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格言是人类智慧的结晶,下面是本人收集了英语中常见的格言。供你查阅。
A
cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命。(英国迷信, 指猫的生命力强)
A
cat in gloves catches no mice. (=Muffled cats
catch no mice.) 带手套的猫
捉不到耗子; 四肢不勤, 一事无成;
怕沾污手指的人做不出什么事。
A cat may look at a king.
猫也可以看国王(指小人物也应有些权利)
A chain is no stronger
than its weakest link.
A fool and his money
are soon parted.
A fool may give a wise man
counsel
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A good dog deserves a good bone. 好狗应该啃好骨头,
有功者受赏。
A handful of common sense is worth a
bushel of learning.少量的常识,当得大
量的学问。
A little
knowledge is a dangerous thing.浅学误人。
A living
dog is better than a dead lion. 死狮不如活狗。
A man
is known by his friends.
A man is known by the
company he keeps.
A man's home is his castle.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A sheep
among wolves 落入狼群; 落在一群恶汉手中的善良人
A staff
[stick] is quickly [soon] found to beat a dog
with. 欲加之罪, 何患
无辞。
A stitch in time saves
nine.
A wolf in sheep's clothing 披着羊皮的狼,
口蜜腹剑的人
A woman's place is in the home.
A
woman's work is never done.
A word spoken is
past recalling.
A work ill done must be twice
done.首次做不好,必须重新搞。
A burnt child dreads the
fire. 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳。
A willing helper does not
wait until he is asked. 于助人者总是主动帮助别人。
Absence
makes the heart grow fonder.
Action is the
proper fruit of knowledge.行动是知识之佳果。
Actions
speak louder than words.
Affairs that are done
by due degrees are soon ended.按部就班,事情很快就做完。
After a storm comes a calm.
After praising
the wine they sell us vinegar.
Agree like cats
and dogs [口]像猫和狗一样合不来, 完全合不来
All cats are grey
in the dark. (=At night all cats are grey; when
candles are
out, all cats are grey.) 猫在暗中都是灰色;
黑暗中难分丑妍
All good things must come to an end.
All is fair in love and war.
All is over
but the shouting.
All lay load on the willing
horse.
All roads lead to Rome.
All
that glitters is not gold.
All the world loves
a lover.
All time is no time when it is
past.光阴一去不复返。
All work and no play makes Jack
a dull boy.只工作,不玩耍,聪明小孩也变傻。
All roads lead to
Rome.条条大路通罗马。
All's well that ends well.
Among the blind the oneeyed man is the
king.山中无老虎猴子称大王。
An apple a day keeps the
doctor away.
An army of sheep led by a lion
would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
An idle brain is the devil's
workshop.懒汉的头脑是魔鬼的工厂。
An idle youth,a needy
age.少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
An old dog barks not in vain.
老狗不乱吠; 老狗 一吠, 就得小心。
An old dog will learn no
new tricks. (=You cannot teach old dogs new
tricks.)
老狗学不了新把戏; 老年人很难适应新事物。
Anger and
haste hinder good counsel.
Appearances are
deceptive.
April showers brings may flowers.
Art is long, life is short.
As [like] a
dog with two tails 非常开心[高兴]
As a sheep among
the shearers 仿佛落在剪羊毛工人手里的绵羊
As poor as a
church mouse
As weak as a cat (=as weak as
water) 身体非常虚弱
As well be hanged for a sheep as
for a lamb 偷大羊或偷小羊反正都得挨绞刑; 一
不做二不休
As you
make your bed, so must you lie in it.
As you
sow, so shall you reap.
As you have made the
bed, you must lie on it.自作自受。
Ask no questions
and hear no lies.
At the eleventh
hour在最后时刻表(误:在十一点钟)
Bad news travels fast.
Barking dogs seldom bite. 爱叫的狗 不咬人; 咬人的狗不露齿。
Barking dogs seldom bite. 爱叫的狗不咬人。
Be
(old) dog at (a thing) 对...有经验; 对...很内行
Beauty
is in the eye of the beholder.
Beauty is only
skin-deep.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Better be safe than sorry.
Better die with
honor than live with shame.
Better late than
never.迟做总比不做好。
Better master one than engage
with ten.会十事,不如精一事。
Better the devil you know
than the devil you don't know.
Better to be
alone than in bad company.
Better to die in
glory than live in dishonor.
Beware of
a silent dog and still water. 提防不吠的狗, 小心 静止的水。
Birds of a feather flock together.
Blood
is thicker than water.
Blood, toil, tears and
sweat.
Boys will be boys.
Bring down the
house博得满堂喝彩,引起哄堂大笑(误:把房子弄塌?br> Business
before
pleasure.事业在先,享乐在后。
Business is business.公事公办。
Business is the salt of life.事业是生命之盐。
Business makes a man as well as tries
him.事业可以考验人,也可以造就人。
Business may be
troublesome,but idleness is
pernicious.事业虽扰人,懒惰害更
大。
Business neglected
is business lost.忽视职业便是放弃职业。
Calamity is man
true touchstone.
Call somebody
names辱骂某人(误:喊某人的名字)
Care and diligence bring
luck.谨慎和勤奋带来好运。
Catch as catch can.
Charity begins at home.
Christmas comes
but once a year.圣诞一年只一度。
Clean conscience
laughs at false accusation.
Come like a dog at
a whistle 一呼即来
Crime does not pay.
Cry
over spilt milk.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Dead men have no friends.
Dead men tell no
tales.
Death is the great leveler.
Deliberate slowly,execute promptly.慢慢酌量,快快行动。
Dexterity comes by experience.熟练来自经验。
Diamond cut diamond.
Diligence is the
mohter of success.勤奋是成功之母。
Diligence is the
mother of good fortune.勤勉是好运之母。
Discretion is
the better part of valor.
Divide and rule.
Do as I say, and not as I do.
Do as most
men do and men will speak well of
thee.照大多数人那样干,人们会把
你称赞。
Do business,but be
not a slave to it.要做事,但不要做事务的奴隶。
Do not wear
out your welcome.
Do unto others as you would
like them to do unto you.
Doing everything is
doing nothing. 样样都做等于不做。
Don't count your
chickens before they are hatched.
Don't cut
off your nose to spite your face.
Don't go
near the water until you learn how to swim.
Don't meet trouble half-way.
Don't
put all your eggs in one basket.
Don't ride
the high horse.
Don't wash your dirty linen
in public.
Doubt is the key of
knowledge.怀疑是知识之钥。
Early to bed, early to
rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and
wise.早睡早起,
使人健康、富裕和聪颖。
Easier said than
done.
East or west, home is best. 出门五里,不如家里。
Easy come, easy go.来得容易去得快。
Eat no
fish做忠实可靠的人(误:不吃鱼)
Enough to make a cat
[horse] laugh 极其可笑; 让人笑掉大牙
Enough to make a
cat speak [口]令人惊讶; 事情太出奇
Entertain an angel
unawares.
Every bird loves to hear himself
sing.
Every dog has his day. 凡人皆有得意日。
Every dog is a lion at home. [Every dog is
valiant at his own door.] 狗是百
步王, 只在门前凶。
Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.
Every man has his faults.
Every man has
his price.
Every man is his own worst enemy.
Every picture tells a story.
Every potter
praises his own pot.
Every tide hath ist
ebb.潮涨必有潮落时。
Everybody's business is nobodys
business. 三个和尚没水吃
Everyone to his taste.
Everything has its time and that time must be
watched.万物皆惺保崩床豢墒
А?br> Experience is the best
teacher.经验是最好的教师。
Experience is the father of
wisdom and memory the mother.经验是知识之父,记
忆是知识之母。
Experience is the mother of wisdom.
Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn
in no other.经验学校学费高,
愚人旁处学不到。
Experience
without learning is better than learning without
experience.有经
验而无学问,胜于有学问而无经验。
Failure
teaches success.
Faith will move mountains.
精诚所至,金石为开。
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Fast Barking dogs seldom bite.
Fat cat
美国政治运动的出资人, 捐献大宗政治款项的富人; 安于现状的懒汉; 以权
谋私的人,
享受特权的人
Fear is stronger than love.
Fear of
death is worse than death itself.
Fight
dog, fight bear. 打个青红皂白, 一决雌雄。
Fight fire with
fire.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
Finished
labours are pleasant.完成工作是一乐。
Fire is a good
servant but a bad master. 火是忠实的朋友,却是残酷的主人。
First come, first served.
First things
first.
First think, and then speak.
Fools
rush in where angels fear to tread.
Friend in
need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
Garbage in,
garbage out.
Give a dog a bad [an ill]
name(and hang him). 一旦给人加一个坏名声, 他就永远
洗刷不掉;
人言可畏。
Give credit where credit is due.
Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.
Give the devil his due.
Give him an inch
and he will take an ell(a yard). 得寸进尺。
God
helps them that help themselves.
Good fences
make good neighbors.
Goodness is better than
beauty.
Grasp all, lose all.
Great minds
think alike.英雄所见略同。
Happiness takes no account
of time.欢娱不惜时光逝。
Has the cat got your tongue?
[口]猫把你的舌头叼去了吗?为什么不吭声?
Haste makes waste.
Have you somewhat to do tomorrow, do it
today.明天如有事,今天就去做。
He is a lucky dog. 他是个幸运儿。
He is the best general who makes the fewest
mistakes.
He laughs best who laughs last.
He that doth most at once doth
least.什么都想一次做完,结果一件也做不完;贪
多嚼不烂。
He that is
master of himself, will soon be master of others.
He that knows nothing, doubts nothing.
He
that plants a tree plants for posterity.
He
that thinks his business below him will always be
above his business.自
命大才小用,往往眼高手低。
He that
will not work shall not eat.不工作者不得食。
He who
hesitates is lost.
He who does not advance
loses ground. 不进则退。
He who does not reach the
Great Wall is not a true man. 不到长城非好汉。
He who
laughs last, laughs best. 谁笑到最后谁笑得最好。
He who
rides on a tiger can never dismount. 骑虎难下。
Health is not valued till sickness comes.
有病方知无病福。
Honesty is the best policy.
Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take
the most pains).懒人做工作,
越懒越费力。
Idleness is
the key of beggary.懒惰出乞丐。
Idleness is the root
of all evil.懒惰乃万恶之源。
If a job's worth doing,
it's worth doing well.
If you want
knowledge,you must toil for it.若要求知识,须从勤苦得。
If
you would have a thing well done,do it
yourself.想把事情来做好,就得亲自
动手搞。
Ignorance is
bliss.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
Ill news travels fast.恶事传千里。
In for a
penny,in for a pound.做事一开头,就要做到底;一不做,二不休。
Industry is fortune's right hand,and frugality
her left.勤勉是幸运的右手,
世俭是幸运的左手。
It is good to
learn at another man's cost.前车可鉴。
It is ill to
waken sleeping dogs. [let sleeping dogs lie; don't
wake a sleeping
dog.] 别多事, 别惹麻烦。
It is in
to be on the safe side.
It is lost labour to
sow where there is no soil.没有土壤,播种也是徒劳。
It is
no use crying best spilt milk.
It is not work
that kills,but worry.工作不会伤身,伤身乃是忧虑。
It is
right to put everything in its proper
use.凡事都应用得其所。
It never rains, but it pours.
It rains cats and dogs. 下倾盆大雨, 大雨滂沱
It
takes two to tango.
It is no good crying over
the spilt milk. 覆水难收。
It takes two to make a
quarrel.一只碗不响。
Jack of all trades, master of
none.
Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.
Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。
Knowledge advances by steps and not by
leaps.知识只能循序渐进,不能跃进。
Knowledge is
power.知识就是力量。
Laughter is the best medicine.
Lead a dog's life 过着牛马不如的生活
Lead a dog's
life 过穷困潦倒的日子
Learn wisdom by the follies of
others.从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。
Let bygones be bygones.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Let the buyer
beware.
Let the cat out of the bag 说走了嘴,
(无意中)泄露秘密
Let the dead bury their dead.
Let sleeping dog lie. 不要惹是生非。
Let's call a
spade a spade.直言不讳。
Life is just a bowl
of cherries.
Lightning never strikes twice in
the same place.
Like a cat on hot bricks 局促不安,
如热锅上的蚂蚁
Like father, like son.
Like
mother, like daughter.
Live and learn.
Live like cat and dog [口]整天吵架
Live a cat
and dog life(夫妻)过着不和谐的生活(误:过着猫和狗一般的生活)
Living
without an aim is liking sailing without a
compass. 生活没有目标等于
航行没有指南针。
Look after
number one.
Look on the bright side.
Look
before you leap.三思而后行。
Lookers-on see most of
the game. 旁观者清。
Love conquers all.
Love is
blind.
Love makes the world go round.
Love
me, love my dog. 你若把我当朋友, 也要把我的朋友当朋友; 爱屋及乌。
Love sees no faults.
Love will find a way.
Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌
Make hay while
the sun shines.晒草要趁太阳好。
Man cannot live by
bread alone.
Many hands make light work.众擎易举。
Many hands make quick work.人多干活快。
Many a
little makes a mickle.积少成多。
Many hands makes
light work. 人多好办事。
Marriages are made in
heaven.
May As soon as man is born he begins
to die.
Might is right.
Mind your own
business.
Money is the root of all evil.
Money isn't everything.
More haste, less
speed.欲速则不达。
Move heaven and
earth想尽一切办法;竭尽全力(误:翻天覆地)
Necessity is the
mother of invention.
Never deter till tomorrow
that which you can do today.今日事须今日毕,切勿拖
延到明天。
Never do things by halves.做事不要半途而废。
Never
judge from appearances.
Never look a gift
horse in the mouth.
Never mix your liquor.
Never say die.
Never speak ill of the
dead.
Never think yourself above
business.勿自视过高;不要眼高手低;永远不要认为自
己是大才小用。
Never
too late to repent.
Never too late to mend.
亡羊补牢未为晚也。
No Bad news travels fast.
No man
can serve two masters.
No man is
indispensable.
No news is good news.
No
one can call back yesterday; Yesterday will not be
called again. 昨日不
复来。
No pain, no gain.
No root,no fruit.无根就无果。
No one is wise at
all time. 智者千虑,必有一失。
Not have a dog's chance
毫无机会
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Nothing
ventured, thing gained.
Nothing in the world
is difficult if you set your mind to it.
世上无难事,
只怕有心人。
Old habits die hard.
Old
soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Once Cleanliness is next to godliness.
One
good turn deserves another.
One man's loss is
another man's gain.
One scabbed sheep infects
the whole flock. 一只羊生疮整群羊遭殃。
One today is
worth two tomorrows.一个今天胜似两个明天。
One's life is
limited, but learning is endless. 生命有限,学海无涯。
Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
Out of
sight, out of mind.眼不见,心不烦。
Patience is a
virtue.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Pleasant hours fly past.快乐时光去如飞。
Practice
makes perfect.熟能生巧。
Practice what you preach.
Prepare for a rainy day.未雨绸缪。
Prevention
is better than cure.
Procrastination is the
thief of time.因循拖延是时间的大敌;拖延就是浪费时间。
Pull
somebody's leg戏弄某人;开某人的玩笑(误:拖某人的后腿)
Pull up
one's socks振作起来;鼓起勇气(误:提起袜子)
Punctuality is
the soul of business.守时为立业之要素。
Put your
shoulder to the wheel.努力工作。
Rain, rain, go
away, come again another day.
Rats desert a
sinking ship.
Reading makes a full man and
writing an exact man. 读书使人充实,写作使人严
谨。
Return to one's sheep [muttons] 回到本题
Revenge is sweet.
Robbing Peter to pay
Paul.
Saving is getting. 节省就是获得。
Saying is
one thing, doing another. 说是一回事,做是另一回事。
Scornful[Hungry] dogs will eat dirty puddings.
人到危急时, 平时所不屑做的也
要做; 急不暇择, 饥不择食。
Scratch my
back and I'll scratch yours.
See [watch] how
[which way] the cat jumps (=wait for the cat to
jump) 观望
形势然后行动; 看风使舵, 随机应变
See Naples and
die.不到黄河心不死。
Seeing is believing.百闻不如一见。
Send somebody to the
chair把某人判死刑;送…电椅(误:把某人送到椅子上)
Separate the
sheep from the goats 区别好人和坏人
Sheep and goats
善人与恶人(来自《圣经》)
Sheep that have no shepherd 乌合之众
Silence is golden.
Sloth is the key of
poverty.惰能致贫。
Sloth turneth the edge of
wit.懒散能磨去才智的锋芒。
Something is better than
nothing.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Speak when you are spoken to.
Speaking
without think is shooting without aiming.
说话不假思索,等于无的放
矢。
Speech is the picture of
the mind. 言为心声。
Still waters run deep.
Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁。
Sweet
things are bad for the teeth.
Take time when
time cometh,lest time steal
away.时来必须要趁时,不然时去无声
息。
Tall trees catch
much wind.树大招风。
Teach an old dog new tricks
使守旧的人接受新事物
Teach the dog to bark 教狗怎么叫(意指多此一举)
Teaching others teaches yourself.教学相长。
That's like putting the cat near the goldfish
bowl. 引狼入室; 等于把猫放在金
鱼缸旁。
The bait hides the
hook.
The best fish swim near the bottom.
The best go first.
The best of friends
must part.
The best things in life are free.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
The cat did it. [口谑]是猫打破的;
不是我搞的。(推托责任的话)
The cat is out of the bag.
[口]秘密泄露; 真相大白。
The cat shuts its eyes when
stealing cream. 掩耳盗铃; 猫偷吃奶油的时候, 总是
闭着眼睛。
The cat would eat fish and would not wet her
feet. 猫儿想吃鱼, 又怕湿了脚(想
吃鱼又怕腥; 想得到某种东西又怕麻烦或担风险)。
The day is short but the work is much.工作多,光阴迫。
The dog returns to his vomit. 狗回头吃自己吐出来的东西;
重犯旧日罪恶。
The early bird catches the worm.
The end justifies the means.
The female of
the species is more deadly than the male.
The
first step is the hardest.
The grapes are
sour.
The grass is always greener on the other
side of the fence.
The last straw breaks the
camel's back.
The more one knows, the less one
believes.
The more you get, the more you want.
The morning sun never lasts a
day.好景不常;朝阳不能光照全日。
The pot calls the kettle
black.
The proof of the pudding is in the
eating.
The scalded cat fears cold water.
被烫过的猫, 连冷水也怕(一朝被蛇咬, 三年怕
井绳)
The secret of
wealth lieth in the letters SAVE.节俭是致富的秘诀。
The
sheep has no choice when in the jaws of the wolf.
The shortest answer is doing the
thing.最简短的回答就是一个干字。
The early bird catches the
worm.笨鸟先飞。
The kettle and the pot.一丘之貉。
The leopard cannot change its spots. 本性难移。
The water that bears boat is the same that
swallows it up.水能载舟,亦能覆
舟。
There are only
twenty-four hours in a day.
There are two
sides to evey question.
There is a black sheep
in every flock.到处都有害群之马。
There is a time and a
place for everything.
There is more than one
way to skin a cat.
There is no honor among
thieves.
There is safety in numbers.
There
is no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪。
There's a
black sheep in every flock.
There's no fool
like an old fool.
There's no place like home.
There's no smoke without fire.
There's one
law for the rich, and another for the poor.
They that dance must pay the fiddler.
They who cannot do as they would,must
do as they can.不能如愿而行,也须尽力
而为。
Things are
not always what they seem.
Think a great deal
of oneself过高地估计自己(误:为自己想得多)
Those who live in
glass houses should not throw stones.
Time and
tide wait for no man.岁月无情;岁月易逝;岁月不待人。
Time
cures all things.
Time flies.时光易逝。
Time is
a great healer.
Time is money.一寸光阴一寸金。
Time past cannot be called back again.光阴一去不复返。
Time tames the strongest grief.时间能缓和极度的悲痛。
Time tries all.时间检验一切。
Time tries
truth.时间检验真理。
Time and tide wait for no
man.时光不等人。
Time flies like an arrow.光阴似箭。
To err is human.
To him that does
everything in its proper time, one day is worth
three.事事
及时做,一日胜三日。
To save time is to
lengthen life.节省时间就是延长生命。
Tomorrow comes
never.切莫依赖明天。
Tomorrow is another day.
Too
many cooks spoil the broth (soup). 厨师多了难烧汤。
Top dog 当权派;头儿
Treat sb. Like a dog
不把某人当人看
True love ever grows old.
Trust is
the mother of deceit.
Turn the other cheek.
Two heads are better than one.
Two is
company, three is a crowd.
Two wrongs do not
make a right.
Two heads are better than
one.三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。
United we stand, divided we
fall.
Variety is the spice of life.
Virtue
is its own reward.
Walls have ears.隔墙有耳。
Waste not, want not.
Watch sb. As a cat
watches a mouse. 象猫盯耗子般地盯着某人。
What are the
odds so long as you are happy.
What may be
done at any time will be done at no
time.在任何时候都可做的事情,
总是在任何时候都不做的事情。
What you
don't know can't hurt you.
What you lose on
the swings you get back on the roundabouts.
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing
well.凡是值得做的事,就值得做
好。
When an
opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to
you.机不可失,时不
再来;机会一过,永不再来。
When in doubt, do
nothing.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
When the cat's away, the mice will play.
猫儿不在,老鼠成精(大王外出, 小鬼跳
粱)。
Where there is no
trust there is no love.
Where there is a will,
there is a way. 有志者事竟成。
Where there is life,
there is hope. 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧。
Wisdom in the mind
is better than money in the hand.胸中有知识,胜于手中有钱。
Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear
for it.为了求知识,代价虽高也值
得。
Wisdom is better
than gold or silver.知识胜过金银,
Wisdom is more to
be envied than riches.知识可羡,胜于财富。
Wisdom is to
the mind what health is to the
body.知识之于精神,一如健康之于
肉体。
Wit once bought is
worth twice
taught.由经验而得的智慧,胜于学习而得的智慧;
一次亲身的体会,胜过两次的教师教导。
Without a shepherd, sheep are not a flock.
Work bears witness who does well.工作能证明谁做的好。
Work makes the workman.勤工出巧匠。
Work
today,for you know not how much you may be
hindered tomrrow.今朝有事今
朝做,明朝可能阻碍多。
World is
but a little place, after all.
You cannot have
it both ways.
You cannot have your cake and
eat it.
You can't make an omelette without
breaking eggs.
You can't please everyone.
You can't take it with you when you die.
You can't tell a book by its cover.
You
can't win them all.
You don't get something
for nothing.
You win some, you lose some.
Translation of Corresponding English and
Chinese
Proverbs
Zhao Baobin
There
are many proverbs in both Chinese and English.
Sometimes it is hard for
us to find the
corresponding ones because of the different
culture background
and sometimes you can find
the corresponding ones in the two languages. In
this
way is it a little easier for us
to translate them into Chinese or English
otherwise it is very difficult to put them
into another language. Now I will
turn some
Chinese proverbs into the equivalent ones in
English.
1. After meat, mustard; after
death, doctor.
雨后送伞
Explanation: this
describes a situation where assistance or comfort
is given
when it is too late.
2. After
praising the wine they sell us vinegar.
挂羊头卖狗肉
Explanation: to offer to give or sell
something that is inferior to what you
claim
it to be.
3. All is over but the shouting.
大势已去
Explanation: finally decided or won;
brought to the end; not able to be changed.
4. All lay load on the willing horse.
人善被人欺,马善被人骑
Explanation: a willing horse
is someone who is always doing things for others.
Very often the implication is that others
impose on him.
and haste hinder good
counsel.
小不忍则乱大谋
Explanation: one cannot
act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
6. As poor as a church mouse
一贫如洗
Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having
barely to live upon.
7. A word spoken is
past recalling.
一言既出,驷马难追
Explanation: the
harm done by a careless word cannot easily
undo.
8. Birds of a feather flock
together.
物以类聚
Explanation: People who are
alike often become friend or are together: if you
are often with certain people, you may be
their friends or like them.
9.
Cry over spilt milk.
覆水难收
Explanation: to cry or complain about
something that has already happened
is but a
little place, after all.
天涯原咫尺,到处可逢君
Explanation: it is used when a person meets
someone he knows or is in someway
connected
with him in a place where he would never have
expected to do so.
11. When in Rome, do as
the Romans do.
入乡随俗
Explanation: conform
to the manners and customs of those amongst whom
you live.
12. What you lose on the swings
you get back on the roundabouts.
失之东隅,收之桑榆
Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of
average; if you have bad luck
on one day you
have good on another; if one venture results in
loss try a fresh
one---it may succeed.
13. What are the odds so long as you are
happy.
知足者常乐
Explanation: what does
anything else matter if a person is happy.
14. Entertain an angel unawares.
有眼不识泰山
Explanation: to receive a great personage as a
guest without knowing his merits.
15.
Every dog has his day.
是人皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
16. Every potter praises his own pot.
王婆买瓜,自卖自夸
Explanation: people are loath to
refer to defects in their possessions or their
family members
17. Great minds think
alike
英雄所见略同
Explanation: people happen to
have the same idea.
From the examples
above, we can find some Chinese proverbs that have
the
equivalent ones in English. So we have the
different ways to express the similar
ideas.