lose. 有時(shí)大得即大失。 69. Sometimes words hurt more than swords. 惡語有時(shí)傷 人比刀劍更厲害。 70. So much is mine as I enjoy. 我所有的就如我享有的這 么多。 71. Sooner or later, the truth comes to light. 早晚真相會(huì) 大白。 72. Soon gotten, soon spent. 賺得快,花得快。 73. Soon learnt, soon forgotten. 學(xué)得快,忘得快。 74. Soon ripe, soon rotten. 早熟早爛。 75. Soon up, soon down. 升得高,落得快。 76. Sorrow comes unset for. 悲哀來時(shí)不需邀。 77. Soorow is at parting if at meeting there be laughter. 離別多愁恨,相見盡笑聲。 78. Sound love is not soon forgotten. 愛深難忘。 79. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. 惡有惡報(bào)。 80. Spare the rod and spoil the child. 孩子不打不成器。 81. Speak clearly if you speak at all, Carve every word before you let it fall. 要說就索性說得一清二楚,說出前 每句話要字斟句酌。 82. Speaking without thinking is shooting without taking aim. 講話不思考猶如射擊不對(duì)準(zhǔn)目標(biāo)。 83. Speak less and listen more. 要少說多聽。 84. Speak little of your ill luck and boast not of your good luck. 少說失意事,莫夸好運(yùn)道。 85. Speak of angels and you will hear their wings. 說到曹 操,曹操就到。 86. Speak well of your friend, of your enemy say nothing. 要贊美朋友,莫提及敵人。 87. Speech is silver (or silvern), silence is golden. 雄辯是 銀,沈默是金。 88. Speech is the picture of the mind. 言為心聲。 89. Speech shows what a man is. 言如其人。 90. Speed is the soldier's asset. 兵貴神速。 91. Spend money like water. 揮金如土。 92. Spoil (or Lose) the ship for half penny worth of tar. 因 小失大。 93. Step after step the ladder is ascended. 按部就班,循序 漸進(jìn)。 94. Still waters have deep bottoms. 靜水常深。 95. Still waters run deep. 大智若愚。靜水流深。 96. Straight trees have crooked roots. 直樹也有曲根。 97. Strike while the iron is hot. 見機(jī)行事。稱熱打鐵。 98. Strong reasons make strong actions. 理由充足,行動(dòng) 就堅(jiān)決。 99. Study sickness while you are well. 居安思危。 100. Success belongs to the persevering. 堅(jiān)持到底必獲 勝利。堅(jiān)持就是勝利。 101. Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties. 成功來自于克服困難的斗爭(zhēng)。 102. Such beginning, such ending. 有怎樣的開始,就有 怎樣的結(jié)束。 103. Such carpenters, such chips. 什么樣的木匠,出什 么活。 104. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. 一天的不 幸已夠人受的了,別再自尋煩惱。 105. Suit the action to the word. 怎么說就怎么做。 106. Sure bind, sure find. 捆得好,逃不了。 107. Suspicion is the poison of true friendship. 猜疑傷 害莫逆之交。 108. Sweep before your own door. 先律己,后律人。 109. Sweet discourse makes short days and nights. 言語 投機(jī)恨時(shí)短。 T 共492 條 1. Take a hair of the dog that bit you. 以毒攻毒。 2. Take a pain for a pleasure all wise men can. 智者皆能 視苦為樂。 3. Take away my good name and take away my life. 奪了 我的名譽(yù)等于奪了我的生命。 4. Take care of small sums and the large will take care of themselves. 省小錢才能積大財(cái)。 5. Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves. 積少成多。 6. Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves. 注意你的理智,聲調(diào)自會(huì)小心。 7. Take honour from me and my life is undone. 奪我名 聲,我命即亡。 8. Take one's courage in both hands. 勇往直前,敢作敢 為。 9. Take one thing with another. 由此及彼。 10. Take something by the best handle. 理解某事物,乘其 好機(jī)會(huì)。 11. Take the rough with the smooth. 既能享樂也能吃苦。 12. Take the world as it is. 隨遇而安。 13. Take the world as one finds it. 聽之任之。 14. Take things as they come (or are) 既來之,則安之。 15. Take time by the forelock. 要抓住時(shí)機(jī)。 16. Take time for deliberation; hste spoils everything. 要 費(fèi)時(shí)思考,急躁會(huì)壞事。 17. Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. 做事要深思熟慮,但時(shí) 機(jī)一到,就要?jiǎng)邮?,不要猶豫。 18. Take time when time comes lest time steal away. 機(jī)不 可失,時(shí)不再來。 19. Take time while time is, for time will be away. 有時(shí)間 要加以利用,因?yàn)闀r(shí)間是要消逝的。 20. Talk of an angel and you'll hear his wings. 說到曹操, 曹操就到。 21. Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear. 說鬼鬼到。 22. Tall trees catch much wind. 樹大招風(fēng)。 23. Tastes differ. 眾口難調(diào)。 24. Teaching others teaches yourself. 教學(xué)相長(zhǎng)。 25. Tears are the silent language of grief. 眼淚是悲哀的無 聲言辭。 26. Telling your troubles is swelling your troubles. 訴說煩 惱等于增加煩惱。 27. Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art. 把你的交友講給我聽,我會(huì)講出你是何許人。 28. Tell not all you know nor judge of all you see if you would live in peace. 知道的不要全部?jī)A吐,看到的不要 都加評(píng)語,這樣生活可以安寧。 29. Temperance is the best physic. 克制乃是最好的治療。 30. Temperance is the greatest of virtues. 自我節(jié)制是最 大的美德。 31. That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. 好書開卷引人入勝,閉卷使人得 益。 32. That is not good language which all understand not. 不是人人都懂的語言不是好語言。 33. That's good wisdom which is wisdom in the end. 最后 的聰明才算真聰明。 34. That teacher helps his pupils most who most helps them to help themselves. 教師盡力幫助學(xué)生獨(dú)立工作 是給學(xué)生最大的幫助。 35. That which is evil is soon learnt. 惡行易學(xué)。 36. That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful. 美麗而引人 注目的東西不一定都善良,但善良的東西總是美麗的。 37. That which one least anticipates soonest comes to pass. 事非逆料偏易發(fā)生。 38. That which was bitter to endure may be sweet to remember. 苦楚往日難忍受,記起也許甜心頭。 39. The abundance of money ruins youth. 錢多毀青年。 40. The ass wags his ears. 自鳴得意。 41. The battle is to the strong. 強(qiáng)者必勝。 42. The (or A) beggar may sing before the thief (or footbad). 既是窮光蛋,何慮竊賊偷。 43. The beginnings of all things are small. 萬事開頭小。 44. The belly has no ears. 食欲不長(zhǎng)耳。 45. The best fish smell when they are three days old. 魚過 三天后,再鮮也變臭。 46. The best fish swim near the bottom. 好魚游水底。 47. The best hearts are always the bravest. 最善良的人往 往是最勇敢的人。 48. The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching. 玉不琢不成器。 49. The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good. 要求過 高反難成功。 50. The best is yet to be. 好戲在后頭。 51. The best man stumbles. 智者千慮,必有一失。 52. The best mirror is an old friend. 老朋友是最好的鏡 子。 53. The best of all governments is that which teaches us to govern ourselves. 最好的政府是教導(dǎo)我們管理自己。 54. The best of friends must part. 莫逆至交,終有一別。 55. The best remedy against an ill man is much ground between. 敬而遠(yuǎn)之。 56. The best smell is bread, the best savour salt, the best love that of children. 面包的氣味最香,食鹽的滋味最 鮮,兒童的情愛最純。 57. The best teacher one can have is necessity. 我們能得 到的最好教師是“需要”。 58. The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great men. 啟迪人性最好的導(dǎo)師是偉大人物的生活。 59. The better the day, the better the deed. 日子越美好, 事業(yè)越順當(dāng)。 60. The bough that bears most, hangs lowest. 枝頭結(jié)果越 多,垂得越低。 61. The brave man hazards his life, but not his conscience. 英雄的人可以冒生命危險(xiǎn),但不冒良心危險(xiǎn)。 62. The brightest of all things, the sun, has its spots. 金無 赤足,人無完人。 63. The burden on likes is cheerfully borne. 愛挑的擔(dān)子, 就愉快輕松。 64. The busiest men find (or have) the most leisure (or time). 最忙的人時(shí)間最多。 65. The cask savours of the first fill. 先入為主。 66. The cat and dog may kiss, yet are none the better. 貓 犬可相吻,莫逆卻難成。 67. The catin glores catch no mice. 戴手套的貓捉不到老 鼠。 68. The cat shut its eyes while it steals cream. 掩耳盜鈴。 69. The chief aim of man is not to get money. 人生的主要 目的不是為了掙錢。 70. The child is father of (or to) the man. 三歲定終身。 71. The cobbler must stick to his last. 安分守己。 72. The cobbler's wife is the worst shod. 鞋匠的老婆沒有 好鞋穿。 73. The course of true love never did run smooth. 好事多 磨。 74. The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it 牛失其尾,方知其貴。 75. The cowl (or hood) does not make the monk. 穿袈裟 的不一定是和尚。 76. The creditor has always a better memory than the detor. 放債人的記性比借債人好。 77. The crow thinks her own birds fairest. 烏鴉總以為自 己的雛鳥最美麗。 78. The cruelest lies are often told in silence. 最殘酷的謊 言常以沈默的方式說出。 79. The crushed worm will turn. 困獸猶斗。 80. The cuckoo comes in April, and stays the month of May; sings a song at midsummer, and then goes away. 布谷鳥,四月來,五月在,仲夏唱支歌,然后就飛開。 81. The dainties of the great are the tears of the poor. 大 人物的美味是窮人的眼淚。 82. The darkest hour is that before the dawn. 黎明前是最 黑暗的時(shí)刻。 83. The day has eyes, the night has ears. 日有眼,夜有耳。 84. The day is long to him who knows not how to use it. 百無聊賴。 85. The devil can cite the Scriptures for his purpose. 魔鬼 替其狡辯,也會(huì)引經(jīng)據(jù)點(diǎn)。 86. The devil is good when he is pleased. 魔鬼高興,也發(fā) 善心。 87. The devil is not so black as he is painted. 魔鬼不像所 描繪的那么黑。 88. The devil knows may things because he is old. 老馬能 識(shí)途。 89. The devil lurks behind the cross. 貌善實(shí)惡。 90. The devil may get in by the keyhole, but the door won't let him out. 魔鬼乘虛而入,開門攆它不出。 91. The diamonds of other countries are always the most beautiful. 別國的鉆石是最美麗的。 92. The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. 醫(yī)生往往比疾病更令人生畏。 93. The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on. 我行我素,豈 管他哉。 94. The dog that fetches will carry. 來道是非者,便是是非 人。 95. The drop hollows the stone, not by force, but by the frequency of its fall. 滴水穿石不是由于使用強(qiáng)力所致, 而是由于滴水頻繁所成。 96. The early bird catches the worm. 捷足先登。 97. The effect speaks, the tongue needs not. 事實(shí)勝于雄 辯。 98. The end crowns the work. 工作成敗要看結(jié)果。 99. The end justifies (or sanctifies) the means. 只問目的, 不問手段。 100. The evils we bring on ourselves are the hardest to bear. 自作孽不可活。 101. The evil wound is cured but not the evil name. 重 傷可治,臭名難除。 102. The exception proves the rule. 例外能反證規(guī)律。 103. The eye is blind if the mind is absent. 心不專則眼 不明。 104. The eye that sees all things else sees not itself. 眼睛 能看見一切的東西,但看不見自己。 105. The face is the index of the mind (or heart). 相為心 證。 106. The falling out of lovers is the renewing of love. 情 人越吵越親密。 107. The farmers are the founders of civilization and prosperity. 農(nóng)民是文化和繁榮的奠基者。 108. The farthest way about is the nearest way home. 欲速則不達(dá)。 109. The fear of ill exceeds the ills we fear. 杞人憂天,庸 人自擾。 110. The finest diamond must be cut. 玉不琢不成器。 111. The fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong man. 烈火試真金,困苦練壯士。 112. The fire which lights (or warms) us at a distance will burn us when near. 遠(yuǎn)火能照亮,近火要燒人。 113. The first blow is half the battle. 頭炮打響,等于半 個(gè)勝仗。 114. The first element of success is the determination to succeed. 成功的首要因素是要有成功的決心。 115. The first step is as good as half over. 第一步的成功 等于事情的一半已完成。 116. The first step is the only difficulty. 萬事起頭難。 117. The first step to virtue is to abstain from vice. 避開 作惡是走向美德的第一步。 118. The first wealth is health. 健康是最重要的財(cái)富。 119. The fool does think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. 愚者自以為聰明,智者則有 自知之明。 120. The fool has his heart on his tongue, the wise man keeps his tongue in his heart. 蠢人的心在嘴上,聰明人 的嘴在心里。 121. The fool talks, and the wise man thinks. 蠢人嘴巴 講,聰明人用心想。 122. The foundation of true joy is in the conscience. 真 正的愉快之根本在于良心。 123. The fox changes his skin but not his habit. 狐貍可 以改變皮毛,但不能改變習(xí)性。 124. The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail. 機(jī)關(guān)算盡太聰明,反誤了卿卿性命。 125. The fox smells his own stink first. 狐貍的臭味道, 自己先嗅到。 126. The friar preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve. 嘴上真君子,行動(dòng)爛小人。 127. The frog in well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙不知汪洋大海。 128. The future belongs to him who knows how to wait. 未來屬于懂得等待的人。 129. The future of society is in the hands of mothers; if the world was lost through woman she alone can save it. 社會(huì)的前途掌握在母親們手中;如果世界由于女人而毀 滅,那么也只有女人才可挽救。 130. The good seaman is known in bad weather. 壞天氣 才能認(rèn)識(shí)良好的海員。 131. The government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth. 民有、民 治、民享的政府永世長(zhǎng)存。 132. The grass is greener on the other side. 草是另一邊 的綠。 133. The great and the little have need one of another. 偉大與渺小相得益彰。 134. The greater the truth, the greater the libel. 真理越 大,誹謗也越大。 135. The greatest fool is he who worries about what he cannot help. 操心無法可想的事是最大的傻瓜。 136. The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion is humility. 真理最偉大的朋友是時(shí)間,最大的敵人是偏 見,她永恒的伴侶是謙遜。 137. The greatest hate springs from the greatest love. 最 大的恨產(chǎn)生于最大的愛。 138. The greatest liars talk most of themselves. 自吹自 擂的人是最大的謊言者。 139. The greatest obstacle to progress is prejudice. 進(jìn)步 的最大障礙是偏見。 140. The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none. 最 大的錯(cuò)誤就是不認(rèn)識(shí)錯(cuò)誤。 141. The greatest pleasure of life is love. 愛是人生最大 的樂趣。 142. The greatest talkers are always the least doers. 言 語的巨人往往是行動(dòng)的侏儒。 143. The great fish ear up the small. 弱肉強(qiáng)食。 144. The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious. 贈(zèng)予者的心意可使饋贈(zèng)的東西增加價(jià)值而顯 得珍貴。 145. The heart sees further than the head. 心之所見遠(yuǎn) 勝于目。 146. The heart that once truly loves never forgets. 真正 的愛情是永不會(huì)忘記的。 147. The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail. 猴子爬得越高,尾巴越加暴露。 148. The highest art is to conceal art. 最高的藝術(shù)就是 不露藝術(shù)。 149. The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar. 正當(dāng)?shù)玫降囊环皱X,勝過偷來的一元錢。 150. The house shows the owner. 文如其人。 151. The hungry belly has no ears. 饑寒起盜心。 152. The imnportant thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. 人生至要的事是要 有偉大的目標(biāo)和達(dá)到這個(gè)目標(biāo)的決心。 153. The joy of the heart makes the face merry. 喜形于 色。 154. The last drop makes the cup run over. 失之過極。 155. The least said, the soonest mended. (or Least said, soonest mended) 少說為佳。 156. The leopard cannot change its spots. 江山易改,本 性難移。 157. The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. 說 謊者所受到的懲罰決不是在于沒有人相信他,而是在于 他不會(huì)相信任何別人。 158. The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb. 狼的生 就是羔羊的死。 159. The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf. 孤獨(dú)的羊 難免遭狼的危險(xiǎn)。 160. The longest day has an end. 天下沒有不散的盛筵。 161. The longest way round is the shortest way home. 繞道似最遠(yuǎn),歸程是捷徑。 162. The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature. 愛美是所有健康人天性中的一個(gè)重要 部分。 163. The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet. 愛財(cái)與好學(xué),實(shí)難相共容。 164. The love of money is the root of all evil. 愛財(cái)是萬 惡之源。 165. The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten virtues. 保持一件壞事的代價(jià)超過十件好事。 166. The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. 不犯錯(cuò)誤的人往往也就是無所作為的 人。 167. The milk is spilled. 木已成舟。 168. The mill cannot grind with the water that is past. 覆水難收。 169. The mills of God grind slowly but sure. 天網(wǎng)恢恢, 疏而不漏。 170. The money the miser hoards will do him no good. 守財(cái)奴積的財(cái)富,對(duì)他自己沒好處。 171. The moon does not heed the barking of dogs. 月亮 不怕狗吠。 172. The moon is a moon whether it shines or not. 或名 或暗,月亮總是月亮。 173. The moon is not seen where the sun shines. 小巫見 大巫。 174. The more a man knows, the less he knows he knows. 懂得越多,就越知道自己懂得不多。 175. The more a man knows, the more he is inclined to be modest. 大智若愚。 176. The more a man knows, the more he see his ignorance. 大智若愚。 177. The more haste, she less speed. 欲速則不達(dá)。 178. The more noble, the more humble. 越高尚,越謙 虛。 179. The more riches a fool hath, the greater fool he is. 愚人越富越愚蠢。 180. The more, the merrier. 多多益善。 181. The more the well is used, the more water it gives. 井水越打越多。 182. The more things a man is ashamed of the more respectable he is. 一個(gè)人引以為恥的事情越多,就越可 尊敬。 183. The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have. 做得越多,則能 做的越多;越是忙碌,則空閑越多。 184. The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance. 學(xué)得越多,就越發(fā)覺自己無知。 185. The more women look in their glass, the less they look to their house. 婦女照鏡越多,照管家務(wù)就越少。 186. The morning sun never lasts a day. 好景不常。 187. The morning to the mountain the evening to the fountain. 凡是都有一定時(shí)間。 188. The most busiest men find (or have) the most leisure (or time) 最忙碌的人有最多的空閑。 189. The most useful learning in the world is that which teches us how to die well. 世界上最有用的學(xué)問是告訴 我們?cè)鯓铀赖闷渌?br>190. The most utterly lost of all days is that in which you have not once laughed. 完全虛度的日子是你一次 也沒有笑過的日子。 191. The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom. 母親 的心腸是孩子的課堂。 192. The mountain has brought forth a mouse. 虎頭蛇 尾。 193. The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. 狡兔三窟。 194. The mouth of a wise man is in his heart; the heart of a fool is in his mouth. 聰明人的嘴在心里,蠢人的心 在嘴上。 195. The nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh. 骨肉越 親,恩情越深。 196. The nearer to church, the farther from God. 近廟 欺神。 197. The older the goose the harder to pluck. 越老越狡 猾。 198. The old goose plays not with foxes. 老鵝不和狐貍 一起玩。 199. The only cure for grief is action. 行動(dòng)是對(duì)悲痛唯 一的治療。 200. The only secret a woman can keep is that of her age. 女人能保守的唯一秘密是她的年齡。 201. The outsideer sees the best (or most) of the game. 旁觀者清。 202. The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body. 心頭的痛苦比肉體的痛苦更厲害。 203. The past is for wisdom, the present for action, but for joy the future. 過去是為了求取知識(shí),現(xiàn)在是為了付 諸行動(dòng),而未來是為了享受歡樂。 204. The path down to evil is easy. 墮入罪惡的道路是容 易走的。 205. The path of duty is the path of safety. 盡職的路是 安全的路。 206. The path to glory is always rugged. 通向光榮的道 路常常是坎坷不平的。 207. The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet. 孔雀雖 有華羽,但有賤足。 208. The person who arrives, ect early will (probably) succeed. 209. The pen is mightier than the sword. 文能勝武。 210. The pen is the tougue of the mind. 筆是心之舌。 211. The poor are rich when they are satisfied. 貧能知 足即為富。 212. The poor man wants much, the miser everything. 貧窮人要求多,守財(cái)奴樣樣要。 213. The pot calls the kettle black. 五十步笑百步。 214. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. 空談不如 實(shí)驗(yàn)。(實(shí)踐出真知) 215. The raceis got by running. 賽跑要靠奔跑來贏得。 216. There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海里的好魚是取之不盡的。 217. There are but three ways of living: by working, by stealing, or by begging. 生活道路有三條∶勞動(dòng)、偷盜 或乞討。 218. There are lees to every wine. 美中有不足。 219. There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers. 愚蠢的買主多魚愚蠢的賣主。 220. There are no birds of this year in last year's nests. 事過境遷。 221. There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. 教育顯然有兩種∶一種是教人怎樣謀生,另一種是教人 怎樣生活。 222. There are only two powers in the world, the sword and the pen; and in the end the former is always conquered by the latter. 世界上只有兩種力量∶刀和 筆;而其結(jié)果,后者總是戰(zhàn)勝前者。 223. There are spots in (or on) the sum. 人孰無過。 224. There are three ways of spreading news. -- telegraph, telephone, and tel-a-woman. 傳播新聞?dòng)腥?br>種方法∶電報(bào)、電話和告訴女人。 225. There are two sides to every question. 每個(gè)問題都 有兩個(gè)方面。 226. The receiver is as bad as the thief. 窩贓者和賊同 罪。 227. There is a black sheep in every flock. 群群羊中有 黑羊。 228. There is a crook in the lot of everyone. 人生皆有不 如意處。 229. There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read. 渴望求知的人需要讀 書,累得疲勞的人也需要書讀,兩種人的要求有很大的 區(qū)別。 230. There is a skeleton in every house. 每座房子都有 骨架。 231. There is a small choice in rotten apples. 朽木不可 雕。 232. There is a time to speak and a time to be silent. 該 說話時(shí)說話,該沈默時(shí)沈默。 233. There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. 可敬與可笑之間只有一步之差。 234. There is honour among thieves. 盜亦有道。 235. There is life in the old dog yet. 老當(dāng)益壯。 236. There is more trouble in having nothing to do than in having much to do. 無事可做比有許多事要做更傷 腦筋。 237. There is much to be said on both sides. 公說公有 理,婆說婆有理。 238. There is noaccounting for tastes. 人各有所好。 239. There is no fire without smoke. 無火沒有煙。 240. There is no fool like an old fool. 老年荒唐無法可 想。 241. There is no general rule without some exception. 普遍規(guī)律必有例外。 242. There is none without a fault. 人孰無過。 243. There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love andd innocence. 人世間最大的幸福莫如既有愛情 而又清白無暇。 244. There is no place like home. 再好之處不如自己家。 245. There is no rose without a thorn. 玫瑰花沒有不長(zhǎng) 刺的。 246. There is no royal road to learning. 治學(xué)無坦途。 247. There is no smoke without fire. 無風(fēng)不起浪。 248. There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. 事情本無好與壞,全在自己怎么想。 249. There is nothing which has not been bitter before being ripe. 事情在成功前沒有不艱苦的。 250. There is nothing worse than apathy. 哀莫大于心 死。 251. There is no time like the present. 機(jī)不可失,時(shí)不再 來。 252. There is no wealth like unto knowledge, for thieves cannot steal it. 沒有什么財(cái)富像知識(shí)那樣保險(xiǎn),因?yàn)樗?br>偷不去,搶不走。 253. Thereis no wool so white but a dyer can make it black. 羊毛再白,也能染黑。 254. There is safety in numbers. 人多勢(shì)眾。 255. The remedy for injuries is not to remember them. 醫(yī)治創(chuàng)傷的藥方就是忘卻創(chuàng)傷。 256. The remedy is worse than the disease. 醫(yī)療不得 法,使病更糟糕。 257. The remembrance of past sorrow is joyful. 記住過 去的不幸使人愉快。 258. There's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海里的好魚是取之不盡的。 259. There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. 老當(dāng)益壯。 260. There's many a slip between the cup and the lip. 天有不測(cè)風(fēng)云。 261. There's more knows Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows. 臭名氣并不光彩。 262. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. 徒 有良好的愿望而不去努力實(shí)現(xiàn),后悔莫及。 263. The rotten apple injuries its neighbours. 一只死老 鼠,弄贓粥一鍋。 264. The sacrifice of time is the costliest of all sacrifices. 損失時(shí)間是一切損失中代價(jià)最大的損失。 265. The scalded cat fears cold water. 一朝被蛇咬,十年 怕井繩。 266. The sea complains it wants water. 大海總是抱怨水 不夠。 267. The sea refuses no river. 大海有能容之量。 268. The secret of a good momory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. -- We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds. 記憶力好的秘密在于專心, 而對(duì)于一個(gè)問題的專心取決于對(duì)這個(gè)問題的興趣。在我 們心上留下深刻印象的東西,我們是不大會(huì)忘記的。 269. The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportumity when it comes. 人生一生中成功的 秘訣是在機(jī)會(huì)來臨時(shí)要及時(shí)抓住。 270. The secret of success is constancy of purpose. 成功 的秘訣是目標(biāo)堅(jiān)定。 271. The shortest answer is doing the thing. 最簡(jiǎn)短的回 答就是干。 272. The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time. 要想多做事情,最簡(jiǎn)單的辦法是一 次只做一件事。 273. The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it. 天不會(huì)因瞎子看不見而減其藍(lán)色。 274. The sleeping fox catches no poultry. 睡覺的狐貍抓 不到雞鴨。 275. The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. 有點(diǎn)禮貌使生活愉快,多點(diǎn)禮貌使生活高 尚。 276. The smiles of a pretty woman are the tears of the purse. 美女的微笑就是錢包的淚水。 277. The soul is not where it lives, but it loves. 心靈不在 它生活的地方,而在它所愛的地方。 278. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 心有馀而 力不足。 279. The still sow eats up all the draff. 不聲不響的豬吃 光全部的飼料。 280. The style is the man. 文如其人。 281. The sun shines all alike. 太陽同樣地普照一切。 282. The surest way to be happy is to be busy. 要快樂, 最可靠的辦法是忙碌。 283. The sweetest grapes hang the highest. 最甜的葡萄 掛在最高的地方。 284. The sweetest thing in life. Is the welocme of a wife. 人生最甜蜜的事情就是愛妻的歡迎。 285. The tail does often catch the fox. 狐貍常因尾巴而 被捕。 286. The tailor makes the man. 人靠衣裝。 287. The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame. 成功 沒有其它辦法,只有好好工作而不存名利思想。 288. The three foundations of learning: seeing much, suffering much, and studying much. 求學(xué)的三個(gè)基本 原則是∶多觀察、多吃苦、多鉆研。 289. The three things most difficult are, to keep a secret, to forget an injury, and to make good use of labour. 三 件事最困難∶保守秘密,忘卻傷害和善用精力。 290. The tiger has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it. 老虎一次嘗到血,它的貪心就更大。 291. The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high. 舌頭雖只三寸長(zhǎng),但能殺害六尺漢。 292. The tongue is not steel yet it cuts. 舌頭不是鋼,傷 人似刀劍。 293. The tongue of idle persons is never idle. 懶漢的舌 頭并不閑。 294. The tortosis wins the race while the hare is sleeping. 兔子睡大覺,烏龜才得勝。 295. The truest politeness comes from sincerity. 真正的 殷勤出于真誠。 296. The truths we least like to hear are those which it is most to our advantage to know. 我們最不喜歡聽到的 真實(shí),總是我們知道了會(huì)大有好處的真實(shí)。 297. The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound. 不正當(dāng)?shù)脕淼谋闶繒?huì)使正當(dāng)?shù)脕淼挠㈡^受到污 濁。 298. The used key is always bright. 常用的鑰匙總是光 亮的。 299. The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his everyday conduct. 人的品德不能看他一時(shí)格外賣力,而要看他 的日常行為。 300. The voice is the best music. 說話聲是最好的音樂。 301. The voice of one man is the voice of no one. 一個(gè)人 的聲音是沒有力量的。 302. The voice of the people is the voice of God. 人民之 聲力大無比。 303. The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. 水能載舟,也能覆舟。 304. The weakest goes to the wall. 適者生存。 305. The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth. 精 神財(cái)富是唯一的真正財(cái)富。 306. The wife is the key of the house. 妻子是一家的鑰 匙。 307. The wine in the bolttle does not quench thirst. 瓶 中之酒不解渴。 308. The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. 國家智慧,寓于格言,它們精辟, 而且簡(jiǎn)練。 309. The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds, by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes, by instinct. 聰明人循理智辦事,平常人照經(jīng)驗(yàn)辦事,蠢人 按需要辦事,畜生憑本能辦事。 310. The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks. 聰明人的手不做愚笨人所說的事。 311. The wise man has long ears and a short tongue. 聰 明人耳朵長(zhǎng),嘴巴短。 312. The wise man is always a good listener. 智者善聽 人言。 313. The wise man knows he knows nothing, but the fool thinks he knows it all. 聰明人知道自己不懂什么,蠢人 則以為自己什么都懂。 314. The wise man's tongue is a shield, not a sword. 智 者之言,是保衛(wèi)而非攻擊。 315. The wish is father to the thought. 有愿望就有信 念。 316. The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. 鷸蚌相爭(zhēng),漁翁得利。 317. The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature. 江山易改,本性難易。 318. The word "Impossible" is not in my dictionary. 我 的詞典里沒有“不可能”一詞的。 319. The word once spoken can never be realled. 一言 既出,駟馬難追。 320. The work shows the workman. 什么匠人出什么 活。 321. The world is comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel. 世界對(duì)思惟著的人來說,是一出喜 劇,而對(duì)憑感覺的人看來,只是一出悲劇。 322. The world is a ladder for some to go up and some down. 人間猶如一架梯,有人緣梯上升,有人順梯下降。 323. The world is but a little place, after all. 有緣千里 來相會(huì)。 324. The worst men often give the best advice. 最不行 的人,往往能提出最好的意見。 325. The worst misfortunes are these that never hzppen. 最大的不幸是害怕不會(huì)發(fā)生的不幸。 326. The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it. 物以稀為貴。 327. They are never alone accompanied by noble thoughts. 思想高尚者決不會(huì)孤單。 328. They assume most who know the least. 懂得最少的 人自以為最了不起。 329. They bray most that can do least. 說話最多的人, 能做的事最少。 330. They die well that live well. 活著正常的人死也正 常。 331. The years teach much which the days never know. 學(xué)問集年而成,而每日不自知也。 332. They must hunger in frost that will not work in heat. 少壯不努力,老大徒傷悲。 333. They that live longest must die at last. 活得最久 長(zhǎng),終難免一亡。 334. They that (or who) live longest see most. 活得最 長(zhǎng),見識(shí)最廣。 335. They that marry in green, their sorrow is soon seen. 過早地結(jié)婚,不久必悔恨。 336. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 淚水汪汪 播種,得意洋洋收獲。 337. They who cannot do as they would, must do as they can. 不能為所欲為者,也當(dāng)盡力而為之。 338. They who live in a worry. Invite death in a hurry. 生活多愁,死亡必速。 339. Things done cannot be undone. 木已成舟。 340. Things of a kind come together; people of a kind fall into the same group. 物以類聚,人以群分。 341. Theings past cannot be recalled. 過去的事情無可 挽回。 342. Theings present are judged by things past. 欲斷今 日事,須知往日情。 343. Things rashly taken end as ill. 草率從事沒有好結(jié) 果。 344. Things unreasonable are never durable. 不合理的 事不會(huì)持久。 345. Think about the misforture of others that you may be satisfied with your own lot. 想想別人的不幸,你可 以對(duì)自己的命運(yùn)感到滿足。 346. Think all you speak, but speak not all you think. 想想你所說的一切,不要全部說出你所想的。 347. Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; doing well, wisest and best of all. 想得好,聰明;籌畫得好, 更聰明;做得好,最聰明最好。 348. Think much, speak little, and write less. 勤思考,寡 發(fā)言,少落筆。 349. Think of the devil and he's looking over your shoulders. 說到曹操,曹操就到。 350. Think today and speak tomorrow. 三思而后行。 351. Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar. 同智 者一起考慮,與俗人一起交談。 352. This world belongs to the energetic. 世界屬于精力 旺盛的人。 353. Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself. 教學(xué)相長(zhǎng)。 354. Those that make the best use of their time have none to spare. 能充分利用時(shí)間的人不會(huì)有時(shí)間多馀。 355. Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money. 認(rèn)為 有了錢就能辦一切的人,往往準(zhǔn)備為了錢而無所不為。 356. Those who climb high often have a fall. 爬得高往 往跌得重。 357. Those who complain most are most to be complained of. 抱怨最多的人往往最招人怨。 358. Those who eat best and drink best often do worst. 吃得好喝得好的人往往干得最糟。 359. Thos who eat most are not always fattest; those who read most, not always wisest. 吃得最多的人不一 定最肥胖,讀書最多的人不一定最聰明。 360. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. 自己有短處,不要揭別人的短處。 361. Those who work deserve to eat; those who do not work deserve to starve. 勞動(dòng)者該得食,不勞者該挨餓。 362. Though a lie be well dressd, it is ever overcome. 謊 言即使打扮得不錯(cuò),到頭來總會(huì)被揭穿。 363. Though malice may darken truth, it cannot put it out. 惡意可以遮暗真理,但不能抹殺真理。 364. Though the fox run, the chicken hath wings. 狐貍 雖會(huì)跑,小雞有翅膀。 365. Though the wound be healed yet a scar remains. 創(chuàng)傷可愈合,傷疤猶留存。 366. Though thy enemy seem a mouse, yet watch him like a lion. 即使敵人小如鼠,也要防他如防虎。 367. Thought is the seed of action. 思想是行動(dòng)的種子。 368. Though you cast out nature with a fork, it will still return. 本性難移。 369. Three removes are as bad as a fire. 三次搬家猶如 一次失火。 370. Three things soon pass away; the echo of the woods, the rainbow, and woman's beauty. 三樣?xùn)|西最易消 逝∶樹林的回響, 彩虹和婦女的美貌。 371. Thrift is good revenue. 節(jié)約是個(gè)好收入。 372. Through obedience learn to command. 只有學(xué)會(huì) 聽命于人,方能學(xué)會(huì)向人發(fā)號(hào)施令。 373. Throw away the apple because of the core. 因噎廢 食。 374. Thy friend has a friend and thy friend's friend has a friend so be discreet. 你的朋友有朋友,朋友的朋友又 有朋友,所以要謹(jǐn)慎小心。 375. Time and tide wait for no man. 歲月無情。 376. Time and words can never be recalled. 消逝的時(shí)間 和說出的話不能追回。 377. Time cures all things. 時(shí)間可以醫(yī)治一切創(chuàng)傷。 378. Time discloses (or reveals) all things. 時(shí)間會(huì)暴露 一切。 379. Time does not bow to you,, you must bow to time. 必須抓緊時(shí)間。 380. Time flies. 時(shí)光易逝。 381. Time is great healer. 時(shí)間能夠治好(感情上的)創(chuàng) 傷。 382. Time is money. 時(shí)間就是金錢。 383. Time is money, but money is not time. 時(shí)間就是金 錢,但金錢不是時(shí)間。 384. Time marches on. 時(shí)光流逝不回頭。 385. Time past cannot be called back again. 光陰一去 不復(fù)返。 386. Time past never returns, amoment lost, lost for ever. 過去的時(shí)間決不返回,浪費(fèi)一點(diǎn),永遠(yuǎn)消失。 387. Time reveals all things. 時(shí)間會(huì)揭露一切。 388. Time tames the strongest grief. 時(shí)間可以沖淡最強(qiáng) 烈的悲傷。 389. Time tries all. 時(shí)間檢驗(yàn)一切。 390. Time tries truth. 時(shí)間考驗(yàn)真理。 391. Time works great changes. 時(shí)間能產(chǎn)生巨大的變 化。 392. Time works wonders. 時(shí)間可以創(chuàng)造奇跡。 393. Timid dogs bark most. 狗膽小,拼命叫。 394. To a boiling pot flies come not. 蒼蠅不叮沸水壺。 395. To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more difficult, but to spend it wisely most difficult of all. 積 財(cái)難,守財(cái)最難,而聰明地散財(cái)最難。 396. To a crazy ship all winds are contrary. 對(duì)于一只漫 無目標(biāo)的船來說,不論什么方向的風(fēng)都是逆風(fēng)。 397. To be angry with a weak man is a proof that you are not very strong yourself. 對(duì)弱者發(fā)脾氣證明你自己 并不很強(qiáng)。 398. To be of use in the world is the only way to be happy. 為善最樂。 399. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. 維護(hù)和平最有效的辦法之 一是備戰(zhàn)。 400. To be virtuous is to do good. 行善是美德。 401. To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money and honour and reputation. 獲得智慧,尋求真理,并使心靈美好, 要比追求金錢、榮譽(yù)和名聲好得多。 402. To convert defeat into victoty. 反敗為勝。 403. Today is the scholar of yesterday. 今天是昨天的學(xué) 者。 404. To err is human. 人無完人。 405. To err is human; to forgive, divine. 人難免錯(cuò)誤,寬 恕別人是神圣的。 406. To forgive our enemies is a charming way of revenge. 饒恕敵人是一種巧 |
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