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- Take a hair of the dog that bit you. 以毒攻毒。
- Take a pain for a pleasure all wise men can.
智者皆能视苦为乐。
- Take away my good name and take away my life.
夺了我的名誉等于夺了我的生命。
- Take care of small sums and the large will take care of
themselves. 省小钱才能积大财。
- Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of
themselves. 积少成多。
- Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of
themselves. 注意你的理智,声调自会小心。
- Take honour from me and my life is undone.
夺我名声,我命即亡。
- Take one's courage in both hands. 勇往直前,敢作敢为。
- Take one thing with another. 由此及彼。
- Take something by the best handle.
理解某事物,乘其好机会。
- Take the rough with the smooth. 既能享乐也能吃苦。
- Take the world as it is. 随遇而安。
- Take the world as one finds it. 听之任之。
- Take things as they come (or are) 既来之,则安之。
- Take time by the forelock. 要抓住时机。
- Take time for deliberation; hste spoils everything.
要费时思考,急躁会坏事。
- Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives,
stop thinking and go in.
做事要深思熟虑,但时机一到,就要动手,不要犹豫。
- Take time when time comes lest time steal away.
机不可失,时不再来。
- Take time while time is, for time will be away.
有时间要加以利用,因为时间是要消逝的。
- Talk of an angel and you'll hear his wings.
说到曹操,曹操就到。
- Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear. 说鬼鬼到。
- Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风。
- Tastes differ. 众口难调。
- Teaching others teaches yourself. 教学相长。
- Tears are the silent language of grief.
眼泪是悲哀的无声言辞。
- Telling your troubles is swelling your troubles.
诉说烦恼等于增加烦恼。
- Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.
把你的交友讲给我听,我会讲出你是何许人。
- Tell not all you know nor judge of all you see if you would live
in peace.
知道的不要全部倾吐,看到的不要都加评语,这样生活可以安宁。
- Temperance is the best physic. 克制乃是最好的治疗。
- Temperance is the greatest of virtues.
自我节制是最大的美德。
- That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed
with profit. 好书开卷引人入胜,闭卷使人得益。
- That is not good language which all understand not.
不是人人都懂的语言不是好语言。
- That's good wisdom which is wisdom in the end.
最后的聪明才算真聪明。
- That teacher helps his pupils most who most helps them to help
themselves.
教师尽力帮助学生独立工作是给学生最大的帮助。
- That which is evil is soon learnt. 恶行易学。
- That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that
which is good is always beautiful.
美丽而引人注目的东西不一定都善良,但善良的东西总是美丽的。
- That which one least anticipates soonest comes to pass.
事非逆料偏易发生。
- That which was bitter to endure may be sweet to remember.
苦楚往日难忍受,记起也许甜心头。
- The abundance of money ruins youth. 钱多毁青年。
- The ass wags his ears. 自鸣得意。
- The battle is to the strong. 强者必胜。
- The (or A) beggar may sing before the thief (or footbad).
既是穷光蛋,何虑窃贼偷。
- The beginnings of all things are small. 万事开头小。
- The belly has no ears. 食欲不长耳。
- The best fish smell when they are three days old.
鱼过三天后,再鲜也变臭。
- The best fish swim near the bottom. 好鱼游水底。
- The best hearts are always the bravest.
最善良的人往往是最勇敢的人。
- The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs
teaching. 玉不琢不成器。
- The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good.
要求过高反难成功。
- The best is yet to be. 好戏在后头。
- The best man stumbles. 智者千虑,必有一失。
- The best mirror is an old friend. 老朋友是最好的镜子。
- The best of all governments is that which teaches us to govern
ourselves. 最好的政府是教导我们管理自己。
- The best of friends must part. 莫逆至交,终有一别。
- The best remedy against an ill man is much ground between.
敬而远之。
- The best smell is bread, the best savour salt, the best love that
of children.
面包的气味最香,食盐的滋味最鲜,儿童的情爱最纯。
- The best teacher one can have is necessity.
我们能得到的最好教师是“需要”。
- The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great men.
启迪人性最好的导师是伟大人物的生活。
- The better the day, the better the deed.
日子越美好,事业越顺当。
- The bough that bears most, hangs lowest.
枝头结果越多,垂得越低。
- The brave man hazards his life, but not his conscience.
英雄的人可以冒生命危险,但不冒良心危险。
- The brightest of all things, the sun, has its spots.
金无赤足,人无完人。
- The burden on likes is cheerfully borne.
爱挑的担子,就愉快轻松。
- The busiest men find (or have) the most leisure (or time).
最忙的人时间最多。
- The cask savours of the first fill. 先入为主。
- The cat and dog may kiss, yet are none the better.
猫犬可相吻,莫逆却难成。
- The catin glores catch no mice. 戴手套的猫捉不到老鼠。
- The cat shut its eyes while it steals cream. 掩耳盗铃。
- The chief aim of man is not to get money.
人生的主要目的不是为了挣钱。
- The child is father of (or to) the man. 三岁定终身。
- The cobbler must stick to his last. 安分守己。
- The cobbler's wife is the worst shod.
鞋匠的老婆没有好鞋穿。
- The course of true love never did run smooth. 好事多磨。
- The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it
牛失其尾,方知其贵。
- The cowl (or hood) does not make the monk.
穿袈裟的不一定是和尚。
- The creditor has always a better memory than the detor.
放债人的记性比借债人好。
- The crow thinks her own birds fairest.
乌鸦总以为自己的雏鸟最美丽。
- The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
最残酷的谎言常以沈默的方式说出。
- The crushed worm will turn. 困兽犹斗。
- The cuckoo comes in April, and stays the month of May; sings a
song at midsummer, and then goes away.
布谷鸟,四月来,五月在,仲夏唱支歌,然后就飞开。
- The dainties of the great are the tears of the poor.
大人物的美味是穷人的眼泪。
- The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
黎明前是最黑暗的时刻。
- The day has eyes, the night has ears. 日有眼,夜有耳。
- The day is long to him who knows not how to use it.
百无聊赖。
- The devil can cite the Scriptures for his purpose.
魔鬼替其狡辩,也会引经据点。
- The devil is good when he is pleased.
魔鬼高兴,也发善心。
- The devil is not so black as he is painted.
魔鬼不像所描绘的那么黑。
- The devil knows may things because he is old. 老马能识途。
- The devil lurks behind the cross. 貌善实恶。
- The devil may get in by the keyhole, but the door won't let him
out. 魔鬼乘虚而入,开门撵它不出。
- The diamonds of other countries are always the most beautiful.
别国的钻石是最美丽的。
- The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease.
医生往往比疾病更令人生畏。
- The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on.
我行我素,岂管他哉。
- The dog that fetches will carry.
来道是非者,便是是非人。
- 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强力所致,而是由于滴水频繁所成。
- The early bird catches the worm. 捷足先登。
- The effect speaks, the tongue needs not. 事实胜于雄辩。
- The end crowns the work. 工作成败要看结果。
- The end justifies (or sanctifies) the means.
只问目的,不问手段。
- The evils we bring on ourselves are the hardest to bear.
自作孽不可活。
- The evil wound is cured but not the evil name.
重伤可治,臭名难除。
- The exception proves the rule. 例外能反证规律。
- The eye is blind if the mind is absent. 心不专则眼不明。
- The eye that sees all things else sees not itself.
眼睛能看见一切的东西,但看不见自己。
- The face is the index of the mind (or heart). 相为心证。
- The falling out of lovers is the renewing of love.
情人越吵越亲密。
- The farmers are the founders of civilization and prosperity.
农民是文化和繁荣的奠基者。
- The farthest way about is the nearest way home. 欲速则不达。
- The fear of ill exceeds the ills we fear.
杞人忧天,庸人自扰。
- The finest diamond must be cut. 玉不琢不成器。
- The fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong man.
烈火试真金,困苦练壮士。
- The fire which lights (or warms) us at a distance will burn us
when near. 远火能照亮,近火要烧人。
- The first blow is half the battle.
头炮打响,等于半个胜仗。
- The first element of success is the determination to succeed.
成功的首要因素是要有成功的决心。
- 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。
- The first step is the only difficulty. 万事起头难。
- The first step to virtue is to abstain from vice.
避开作恶是走向美德的第一步。
- The first wealth is health. 健康是最重要的财富。
- The fool does think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to
be a fool. 愚者自以为聪明,智者则有自知之明。
- The fool has his heart on his tongue, the wise man keeps his
tongue in his heart.
蠢人的心在嘴上,聪明人的嘴在心里。
- The fool talks, and the wise man thinks.
蠢人嘴巴讲,聪明人用心想。
- The foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
真正的愉快之根本在于良心。
- The fox changes his skin but not his habit.
狐狸可以改变皮毛,但不能改变习性。
- The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.
机关算尽太聪明,反误了卿卿性命。
- The fox smells his own stink first.
狐狸的臭味道,自己先嗅到。
- The friar preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve.
嘴上真君子,行动烂小人。
- The frog in well knows nothing of the great ocean.
井底之蛙不知汪洋大海。
- The future belongs to him who knows how to wait.
未来属于懂得等待的人。
- The future of society is in the hands of mothers; if the world was
lost through woman she alone can save it.
社会的前途掌握在母亲们手中;如果世界由于女人而毁灭,那么也只有女人才可挽救。
- The good seaman is known in bad weather.
坏天气才能认识良好的海员。
- The government of the people, by the people, and for the people
shall not perish from the earth.
民有、民治、民享的政府永世长存。
- The grass is greener on the other side. 草是另一边的绿。
- The great and the little have need one of another.
伟大与渺小相得益彰。
- The greater the truth, the greater the libel.
真理越大,诽谤也越大。
- The greatest fool is he who worries about what he cannot help.
操心无法可想的事是最大的傻瓜。
- The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is
prejudice, and her constant companion is humility.
真理最伟大的朋友是时间,最大的敌人是偏见,她永恒的伴侣是谦逊。
- The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.
最大的恨产生于最大的爱。
- The greatest liars talk most of themselves.
自吹自擂的人是最大的谎言者。
- The greatest obstacle to progress is prejudice.
进步的最大障碍是偏见。
- The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none.
最大的错误就是不认识错误。
- The greatest pleasure of life is love.
爱是人生最大的乐趣。
- The greatest talkers are always the least doers.
言语的巨人往往是行动的侏儒。
- The great fish ear up the small. 弱肉强食。
- The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.
赠予者的心意可使馈赠的东西增加价值而显得珍贵。
- The heart sees further than the head. 心之所见远胜于目。
- The heart that once truly loves never forgets.
真正的爱情是永不会忘记的。
- The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail.
猴子爬得越高,尾巴越加暴露。
- The highest art is to conceal art.
最高的艺术就是不露艺术。
- The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar.
正当得到的一分钱,胜过偷来的一元钱。
- The house shows the owner. 文如其人。
- The hungry belly has no ears. 饥寒起盗心。
- 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伟大的目标和达到这个目标的决心。
- The joy of the heart makes the face merry. 喜形于色。
- The last drop makes the cup run over. 失之过极。
- The least said, the soonest mended. (or Least said, soonest
mended) 少说为佳。
- The leopard cannot change its spots.
江山易改,本性难移。
- The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed,
but that he cannot believe anyone else.
说谎者所受到的惩罚决不是在于没有人相信他,而是在于他不会相信任何别人。
- The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb.
狼的生就是羔羊的死。
- The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf.
孤独的羊难免遭狼的危险。
- The longest day has an end. 天下没有不散的盛筵。
- The longest way round is the shortest way home.
绕道似最远,归程是捷径。
- The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human
nature. 爱美是所有健康人天性中的一个重要部分。
- The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
爱财与好学,实难相共容。
- The love of money is the root of all evil.
爱财是万恶之源。
- The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten virtues.
保持一件坏事的代价超过十件好事。
- The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
不犯错误的人往往也就是无所作为的人。
- The milk is spilled. 木已成舟。
- The mill cannot grind with the water that is past. 覆水难收。
- The mills of God grind slowly but sure.
天网恢恢,疏而不漏。
- The money the miser hoards will do him no good.
守财奴积的财富,对他自己没好处。
- The moon does not heed the barking of dogs. 月亮不怕狗吠。
- The moon is a moon whether it shines or not.
或名或暗,月亮总是月亮。
- The moon is not seen where the sun shines. 小巫见大巫。
- 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。
- The more a man knows, the more he is inclined to be modest.
大智若愚。
- The more a man knows, the more he see his ignorance.
大智若愚。
- The more haste, she less speed. 欲速则不达。
- The more noble, the more humble. 越高尚,越谦虚。
- The more riches a fool hath, the greater fool he is.
愚人越富越愚蠢。
- The more, the merrier. 多多益善。
- The more the well is used, the more water it gives.
井水越打越多。
- The more things a man is ashamed of the more respectable he is.
一个人引以为耻的事情越多,就越可尊敬。
- The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more
leisure we have.
做得越多,则能做的越多;越是忙碌,则空闲越多。
- The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance.
学得越多,就越发觉自己无知。
- The more women look in their glass, the less they look to their
house. 妇女照镜越多,照管家务就越少。
- The morning sun never lasts a day. 好景不常。
- The morning to the mountain the evening to the fountain.
凡是都有一定时间。
- The most busiest men find (or have) the most leisure (or time)
最忙碌的人有最多的空闲。
- The most useful learning in the world is that which teches us how
to die well.
世界上最有用的学问是告诉我们怎样死得其所。
- The most utterly lost of all days is that in which you have not
once laughed.
完全虚度的日子是你一次也没有笑过的日子。
- The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.
母亲的心肠是孩子的课堂。
- The mountain has brought forth a mouse. 虎头蛇尾。
- The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken. 狡兔三窟。
- The mouth of a wise man is in his heart; the heart of a fool is in
his mouth. 聪明人的嘴在心里,蠢人的心在嘴上。
- The nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh.
骨肉越亲,恩情越深。
- The nearer to church, the farther from God. 近庙欺神。
- The older the goose the harder to pluck. 越老越狡猾。
- The old goose plays not with foxes. 老鹅不和狐狸一起玩。
- The only cure for grief is action.
行动是对悲痛唯一的治疗。
- 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龄。
- The outsideer sees the best (or most) of the game. 旁观者清。
- The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.
心头的痛苦比肉体的痛苦更厉害。
- The past is for wisdom, the present for action, but for joy the
future.
过去是为了求取知识,现在是为了付诸行动,而未来是为了享受欢乐。
- The path down to evil is easy.
堕入罪恶的道路是容易走的。
- The path of duty is the path of safety.
尽职的路是安全的路。
- The path to glory is always rugged.
通向光荣的道路常常是坎坷不平的。
- The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet.
孔雀虽有华羽,但有贱足。
- The person who arrives, ect early will (probably) succeed.
- The pen is mightier than the sword. 文能胜武。
- The pen is the tougue of the mind. 笔是心之舌。
- The poor are rich when they are satisfied.
贫能知足即为富。
- The poor man wants much, the miser everything.
贫穷人要求多,守财奴样样要。
- The pot calls the kettle black. 五十步笑百步。
- The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
空谈不如实验。(实践出真知)
- The raceis got by running. 赛跑要靠奔跑来赢得。
- There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
海里的好鱼是取之不尽的。
- There are but three ways of living: by working, by stealing, or by
begging. 生活道路有三条∶劳动、偷盗或乞讨。
- There are lees to every wine. 美中有不足。
- There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers.
愚蠢的买主多鱼愚蠢的卖主。
- There are no birds of this year in last year's nests.
事过境迁。
- There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to
make a living and the other how to live.
教育显然有两种∶一种是教人怎样谋生,另一种是教人怎样生活。
- 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.
世界上只有两种力量∶刀和笔;而其结果,后者总是战胜前者。
- There are spots in (or on) the sum. 人孰无过。
- There are three ways of spreading news. -- telegraph, telephone,
and tel-a-woman.
传播新闻有三种方法∶电报、电话和告诉女人。
- There are two sides to every question.
每个问题都有两个方面。
- The receiver is as bad as the thief. 窝赃者和贼同罪。
- There is a black sheep in every flock. 群群羊中有黑羊。
- There is a crook in the lot of everyone.
人生皆有不如意处。
- 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.
渴望求知的人需要读书,累得疲劳的人也需要书读,两种人的要求有很大的区别。
- There is a skeleton in every house. 每座房子都有骨架。
- There is a small choice in rotten apples. 朽木不可雕。
- There is a time to speak and a time to be silent.
该说话时说话,该沈默时沈默。
- There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
可敬与可笑之间只有一步之差。
- There is honour among thieves. 盗亦有道。
- There is life in the old dog yet. 老当益壮。
- There is more trouble in having nothing to do than in having much
to do. 无事可做比有许多事要做更伤脑筋。
- There is much to be said on both sides.
公说公有理,婆说婆有理。
- There is noaccounting for tastes. 人各有所好。
- There is no fire without smoke. 无火没有烟。
- There is no fool like an old fool. 老年荒唐无法可想。
- There is no general rule without some exception.
普遍规律必有例外。
- There is none without a fault. 人孰无过。
- There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love andd
innocence.
人世间最大的幸福莫如既有爱情而又清白无暇。
- There is no place like home. 再好之处不如自己家。
- There is no rose without a thorn. 玫瑰花没有不长刺的。
- There is no royal road to learning. 治学无坦途。
- There is no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪。
- There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
事情本无好与坏,全在自己怎么想。
- There is nothing which has not been bitter before being ripe.
事情在成功前没有不艰苦的。
- There is nothing worse than apathy. 哀莫大于心死。
- There is no time like the present. 机不可失,时不再来。
- There is no wealth like unto knowledge, for thieves cannot steal
it.
没有什么财富像知识那样保险,因为它偷不去,抢不走。
- Thereis no wool so white but a dyer can make it black.
羊毛再白,也能染黑。
- There is safety in numbers. 人多势众。
- The remedy for injuries is not to remember them.
医治创伤的药方就是忘却创伤。
- The remedy is worse than the disease.
医疗不得法,使病更糟糕。
- The remembrance of past sorrow is joyful.
记住过去的不幸使人愉快。
- There's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
海里的好鱼是取之不尽的。
- There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. 老当益壮。
- There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.
天有不测风云。
- There's more knows Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows.
臭名气并不光彩。
- The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
徒有良好的愿望而不去努力实现,后悔莫及。
- The rotten apple injuries its neighbours.
一只死老鼠,弄赃粥一锅。
- The sacrifice of time is the costliest of all sacrifices.
损失时间是一切损失中代价最大的损失。
- The scalded cat fears cold water.
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。
- The sea complains it wants water. 大海总是抱怨水不够。
- The sea refuses no river. 大海有能容之量。
- 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.
记忆力好的秘密在于专心,而对于一个问题的专心取决于对这个问题的兴趣。在我们心上留下深刻印象的东西,我们是不大会忘记的。
- 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诀是在机会来临时要及时抓住。
- The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
成功的秘诀是目标坚定。
- The shortest answer is doing the thing.
最简短的回答就是干。
- The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a
time.
要想多做事情,最简单的办法是一次只做一件事。
- The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it.
天不会因瞎子看不见而减其蓝色。
- The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
睡觉的狐狸抓不到鸡鸭。
- The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
有点礼貌使生活愉快,多点礼貌使生活高尚。
- The smiles of a pretty woman are the tears of the purse.
美女的微笑就是钱包的泪水。
- The soul is not where it lives, but it loves.
心灵不在它生活的地方,而在它所爱的地方。
- The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
心有馀而力不足。
- The still sow eats up all the draff.
不声不响的猪吃光全部的饲料。
- The style is the man. 文如其人。
- The sun shines all alike. 太阳同样地普照一切。
- The surest way to be happy is to be busy.
要快乐,最可靠的办法是忙碌。
- The sweetest grapes hang the highest.
最甜的葡萄挂在最高的地方。
- The sweetest thing in life. Is the welocme of a wife.
人生最甜蜜的事情就是爱妻的欢迎。
- The tail does often catch the fox. 狐狸常因尾巴而被捕。
- The tailor makes the man. 人靠衣装。
- The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you
do without a thought of fame.
成功没有其它办法,只有好好工作而不存名利思想。
- The three foundations of learning: seeing much, suffering much,
and studying much.
求学的三个基本原则是∶多观察、多吃苦、多钻研。
- The three things most difficult are, to keep a secret, to forget
an injury, and to make good use of labour.
三件事最困难∶保守秘密,忘却伤害和善用精力。
- The tiger has once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of
it. 老虎一次尝到血,它的贪心就更大。
- The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six
feet high. 舌头虽只三寸长,但能杀害六尺汉。
- The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.
舌头不是钢,伤人似刀剑。
- The tongue of idle persons is never idle.
懒汉的舌头并不闲。
- The tortosis wins the race while the hare is sleeping.
兔子睡大觉,乌龟才得胜。
- The truest politeness comes from sincerity.
真正的殷勤出于真诚。
- The truths we least like to hear are those which it is most to our
advantage to know.
我们最不喜欢听到的真实,总是我们知道了会大有好处的真实。
- The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound.
不正当得来的便士会使正当得来的英镑受到污浊。
- The used key is always bright. 常用的钥匙总是光亮的。
- 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时格外卖力,而要看他的日常行为。
- The voice is the best music. 说话声是最好的音乐。
- The voice of one man is the voice of no one.
一个人的声音是没有力量的。
- The voice of the people is the voice of God.
人民之声力大无比。
- The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
水能载舟,也能覆舟。
- The weakest goes to the wall. 适者生存。
- The wealth of the mind is the only true wealth.
精神财富是唯一的真正财富。
- The wife is the key of the house. 妻子是一家的钥匙。
- The wine in the bolttle does not quench thirst.
瓶中之酒不解渴。
- The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and
pithy. 国家智慧,寓于格言,它们精辟,而且简练。
- The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds, by experience;
the stupid, by necessity; and brutes, by instinct.
聪明人循理智办事,平常人照经验办事,蠢人按需要办事,畜生凭本能办事。
- The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks.
聪明人的手不做愚笨人所说的事。
- The wise man has long ears and a short tongue.
聪明人耳朵长,嘴巴短。
- The wise man is always a good listener. 智者善听人言。
- The wise man knows he knows nothing, but the fool thinks he knows
it all.
聪明人知道自己不懂什么,蠢人则以为自己什么都懂。
- The wise man's tongue is a shield, not a sword.
智者之言,是保卫而非攻击。
- The wish is father to the thought. 有愿望就有信念。
- The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利。
- The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature.
江山易改,本性难易。
- The word "Impossible" is not in my dictionary.
我的词典里没有“不可能”一词的。
- The word once spoken can never be realled.
一言既出,驷马难追。
- The work shows the workman. 什么匠人出什么活。
- The world is comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who
feel.
世界对思惟著的人来说,是一出喜剧,而对凭感觉的人看来,只是一出悲剧。
- The world is a ladder for some to go up and some down.
人间犹如一架梯,有人缘梯上升,有人顺梯下降。
- The world is but a little place, after all.
有缘千里来相会。
- The worst men often give the best advice.
最不行的人,往往能提出最好的意见。
- The worst misfortunes are these that never hzppen.
最大的不幸是害怕不会发生的不幸。
- The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.
物以稀为贵。
- They are never alone accompanied by noble thoughts.
思想高尚者决不会孤单。
- They assume most who know the least.
懂得最少的人自以为最了不起。
- They bray most that can do least.
说话最多的人,能做的事最少。
- They die well that live well. 活著正常的人死也正常。
- The years teach much which the days never know.
学问集年而成,而每日不自知也。
- They must hunger in frost that will not work in heat.
少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
- They that live longest must die at last.
活得最久长,终难免一亡。
- They that (or who) live longest see most.
活得最长,见识最广。
- They that marry in green, their sorrow is soon seen.
过早地结婚,不久必悔恨。
- They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
泪水汪汪播种,得意洋洋收获。
- They who cannot do as they would, must do as they can.
不能为所欲为者,也当尽力而为之。
- They who live in a worry. Invite death in a hurry.
生活多愁,死亡必速。
- Things done cannot be undone. 木已成舟。
- Things of a kind come together; people of a kind fall into the
same group. 物以类聚,人以群分。
- Theings past cannot be recalled. 过去的事情无可挽回。
- Theings present are judged by things past.
欲断今日事,须知往日情。
- Things rashly taken end as ill. 草率从事没有好结果。
- Things unreasonable are never durable.
不合理的事不会持久。
- Think about the misforture of others that you may be satisfied
with your own lot.
想想别人的不幸,你可以对自己的命运感到满足。
- Think all you speak, but speak not all you think.
想想你所说的一切,不要全部说出你所想的。
- Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; doing well, wisest
and best of all.
想得好,聪明;筹画得好,更聪明;做得好,最聪明最好。
- Think much, speak little, and write less.
勤思考,寡发言,少落笔。
- Think of the devil and he's looking over your shoulders.
说到曹操,曹操就到。
- Think today and speak tomorrow. 三思而后行。
- Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.
同智者一起考虑,与俗人一起交谈。
- This world belongs to the energetic.
世界属于精力旺盛的人。
- Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself.
教学相长。
- Those that make the best use of their time have none to spare.
能充分利用时间的人不会有时间多馀。
- Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared
to do everything for money.
认为有了钱就能办一切的人,往往准备为了钱而无所不为。
- Those who climb high often have a fall.
爬得高往往跌得重。
- Those who complain most are most to be complained of.
抱怨最多的人往往最招人怨。
- Those who eat best and drink best often do worst.
吃得好喝得好的人往往干得最糟。
- 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,读书最多的人不一定最聪明。
- Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
自己有短处,不要揭别人的短处。
- Those who work deserve to eat; those who do not work deserve to
starve. 劳动者该得食,不劳者该挨饿。
- Though a lie be well dressd, it is ever overcome.
谎言即使打扮得不错,到头来总会被揭穿。
- Though malice may darken truth, it cannot put it out.
恶意可以遮暗真理,但不能抹杀真理。
- Though the fox run, the chicken hath wings.
狐狸虽会跑,小鸡有翅膀。
- Though the wound be healed yet a scar remains.
创伤可愈合,伤疤犹留存。
- Though thy enemy seem a mouse, yet watch him like a lion.
即使敌人小如鼠,也要防他如防虎。
- Thought is the seed of action. 思想是行动的种子。
- Though you cast out nature with a fork, it will still return.
本性难移。
- Three removes are as bad as a fire.
三次搬家犹如一次失火。
- Three things soon pass away; the echo of the woods, the rainbow,
and woman's beauty. 三样东西最易消逝∶树林的回响,
彩虹和妇女的美貌。
- Thrift is good revenue. 节约是个好收入。
- Through obedience learn to command.
只有学会听命于人,方能学会向人发号施令。
- Throw away the apple because of the core. 因噎废食。
- 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,所以要谨慎小心。
- Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月无情。
- Time and words can never be recalled.
消逝的时间和说出的话不能追回。
- Time cures all things. 时间可以医治一切创伤。
- Time discloses (or reveals) all things. 时间会暴露一切。
- Time does not bow to you,, you must bow to time.
必须抓紧时间。
- Time flies. 时光易逝。
- Time is great healer. 时间能够治好(感情上的)创伤。
- Time is money. 时间就是金钱。
- Time is money, but money is not time.
时间就是金钱,但金钱不是时间。
- Time marches on. 时光流逝不回头。
- Time past cannot be called back again. 光阴一去不复返。
- Time past never returns, amoment lost, lost for ever.
过去的时间决不返回,浪费一点,永远消失。
- Time reveals all things. 时间会揭露一切。
- Time tames the strongest grief.
时间可以冲淡最强烈的悲伤。
- Time tries all. 时间检验一切。
- Time tries truth. 时间考验真理。
- Time works great changes. 时间能产生巨大的变化。
- Time works wonders. 时间可以创造奇迹。
- Timid dogs bark most. 狗胆小,拼命叫。
- To a boiling pot flies come not. 苍蝇不叮沸水壶。
- To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more difficult, but
to spend it wisely most difficult of all.
积财难,守财最难,而聪明地散财最难。
- To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
对于一只漫无目标的船来说,不论什么方向的风都是逆风。
- To be angry with a weak man is a proof that you are not very
strong yourself. 对弱者发脾气证明你自己并不很强。
- To be of use in the world is the only way to be happy.
为善最乐。
- To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of
preserving peace. 维护和平最有效的办法之一是备战。
- To be virtuous is to do good. 行善是美德。
- To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement of the soul is
far better than to seek money and honour and reputation.
获得智慧,寻求真理,并使心灵美好,要比追求金钱、荣誉和名声好得多。
- To convert defeat into victoty. 反败为胜。
- Today is the scholar of yesterday. 今天是昨天的学者。
- To err is human. 人无完人。
- To err is human; to forgive, divine.
人难免错误,宽恕别人是神圣的。
- To forgive our enemies is a charming way of revenge.
饶恕敌人是一种巧妙的报复方法。
- To gain teaches how to spend. 量入为出。
- To have a stomach and lack meat; to have meat and lack a stomach;
to lie in bed and cannot rest; are great miseries.
最大在痛苦在于胃口好而无肉食,有佳肴而无胃口,躺在床上而不能休息。
- To have money is a fear, not to have it a grief.
有钱使人担心,没钱使人伤心。
- To hear a hundred times is not so good as to see once.
百闻不如一见。
- To him that does everything in its proper time, one day is worth
three. 办事不失时机,一天可抵三天用。
- To know everything is to know nothing.
事事皆知,事事不懂。
- To know how to wait is the great secret of success.
懂得如何等待是成功的秘诀。
- To know one's self is true progress.
能有自知之明就是真正的进步。
- To know the disease is half the cure.
找出病根等于治愈了一半。
- To learn obeying is the fundamental art of governing.
学会顺从是管理的基本艺术。
- To live in the hearts of those left behind is not to die.
活在后人心,虽死而犹生。
- To live long is almost everyone's wish, but to live well is the
ambitiion of a few.
活得长几乎是每个人的愿望,可是生活得好只是少数人的志气。
- To lose a freind is the greatest of all loses.
失掉朋友是一切损失中最大的损失。
- To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.
爱人和得到人爱是人生最大的幸福。
- To make enemies, talk; to make friends, listen.
要成仇敌,多讲;要成朋友,多听。
- To marry a woman for her beauty is like buying a house for its
paint. 由于面貌美丽而娶妻,犹如油漆漂亮而买屋。
- To mention the wolf's name is to see the same.
说到曹操,曹操就到。
- Tomorrow comes never. 切莫依赖明天。
- Tomorrow is another day. 明天有明天的事。
- Too many cooks spoil the broth.
人多嘴杂。厨师多烧坏汤?
- Too much humility is pride. 过分谦虚即骄傲。
- Too much knowledge makes the head bald. 知识多,老得快。
- Too much liberty spoils all. 太多的自由破坏了一切。
- Too much spoils, too little is nothing.
过多反坏事,太少不济时。
- Too much water drowned the miller. 过犹不及。
- Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. 欲速则不达。
- To pay a person in his own way.
以其人之道还治其人之身。
- To preserve a friend three things are required: to honour him
present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities.
维持友谊需要三点∶当面尊重他,背后赞扬他,需要时帮助他。
- To promise and give nothing is comfort to a fool.
允诺而不费什么是给愚蠢人的安慰。
- To read without reflection is like eating without digestion.
学而不思,犹如食而不化。
- To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune.
要真正了解一个人,需在不幸中考察他。
- To save time is to lengthen life.
省节时间就是延长寿命。
- To say little and perform much is the characteristic of great
minds. 少讲多做是大智者的特性。
- To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
要奋斗,要探索,要有所发现,而不要屈服。
- To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true
success is to labour.
怀著希望去旅行比抵达目的地更愉快;而真正的成功在于勤劳。
- To travel through the world it is necessary to have the mouth of
hog, the legs of a stag, the eyes of a falcon, the ears of an ass,
shoulders of a camel, and the face of an ape, and overplus, a
satchel full of money and patience.
周游世界须有猪嘴巴,鹿的腿,鹰的双眼,驴的耳,骆驼的肩膀和猿猴的脸,尤其需要的是要有满口袋的金钱和耐心。
- Touch pitch and you will be defiled.
近朱者赤,近墨者黑。
- To worry about tomorrow is to be unhappy today.
担心明天,今天就不愉快了。
- To youth I have but words of counsel -- work, work, work.
对青年人,我要奉劝几句话∶工作,工作,再工作。
- Travel east or travel west, a man's own home is still the best.
走到东,走到西,最好还是到家里。
- Tread on a worm and it will turn. 困兽犹斗。
- Troubles never come singly. 祸不单行。
- True blue will never stain. 真金不怕火。
- True coral needs no painter's brush. 真珊瑚无需刷油漆。
- True friendship is a plant of slow growth.
真正的友谊像是生长缓慢的植物。
- True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom
known until it be lost.
真诚的友谊犹如强健的身体,要到失去它时,才知它的可贵。
- True love is giving not taking.
真正的爱情是给而不是取。
- True love never grows old. 真爱永不老。
- True love shows itself in time of need. 急需时见真情。
- True praise roots and spreads. 表扬真实,根深传远。
- True wisdom is know what is best worth knowing, and to do what is
best worth doing.
真正的智慧是知道最值得知道的事情和做最值得做的事情。
- Trust not the praise of a friend, nor the contempt of an enemy.
不要信赖朋友的赞扬,也不要仇敌的轻蔑放在心上。
- Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee.
只要信任你自己,别人不会辜负你。
- Truth and love are two of the most powerful things in the world;
and when they both go together they cannot easily be withstood.
真理和爱情是世界上力量最强大的两样东西,当它们两者走在一起时,它们是很难抵挡的。
- Truth and roses have thorns about them.
真理和玫瑰,身上都刺。
- Truth fears not the flames of slander and injustice.
真金不怕火。
- Truth hath a good face, but ill clothes.
真理相貌好,但衣衫褴褛。
- Truth is (or lies) at the bottom of the decater.
酒后露真言。
- Truth is honest, truth is sure; Truth is strong and must endure.
真理不会骗人,切实无假;真理的力量强大,永存不垮。
- Truth is stranger than fiction. 真理比幻想更奇特。
- Truth is the daughter of time. 真理是时间的女儿。
- Truth is the foundation of all knowledge, and the cement of all
societies.真理是一切知识的基础,是一切社团的纽带。
- Truth lies at the bottom of a well.
事实真相往往不在表面,而在深层。
- Truth may be blamed, but shall never be shamed.
真理可能被指责,但是决不蒙耻辱。
- Truth needs no colour; beauty, no pencil.
真理不些要色彩,美丽不需涂饰。
- Truth, once crushed, will rise again. 真理是打不倒的。
- Truth's best ornament is nakedness.
不加装饰是真理的最好的装饰。
- Truth will conquer. 真理必胜。
- Truth will prevail. 真理必胜。
- Truth will stand without a prop. 真理能树,不靠支持。
- Try (your friend) before you trust him.
朋友要经考验,才能取得信任。
- Turn your tongue seven times before speaking.
话到嘴边留三分。
- Two blacks do not make a
white.两个乌黑不等于一个清白。
- Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone,
never agree in one.
两猫伴一鼠,两妻居一屋,两狗肯一骨,万难同相处。
- Two dogs over one bone seldom agree.
两狗啃一骨,相持难服输。
- Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利。
- Two ears to one tongue, therefore hear twice as much as you speak.
两只耳朵对一舌,故应多听而少说。
- Two heads are better than one. 集思广益。
- Two in distress makes sorrow less.同病相怜。
- Two is company, but three is
none.两人成为伴,三人不结侣。
- Two of a trade seldom agree.同行是冤家。
- Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each
other's little failings.
小过彼此不相谅,两人友谊难长久。
- Two quarrel and a third profits by
it.鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利。
- Two sparrows on one ear of corn make an ill agreement.
一穗两雀争,意见乱纷纷。
- Two things doth prolong your life: a quiet heart and a loving
wife. 心情平静妻贤淑,延年益寿多得福。
- Two wrongs don't make a right.
两个错误不能构成一个正确。