《中英对照谚语》word版.doc

1 Pain past is pleasure.（过去的痛苦就是快乐。）无论多么艰难一定要咬牙冲过去，将来回忆起来一定甜蜜无比。2 While there is life, there is hope.（有生命就有希望/留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。）3 Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.（脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。）从小灌输给孩子的坚定信念。4 Storms make trees take deeper roots.（风暴使树木深深扎根。）感激敌人，感激挫折！5 Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.（心之所愿，无所不成。）坚持一个简单的信念就一定会成功。6 The shortest answer is doing.（最简单的回答就是干。）想说流利的英语吗？那么现在就开口！心动不如嘴动。7 All things are difficult before they are easy.（凡事必先难后易。）放弃投机取巧的幻想。8 Great hopes make great man. （伟大的理想造就伟大的人。）9 God helps those who help themselves.（天助自助者。）10 Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.（四个简短的词汇概括了成功的秘诀：多一点点！）比别人多一点努力、多一点自律、多一点决心、多一点反省、多一点学习、多一点实践、多一点疯狂，多一点点就能创造奇迹！11 In doing we learn.（实践长才干。）12 East or west, home is best.（东好西好，还是家里最好。）13 Two heads are better than one.（三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。）14 Good company on the road is the shortest cut.（行路有良伴就是捷径。）15 Constant dropping wears the stone.（滴水穿石。）16 Misfortunes never come alone/single.（祸不单行。）17 Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.（不经灾祸不知福。）18 Better late than never.（迟做总比不做好；晚来总比不来好。）19 Its never too late to mend.（过而能改，善莫大焉；亡羊补牢，犹未晚也。）20 If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.（如果事情值得做，就值得做好。）21 Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.（无热情成就不了伟业。）22 Actions speak louder than words.（行动比语言更响亮。）23 Lifeless, faultless.（只有死人才不犯错误。）24 From small beginning come great things.（伟大始于渺小。）25 One today is worth two tomorrows.（一个今天胜似两个明天。）26 Truth never fears investigation.（事实从来不怕调查。）27 The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.（舌无骨却能折断骨。）28 A bold attempt is half success.（勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。）29 Knowing something of everything and everything of something.（通百艺而专一长。）疯狂咬舌头30 Good advice is beyond all price.（忠告是无价宝。）1. A journey of a thousand miles begins with single step.千里之行，始于足下。2. Honesty is the best policy.诚实才是上策。3. Money doesnt grow on trees.钱不是从天上掉下来的。4. I know that my future is not just a dream.我知道我的未来不是梦。5. To convert defeat into victory.反败为胜。6. Youth means limitless possibilities.年轻就是无限的可能。7. Leave behind a clean world for future generations.留给下一代一个清洁的地球。8. You can do it too!你也做得到！9. Get to another summit in your career.开创职业生涯的另一个高峰。10. Pursue breakthroughs in your life. 追求自我的突破。11. Never say die. 永不放弃。12. Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。13. Never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。14. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。15. Go for it! = Just do it! 加油！向前冲！做了再说！16. No pain, no gain. 天下事没有不劳而获的东西。17. Everyday and in every way Im getting better. 每天每个方面我的生活都正在好转。18. Time is money. 时间就是金钱。19. Man can conquer nature. 人定胜天。20. Better late than never. 只要开始，虽晚不迟。cross your heart 你发誓gate - crasher 不请自来的不速之客take it easy凡事看开些，不要太冲动，不要看得那么重make yourself comfortable 不用约束（招待客人时说的话）you are all wet 你完全误会了she is hangover 她昨夜喝醉了its a matter of time 这是迟早的问题she pulls out 她退出了I have my limit 我的忍耐度有限dont brush me off 不要敷衍我lets get it straight 我们打开天窗说亮话吧what you call this 你这算什么how about a bite 随便吃些什么吧you can count on me 你可以信得过我he see things not people他论事不论人we sang the same songs 我们志同道合I hope you in the roll 我希望你也能来lets go Dutch 我们各付各的吧speak of the devil 说曹操，曹操就到keep in touch 保持联络dont turn me down 不要拒绝我dont let me down 别叫我失望 man proposes and god disposes 谋事在人成事在天 the weakest goes to the wall.优胜劣败to look one way and row another声东击西 in everyones mouth.脍炙人口to kick against the pricks 螳臂挡车 to give the last measure of devotion 鞠躬尽瘁 to suffer for ones wisdom. 聪明反被聪明误to harp on the same string. 旧调重弹whats done cannot be undone 覆水难收to convert defeat into victory. 转败为胜beyond ones grasp. 鞭长莫及夏天的飞鸟，飞到我的窗前唱歌，又飞去了。秋天的黄叶，它们没有什么可唱，只叹息一声，飞落在那里。Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away. And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall, there with a sign.世界上的一队小小的漂泊者呀，请留下你们的足印在我的文字里。A troupe of little vagrants of the world, leave your footprints in my words.世界对着它的爱人，把它浩翰的面具揭下了。它变小了，小如一首歌，小如一回永恒的接吻。The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover. It becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal.是大地的泪点，使她的微笑保持着青春不谢。It is the tears of the earth that keep here smiles in bloom.无垠的沙漠热烈追求一叶绿草的爱，她摇摇头笑着飞开了。The mighty desert is burning for the love of a bladeof grass who shakes her head and laughs and flies away.如果你因失去了太阳而流泪，那么你也将失去群星了。If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.跳舞着的流水呀，在你途中的泥沙，要求你的歌声，你的流动呢。你肯挟瘸足的泥沙而俱下么？The sands in your way beg for your song and your movement, dancing water. will you carry the burden of their lameness?她的热切的脸，如夜雨似的，搅扰着我的梦魂。Her wishful face haunts my dreams like the rain at night.有一次，我们梦见大家都是不相识的。我们醒了，却知道我们原是相亲相爱的。Once we dreamt that we were strangers. We wake up to find that we were dear to each other.忧思在我的心里平静下去，正如暮色降临在寂静的山林中。Sorrow is hushed into peace in my heart like the evening among the silent trees. All things in their being are good for something. 天生我才必有用。 Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people. 困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。 Failure is the mother of success. - Thomas Paine 失败乃成功之母。 For man is man and master of his fate. 人就是人，是自己命运的主人。 The unexamined life is not worth living. - Socrates 混混噩噩的生活不值得过。苏格拉底 None is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew. -Erasmus 只有每天再度战胜生活并夺取自由的人，才配享受生活的自由。 Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness. - R.M. Nixon 命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。因此，让我们毫无畏惧，满心愉悦地把握命运。尼克松 Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. - John Ruskin 生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。罗斯金 What makes life dreary is the want of motive. - George Eliot 没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。乔治 埃略特 Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.- Lincoln 卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路。他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。 There is no such thing as a great talent without great will - power. - Balzac 没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。巴尔扎克 The good seaman is known in bad weather. 惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。 Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. -J.H. Newman 不要害怕你的生活将要结束，应该担心你的生活永远不会真正开始。纽曼 Gods determine what youre going to be. - Julius Erving 人生的奋斗目标决定你将成为怎样的人。欧文 An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. - Robert Louis Stevenson 生活的目标，是唯一值得寻找的财富。- 史蒂文森 While there is life there is hope. 一息若存，希望不灭。英国谚语 Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. - A. Einstein 不要为成功而努力，要为做一个有价值的人而努力。爱因斯坦 You have to believe in yourself. Thats the secret of success. - Charles Chaplin 人必须有自信，这是成功的秘密。卓别林 Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably. 不管追求什么目标，都应坚持不懈。 We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. - Mattin Luther King 我们必须接受失望，因为它是有限的，但千万不可失去希望，因为它是无穷的。马丁 路德 金 Energy and persistence conquer all things. - Benjamin Franklin 能量加毅力可以征服一切。富兰克林 Nothing seek, nothing find. 无所求则无所获。 Cease to struggle and you cease to live. - Thomas Carlyle 生命不止，奋斗不息。卡莱尔 A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step. 千里之行，始于足下。 Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is below even defeat, and is born vanquished. - Swetchine 只有强者才懂得斗争；弱者甚至失败都不够资格，而是生来就是被征服的。斯威特切尼 The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them. - Bernara Shaw 在这个世界上取得成就的人，都努力去寻找他们想要的机会，如果找不到机会，他们便自己创造机会。萧伯纳 A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate. - Thomas Addison 强者能同命运的风暴抗争。爱迪生 He who seize the right moment, is the right man. - Goethe 谁把握机遇，谁就心想事成。歌德 Victory wont come to me unless I go to it. - M.Moore 胜利是不会向我们走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。穆尔 Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards. 人往高处走，水往低处流。 Man errs as long as he strives. - Goethe 失误是进取的代价。歌德 The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do. - Henry David Thoreau 尽管失败和挫折等待着人们，一次次地夺走青春的容颜，但却给人生的前景增添了一份尊严，这是任何顺利的成功都不能做到的。梭罗 A man can fail many times, but he isnt a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. - J. Burroughs 一个人可以失败很多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人，他还不是一个失败者。巴勒斯 A Jack of all trades and master of none.三脚猫无所长。 A joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend.开玩笑总不能化敌为友，反而有时会失去朋友。 A house divided against itself cannot stand.家庭内讧难维系。 A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings.相马不可凭马的装饰。 A hero is known in the time of misfortune.时势造英雄。 A heavy purse makes a light heart.腰包钱财足，心境自然宽。 A hasty man is seldom out of trouble.性急难免出岔子。 A happy heart makes a blooming visage.心花怒放，笑逐颜开。 A handful of common sense is worth bushel of learning.一点小常识常胜过很多有价值的学问。 A guilty conscience needs no accuser.贼胆心虚。 A guilty conscience is a self-accuser.做贼心虚，良心自诛。 A great talker is a great liar.最会饶舌的人也是最会说谎的人。 A good winter brings a good summer.瑞雪兆丰年。 A good tongue is a good weapon.伶俐的口齿是一种锐利的武器。 A good tale is none the worse for being twice told.好故事百听不厌。 A good name keeps lustre in the dark.好的名声在黑暗中也会光芒四射。 A good name is sooner lost than won.美誉难得而易失。 A good name is earlier lost than won.失去美名易，得到美名难。 A good name is better than riches.好名誉胜过有财富。 A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口，忠言逆耳。 A good maxim is never out of season.至理名言不会过时。 A good marksman may miss.智者千虑，必有一失。 A good horse often needs a good spur.好马常要好靴刺。 A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.良马的毛色不会差。 A good heart conquers ill fortune.善心克厄运。 A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold.健康的身体贵於黄金铸成的皇冠。 A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land.聪明脑袋勤劳手，走遍天下贵如金。 A good friend is my nearest relation.良友如近亲。 A good fame is better than a good face.好的名望胜於好的相貌。 A good face is a letter of recommendation.好的相貌就是一封推荐的介绍信。 A good dog deserves a good bone.有劳得奖。 A good example is the best sermon.身教胜似言教。 A good conscience is a continual feast.白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。 A good book is a light to the soul.好书一本，照亮心灵。 A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.一本好书，莫逆之交。 A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者必善其终。 A good beginning is half the battle.首战告捷等於一半胜利。 A good appetite is a good sauce.饥不择食。 A good anvil does not fear the hammer.好砧不怕锤。 A full cup must be carried steadily.杯满盈，须持稳。 A full belly counsels well.衣食足而後知荣辱。 After meat, mustard.雨後送伞。 After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile.午餐之後坐片刻，晚饭之後走一里。 After dinner comes the reckoning.吃喝玩乐，该付代价。 After death, the doctor.放马后炮。 After black clouds, clear weather.否极泰来。 After a storm comes a calm.否极泰来。 A friend without faults will never be found.没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。 A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.广交友，无深交。 A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.交友慢，失友快。 A friend is never known till a man have need.不到患难时，永远不能认识真正的朋友。 A friend is best found in adversity.患难见真友。 A friend is a second self.朋友是另一个我。 A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难朋友才是真朋友。 A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.曩中有钱，不如朝中有友。 A friend exaggerates a mans virtue, an enemy his crimes.朋友宣扬人的美德，敌人夸大人的罪过。 A fox may grow grey, but never good.狐狸会变，但本性难移。 A fools heart dances on his lips.愚人心坦荡，挂在嘴唇上。 A fools bolt may sometimes hit the mark.愚者千虑，必有一得。 A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.一愚所失，百智难回。 A fool may give a wise man counsel.愚者千虑，必有一得。 A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.愚者所问，智者难答。 A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.一愚发问，七智结舌。 A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity.蠢人装聪明，实在最可怜。 A fool and his money are soon parted.笨蛋难聚财。 A fool always rushes to the fore.傻瓜总爱强出头。 A fool always comes short of his reckoning.愚人常缺算计。 A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.口若悬河不能作为才智的证明。 Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.事情要按部就班地做，就会很快地做完。 A fault confessed is half redressed.承认错误，等於改正一半。 A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both.父亲是财富，兄弟是安慰，朋友兼而有之。 A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。 A faithful friend is hard to find.益友难得。 A fair face may hide a foul heart.人不可貌相。 A fair death honours the whole life.死得光明，终身荣耀。 Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。 Adversity makes strange bedfellows.身处逆境不择友。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.患难使人聪明，但不能致富。 Adversity leads to prosperity.逆境迎向昌盛。 Adversity is a good discipline.苦难是磨练人的好机会。 A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone.骨头打狗狗不叫。 Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。 A disease known is half cured.病情确诊断，治病好一半。 A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.不满足者坐无宁时。 Actions speak louder than words.事实胜於雄辩。 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。 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