日汉在线翻译俚语俗语与谚语

2021年1月22日发(作者：basketball什么意思)
俚
语
、
俗
语
与
谚
语
(
一
)

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

不善始者不善终


A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

不会睡觉怪床歪


A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

十鸟在树，不如一鸟在手


A bit trying

有些苦恼


A burnt child dreads the fire.

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳


A cat has nine lives.

猫有九命


A cat may look at a king.

一视何伤


A constant guest is never welcome.

久住令人贱


A contented mind is a perpetual feast.

知足常乐


A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.

上梁不正下梁歪


A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot

put out.

一愚闯祸，百智难补


a friend in need is a friend indeed/ tested friends/ share weal and

woe.

患难中的朋友才是真正的朋友
/
雪中送炭真君子


A friend is easier lost than found.

朋友易失不易得


A good beginning is half done./Well begun is half done.

良好的开端就是成功的一半
.

A good beginning is half done.

能善其始，事已半成


A good beginning makes a good ending.

善始善终


A good book is the best friends, the same today and forever.

好书如挚友，情谊永不


A good gain takes long pain.

好事多磨


A good lather is half a shave.

良好的开端等于成功的一半


A good name is better than riches.

名声好，胜金宝


A good tale is none the worse for being told twice.

好戏不厌百回看


a heart of gold

道德高尚的人


a heart of oak

果断的人


A hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt.

百镑愁难还一分债


A Jack of all trades is master of none.

样样精通样样稀松


A little learning is a dangerous thing.

一知半解是危险的事。


A man cannot whistle and drink at the same time.

一心不能两用


A man who has friends must show himself friendly.

要想交朋友，就得有诚意


A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

人无笑脸不开店


A miss is as good as a mile.

失之毫厘，差之千里


A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.

远亲不如近邻


A necessary lie is harmless.

必要的谎言无妨


A pin a day is a groat a year.

聚沙成塔


A reformed rake makes the best husband.

浪子回头金不换


A rolling stone gathers no moss.

转石不成苔，转业不聚财


A stitch in time saves nine.

一劳永逸


A stone in a wall is not lost.

金簪掉在井里头
?
有你的就是有你的


A straw shows which way the wind blows.

见微知着


A three-hundred-mile journey starts with the first step.

千里之行
,
始于足下


A waterside pavilion gets the moonlight

and plants

facing the sun

grow better.

近水楼台先得月，向阳花木早逢春。


a white elephant

暴殄天珍


A word is enough to the wise.

快马一鞭


A word spoken is past recalling.

一言既出，驷马难追


A work ill done must be twice done.

首次做不好，必须重新做


A young idler, an old beggar.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲


Absent- minded professor

无头苍蝇


Act one's age

适龄行为


Actions speak louder than words.

行动胜于言辞
/
坐而言，不如起而行


After a fashion

差劲


After a storm comes a calm.

雨过天晴


All good things come to an end.

好花不常开，好景不常在
/
一切美好的事物皆有终结之时


All is fair in love and war.

情场如战超不择手段


All is fish that comes to the net.

抓到篮里便是菜


All lay loads on a willing horse.

人善被人欺，马善被人骑


All roads lead to Roma.

条条大道通罗马

殊途同归


All that glitters is not gold.

闪光的东西并非都是金子


All things are difficult before they are easy.

万事起头难


All's well that ends well.

结局好的就算好


Amiss is as good as a mile.

差之毫厘，失之千里


an ax to grind

图谋不轨


An empty sack cannot stand upright.

空袋立不直


An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

以眼还眼，以牙还牙


An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told.

诚实的故事，哪怕是平淡地讲，也传得最快


An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

一日之间在于晨


An onlooker sees most of the game.

旁观者清


Appearances are deceptive.

人不可貌相


Art is long, but life is short.

人生有限，学海无涯


Art is long, life is short.

人生朝露，艺业千秋


as always

一如既往


as poor as a church mouse

一贫如洗


as red as a rose

艳如桃花


As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

一不做二不休


as wet as a drowned rat

湿如落汤鸡


As you brew so you must drink.

自作自受


As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.

自食其果
/
自作自受


As you sow, so shall you reap.

种豆得豆，种瓜得瓜


assess the situation, go with the tide

审时度势，顺应潮流


at one's wit's end

智穷才尽


俚语、俗语与谚语
(
二
)

back and forth

前前后后


Bad news travels fast.

坏事传千里


Barking dogs seldom bite.

爱叫的狗很少咬人


be all fingers and thumbs(be very awkward and clumsy in handling

things)

做事笨手笨脚


Be careful with thing and merciful with people.

对物要爱惜，对人要感恩


be far- sighted

目光远大


be in the same boat

同舟共济


be kept waiting for some time

苦苦等候


be open and aboveboard

光明磊落


be true to one's name

名副其实


be very ungrateful

以怨报德


Beauty is but skin deep.

人不可貌相


Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

情人眼里出西施


Beauty is only skin-deep.

人不可貌相


Beggars must not be choosers.

饥不择食


bell the cat

风险重重


Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

宁为鸡头，不为凤尾


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 do not know.

明枪易躲，暗箭难防


Birds of a feather flock together.

鸟以群分，物以类聚


bite the hand that feeds one

忘恩负义


Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.

良药苦口


Blood is thicker than water.

疏不间亲
/
血浓于水


bonkers

疯狂的


both feet on the ground

实事求是


Boys will be boys.

男孩子毕竟是男孩子


Brazen-faced

厚脸皮


burn one's boats

破釜沉舟


bury one's head in the sand

无视事实


Business comes before pleasure.

正事在先，玩乐在后


Buyers want a hundred eyes; sellers
，
none.

买东西的要有百只眼，卖东西的可以不长眼
.

By George

的确


by the grapevine

小道消息


can of worms

一团糟


cannot see the wood for the trees

只见树木不见森林


carry the can

面对责备
,
负起责任


change with each passing day

日新月异


chaos

乌烟瘴气


Clothes do not make the man.

人不可貌相


Clothes make the man.

人要衣装，佛要金装


Come Across A Tiger In The Mountain

山中遇虎


come straight to the point

开门见山


Coming events cast their shadows before.

山雨欲来风满楼


Comparisons are odious.

人比人，气死人


Constant dropping wears away the stone.

滴水穿石


cool one's heels

坐冷板凳


Craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked.

诡计需要伪装，真理喜欢阳光


Custom makes all things easy.

熟能生巧


Custom reconciles us to everything.

习惯成自然


Cut your coat according to your cloth.

量入为出


Dead men tell no tales.

死无对证


Deal with a man as he deals with you.

以其人之道还治其人之身


deli(delicatessen)

熟食店


deserve one's reputation

名不虚传


Diamond cut diamond.

强中更有强中手


Diligence is the mother of success.

失败是成功之母


disco(discotheque)

迪斯科


divi(dividend)

红利


Do as I say, not as I do.

照我说的做，别照我做的做


Do as you would be done by.

己所不欲
,
勿施于人


Do evil that good may come.

行恶以求善果


Do in Rome as the Romans do.

入乡随俗


Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

别过早地乐观


Don't cross the bridge until you come to it.

不要杞人忧天


Don't cry stinking fish.

不要喊鱼腥
/
卖瓜不说瓜苦
/
老王卖瓜，自卖自夸


Don't do unto others what you don't want others do unto you.

己所不欲勿施于人


Don't let the cat out of the bag.

不要泄露机密


Don't meet trouble half- way.

勿杞人忧天


Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

勿孤注一掷


Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.

今日事今日毕


Don't quarrel with your bread and butter.

端人家碗，服人家管


Don't ride the high horse.

勿摆架子


Don't teach your grandmother to suck egg.

不要对着耶稣讲道理


Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

家丑不外扬


Don′t judge a person by the clothes he wears.

不能以貌取人


down-to-earth

平易近人


draw worldwide attention

举世瞩目


Early to bed and early to rise.

早睡早起


Easier said than done.

说起来容易，做起来难


East or west, home is best.

管他东方或西方，家是最好的地方
/
兔儿满山跑，依旧归


老巢


Easy come, easy go.

来的容易去的快


easy meat

易辨的事


Empty talks would lead the country astray, and hard work can

rejuvenate the

nation.

空谈误国
,
实干兴邦


Empty vessels make the most sound.

满瓶不响半瓶响叮当


engage in speculation

投机倒把
/
买空卖空


enjoy a happy get-together

欢聚一堂


enjoy popular support

深入人心


Enough is as good as a feast.

知足常乐


Equal pay for equal work.

同工同酬


Even Homer sometimes nods.

智者千虑必有一失


Every dog has his day.

困龙也有上天时


Every dog has its/his day./A man his hour, and a dog has his day.

人人均有得意


Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.

家家有本难念的经


Every flow must have its ebb.

人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺


every little counts/helps

积少成多


Every man is his own worst enemy.

一个人最大的敌人就是他自己


every now and then

时时刻刻


Everyone to his taste.

人各有所好


Example is better than precept.

身教重於言教


Experience is the best teacher.

前事不忘後事之师


Experience is the mother of wisdom.

不经一事，不长一智


Extremes meet.

物极必反


Facts speak louder than words

事实胜于雄辩


Failure is the mother of success.

失败为成功之母


faint- hearted

胆小的


Familiarity breeds contempt.

近之则不逊


feel like an old friends at first sight

一见如故


Fine feathers make fine birds.

人要衣装，马要鞍


First come, first served.

先来先招待


First impressions are most lasting.

先入为主


First time strangers, second time friends

一回生
,
二回熟


Follow the river and you will get to the sea.

顺藤摸瓜


Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

初生牛犊不怕虎


Foot the bill.

俚语、俗语与谚语
(
三
)

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.

花开堪折直须折


get the opposite of what one intended

事与愿违


get the sack

炒鱿鱼


Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

谗言可畏
/
欲加之罪，何患无辞


Give a thief enough rope and he, ll hang himself.

多行不义必自毙


give him an inch and he'll take an ell.

得寸进尺


Give knaves an inch and they will take a yard.

得寸进尺


go for broke

尽最大努力


go while the going is good.

三十六计
,
走为上计


God helps those who help themselves.

自助者天助之


Gold will not buy everything.

金钱并非万能


Good opportunity, favorable geographical location and support from

the people.

天时、地利、人和


Good things come in small packages.

乡人不识货，尽捡大的摸


good wine needs no bush

酒香不怕巷子深


Grasp all, lose all.

样样都要，全都失掉


Great minds think alike.

英雄所见略同


Great oaks from little acorns grow.

万丈高楼从地起


grow with every passingdayflourishing

蒸蒸日上


Half a loaf is better than no bread.

聊胜於无


Half the world knows not how the other half lives.

一家不知一家事，神仙不知瓜里事


hard and fast

一成不变


hard-hearted

铁石心肠的


Haste makes waste.

欲速则不达


have one's wish fulfilled

如愿以偿


He laughs best who laughs last.

最后笑的人笑得最得意


He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.

作贼心虚


He that hath a full purse never wanted a friend.

有钱有酒，必有朋友


He that is full of himself is very empty.

自满的人是空虚的


He that touches pitch shall be defiled.

近朱者赤，近墨者黑


He who knows most speaks least.

识多者寡言


He who laughs last, Laughs Best.

谁笑在最后谁笑得最甜


He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.

骑虎难下


he who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.

千里之行
,
始于足下


heart and soul

全心全意地


heart of stone

石头心肠


heart-to-heart

坦白的


Heaven helps those who help themselves.

天助自助者


Homer sometimes nods.

圣贤也有缺失


Honesty is the best policy.

诚实是上策


How happy we are, To meet friends from afar!

有朋自远方来
,
不亦乐乎
!

Hunger is the beat sauce.

饥不择食


If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much

as to be out

of danger?