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标题: 谚语：中英文对照 [打印本页]

作者: Nicole 时间: 2012-4-11 13:58
标题: 谚语：中英文对照
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.问心无愧，高枕无忧。

A clean hand wants no washing.身正不怕影子斜。

A cheerful wife is the joy of life.快乐的妻子是生活的乐事。

A change of work is as good as a rest.调换一下工作是很好的休息。

Accidents will happen.天有不测风云。

A cat may look at a king.猫也有权晋见国王。

A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。

A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

A burden of one′s choice is not felt.自己选的担子不嫌重。

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.相聚爱益切，离别情更深。

A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.借来的斗篷不暖身。

A book that remains shut is but a block.有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。

A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变。

A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.秋波送盲，白费痴情。

A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it′s the boundary of the world.坐井观天。

A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.略有胜於全无。

A bird may be known by its song.什麽鸟唱什麽歌。

A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人。

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

A beggar′s purse is bottomless.乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。

A bargain is a bargain.达成的协议不可撕毁。

A bad workman quarrels with his tools.拙匠常怨工具差。

A bad thing never dies.坏事传千年。

A bad padlock invites a picklock.开门揖盗。

A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。

A bad conscience is a snake in one′s heart.做贼心虚

A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。

A bad bush is better than the open field.有胜於无。

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.恶其始者必恶其终。

No wisdom like silence.智者寡言

Necessity knows no law.铤而走险

Many hands make light work.人多好办事

Don′t play the goat.不要胡闹

They’re a barrel of laughs.他们很搞笑

This movie was just a hype.这部电影完全是在炒作

the shortest straw下下签

The news came as a bombshell这个消息犹如晴天霹雳

feeling low意气消沉

These are more than old wives′ tales这些可不是无稽之谈

That’ll save your skin那可帮你度过难关

Every bad has some good 坏事情也有好的一面

Some things rub them the wrong way他们被惹怒了

Stay put停住不动

to fly off the handle突然生气、发怒

He is really on the ball他真的思路很敏捷

got savoir faire言行得体

He has never rested on his laurels他从不满足目前的成就

Jump down someone’s throat生气地批评

put a roof over one’s head找个地方安顿

faced the music报应

blinded with science无言以对

Off one’s rocker缺乏理智

old goat老古板（通常指年长者）

Welcome！It’s lovely to see you欢迎！见到你真高兴！

What’s gotten into you？你怎么了？

Coffee kept them on the go咖啡使他们充满活力；

Shine on搁在一旁；

Monkey（around）with乱动；

I think I get the drift我知道了；

get the drift明白，了解

The meeting will start at 10 o′clock sharp会议十点准时开始；

like taking candy from a baby形容某事易如反掌

Home is where the heart is家是心之所在

From the word go 从头到尾；

They help make it less of a dog′s life他们帮忙改善生活；

Half-baked 不成熟的

bend the rules at times网开一面

Spill one’s guts说出实情

For heaven′s sake！老天！表示惊奇或愤怒的感叹语

Fly-by-night不可靠的，不可信任的

Nervous wreck紧张，激动

Pull through脱险，渡过难关

Thumb through 匆匆的阅读

Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.行动是知识的巧果。

A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.户枢不蠹。

A crafty knave needs no broker.狡猾的流氓，不需居间人。

A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.贪婪的人对别人毫无好处，对自己却坏处更大。

A contented mind is perpetual feast.知足常乐。

A constant guest is never welcome.久住非佳宾，常来不欢迎。

A common danger causes common action.同仇敌忾。

A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.夜郎自大。

A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入，祸从口出。

A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.宁为清贫，不为浊富。

A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。

A clear conscience is a sure card.光明磊落，胜券在握。

作者: 冰镇可乐 时间: 2012-4-11 19:37
感觉好像在哪里看过了，汗~

作者: 蜡笔小新 时间: 2012-4-14 11:06

作者: 北极星光 时间: 2012-4-14 17:22
感謝樓主

作者: 狼狼 时间: 2012-4-14 17:22
回答了那么多，没有加分了，郁闷。。

作者: zdzzdz 时间: 2012-4-15 17:26
位置好啊..

作者: 张颢镡 时间: 2012-4-15 17:26
好人一个

作者: ldlgdb 时间: 2012-4-24 12:10
位置好啊..

作者: newcomer 时间: 2012-4-24 12:10
好人一个

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